AGM 2025

Welcoming you to our 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

We look forward to welcoming you to this year's AGM in Silsden. This takes place on Thursday 24 April, starting at 4pm and ending around 6pm.

There are two ways that Members can join us:

Online: we'll upload a link here shortly, where you'll be able to watch a livestream of the event.

In person: the event takes place at Silsden Town Hall, Kirkgate, Silsden BD20 OAJ. You can register to attend using the details below.

While this year’s agenda will cover the formal business of our AGM, we're continuing to hold Member Meet-ups throughout the year and will share details with Members as these are confirmed.

Your voting pack

We'll send invitation packs to eligible Members with all the information you need to vote in our AGM, as well as details of how to join us in Silsden or online. If you need any help, please contact us on 01535 650770.

If you can't come, you can still send a question for our directors by emailing [email protected].

Why attend?

We're owned by our Members and put their interests first, so if you're a part of Ecology we want to hear what you think.

Our AGM is your opportunity to:

  • Meet the Ecology team and share your views on our work
  • Hear about our 2024 performance
  • Meet other Ecology Members in a friendly environment
Register to attend our AGM

This year’s AGM takes place at Silsden Town Hall, Kirkgate, Silsden BD20 OAJ.

We’ll also be hosting the event online, so that more people can attend.

You can find out more and register to attend by visiting our dedicated Eventbrite page here. If you can’t register online, please contact us on 01535 650770 to reserve your place.

How to vote

Voting is your chance to shape how your Society is run. Vote in a way that suits you – online, by post, or in person at our AGM – and the voting process is quick and easy.

As an eligible Member, you will receive an AGM voting pack via post or email.  The pack also contains our Annual Review and Notice of AGM which includes information relating to AGM resolutions.

Simply visit ecology2025.ukeballot.uk to vote online; or scan the QR code on your paper proxy voting form. Alternatively, you can complete the voting form in your AGM voting pack and post it back to us, free of charge.

This year’s voting will be administered by UK Engage, a leading election services provider.

We’ll donate 50p to environmental charity Trees for Cities for every Member who votes online (20p for those voting by post). We’ll also donate £1 to if you choose to go paperless and receive future voting packs by email, which helps reduce our paper use.

Please ensure we receive your vote by 11.59pm on Monday 21 April 2025.

How to get there

Silsden Town Hall is in the centre of the village where Ecology is based.

The Town Hall can be found in Kirkgate, Silsden BD20 0AJ, about 10 minutes’ walk from our Head Office. We encourage our Members to travel to our events by public transport if possible.

If you're joining us before the AGM, our office is at Ellis House, 7 Belton Road, Silsden BD20 0EE. The nearest railway station is Steeton & Silsden, which is about a mile from our Head Office. For train information and timetables, visit the National Rail website.

The station is on the opposite side of the busy A629 dual carriageway so we have arranged a shuttle minibus service. This will run between 2pm and 3.45pm to bring Members into Silsden, to our Head Office and to Silsden Town Hall, depending on their time of arrival.

The shuttle service will be available to take Members back to Steeton & Silsden station after the AGM.

If travelling by bus, routes 62, 66, 862 and 903 serve the centre of Silsden from the surrounding area. Find out more about public transport options, including route maps and a journey planner, at:  West Yorkshire Metro website.

A limited amount of parking is available at our Head Office. The nearest parking to Silsden Town Hall is a public car park (pay and display), opposite the building on Kirkgate. There is no on-street parking nearby.

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Ecology AGM 2025 is held at Silsden Town Hall

 

 

Schedule

2.30pm – Light refreshments at our Head Office

3.30pm – Transport available to Silsden Town Hall

4pm – Annual General Meeting including Ask the Directors

6pm – AGM closes

About Silsden Town Hall

Silsden Town Hall is in the heart of the village where Ecology is based, and is home is Silsden Library. The Town Hall and library are run as a community asset, having been saved by the community group, The Friends of Silsden Town Hall, in 2017 when the building was threatened with closure.