The Ramblers is a company limited by guarantee, and General Council is the body of people who are defined as company members for Companies Act and other legal purposes.  Members of General Council are entitled to attend the annual general meeting, but remain company members at other times. 

Our annual general meeting is commonly referred to as General Council.

 

General Council AGM 2025

The 2025 General Council AGM took place on Saturday 5 April at the Birmingham NEC. 

Information, documents and deadlines for the AGM can be found below.

 

Board of Trustee election results

Round 1: Ordinary member - 3 year term

Robert Craig - 35

Dan Firmager - 68 - (elected) 

Janet Gee - 45 - (elected)

Mark Lavenstein - 29 

Gulshun Rehman - 67 - (elected)

Ken Smith - 41 

 

Round 2: Ordinary member - 2 year term

Robert Craig - 39

Mark Lavenstein - 53 - (elected)

 

Motions and amendments

1. Resolution to update the Standing Orders for gender neutrality - Passed unamended

2. Updating Ramblers Articles of Association for full gender neutrality - Passed

3. Ramblers GB 90th anniversary - Passed

4. Preventing the loss of footpaths by adding Cycle Tracks to the definitive maps - Passed as amended

5. Overcoming barriers to access - Passed as amended

6. Climate emergency action - Passed as amended

7. Email system for Area and Group officers to contact members - Passed

8. Compliance with Council members' motions - Not passed

9. Information for prospective new walkers - Not passed

• Open motions (2023-2025)

 

Meeting papers

• AGM notice and papers (PDF, 543KB)
• Governance review discussion paper (PDF, 165KB)
• Annual report and accounts (PDF, 3.96MB)
• Standing Orders – showing proposed updates (PDF, 239KB)
• Morning session - presentation (no videos) (PDF, 7MB)
• General Council 2024 mid-year motions report (PDF, 105KB)
• Trustee candidate video statements
• General Council expense claim form (Word, 40KB)
• Amendments and appeal
• Motions Review Committee report
• AGM attendance list

 

Minutes of the previous General Council AGMs  

• 2023 - Manchester EGM (PDF, 85KB)

• 2023 - Birmingham (PDF, 160KB)

• 2022 - Birmingham (PDF, 161KB) 

• 2021 - Online (PDF, 185KB) 

• 2020 - Online (PDF, 172KB) 

• 2019 - Manchester (PDF, 194KB) 

 

Further information about General Council 

• General Council in more detail (PDF, 65.1KB) 

 

If you require any further information or have any questions about General Council please contact Simon Kellas.