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BSES EXPEDITIONS | ANNUAL REPORT 2004 4 Alexander Matheson, Executive Director BSES Expeditions EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S INTRODUCTION The last year has been both busy and rewarding for the Society. Marketing initiatives have been at the front of our minds. The most visible has been the introduction of Regional Open Days throughout the country. These Open Days provided valuable opportunities for a range of people - potential Young Explorers, parents, school teachers and even Young Explorers who had already been accepted for an expedition but still wished to discover more. The success of these days has led us to plan more for 2005. We have also introduced a reward scheme for our Star Schools which continue to provide Young Explorers year after year, and a Bursary scheme to assist those Young Explorers who have difficulty in fund-raising. The Society has been represented at an impressive number of gap-year fairs and school open days, the Outdoor Show and at the Head Masters’ Conference which took place this year at St Andrew’s. The response to all this increased activity has been a very encouraging number of Young Explorers for 2005. We have also seen an increase in the number of people applying to be Chief Leaders on our expeditions. Three expeditions took to the field last summer; one of them contained our first Young Leaders Fire. This Fire undertook the Basic Expedition Leaders Award (BELA) which provides an important bridge between the first taste of expeditioning and building up experience to qualify as a leader. Much was learned about the organisation and programming for the Young Leaders Fire and we will be repeating it next summer. 04 2004 saw the beginning of a drive to recover contact with our past expeditioners. This will be achieved by picking one member of each BSES expedition to become the point of contact between the Society and all the other members of that expedition. If you would like to help with this, please contact the Office immediately; we are keen to include as many BSES members as possible in our 75th Anniversary celebrations in 2007. The generous donation of a sophisticated new database by the parents of a 2004 Young Explorer will assist greatly in the management of membership matters. There is one particular area in which members of the Society can do a great deal to help, and that is to provide contacts to further our fund-raising appeal. Our aim is to cover the annual costs of running BSES so that expeditions can become affordable to an even wider section of our target age group. This is a major initiative, aimed at grant-making trusts, commercial companies and other benefactors: in the longer term we hope to complement this effort by inviting legacies to BSES. We need to engage the membership of the Society to introduce us to grant-making trusts, livery companies, commercial companies, and wealthy individuals who might be sympathetic to our cause, with a view to sponsorship (of the Society as a whole or a particular expedition) or donations. If you can assist us in our appeal by introducing us to benefactors who would value our work in youth development, please contact the Office. Alexander Matheson INTRODUCTION
BSES EXPEDITIONS OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY, JANUARY 2004 – FEBRUARY 2005 Founder (in 1932) The late Surgeon Commander G. Murray Levick RN Patron-in-Chief His Royal Highness The Duke of York KCVO ADC Patrons Dr Ian Y Ashwell PhD MA Lady Bishop Sir Christian Bonington CBE Justin Brooke Esq MPhil (Exon) IMM Sir Neil Cossons OBE Dr Sir Martin Holdgate CB Sir Alexander Glen KBE DSC (deceased Mar 04) Vice Admiral Michael Gretton CB Major General B St G Irwin CB Dr Phillip G Law AC CBE Dr Hal Lister The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Robert Finch / Alderman Michael Savory Dr John Payne (deceased Aug 04) Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork MBE BA FRAeS RAF (Retd) Professor David Rhind CBE FRS FRGS FBA FRICS BSc (from Aug 04) The Lord Romsey The Rt Hon The Earl of Selborne KBE FRS DL Mr Robert Swan OBE Honorary Members of the Society Sir David Attenborough CH CVO CBE FRS Professor David Bellamy OBE Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt OBE EW Groves Esq Sir Wally Herbert Kt Sir Edmund Hillary KG KBE Dr Hal Lister Mrs Iris Madsen Mr C Nielsen BA Nimmo Esq BA Mr Aubrey Roberts (wef Dec 04) Mr Roland Tucker Mrs Liz Tucker Mr J Vermillion President Field Marshal Sir John Chapple GCB CBE DL* Vice President Dame Mary Glen Haig DBE* Chairman Major General (Retd) Roy Wood MA MSc FRICS Vice Chairman Mr Brian Needham MA FRGS MLC (resigned Dec 04) Honorary Treasurer Mr Michael Reeve MA FCA OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY | 2004 Council Members Mr Pat Cannings BSc (resigned Jan 05) Dr Lorraine Craig PhD Maj (Retd) Anthony Evans MSc FRGS FRSA Mr Derek Fordham Dip Arch RIBA Mr Peter Harvey FRGS B-EMT (elected Jan 05) Mr Ken Josey BSc (Hons) FGS Mr Alastair Macdonald MA MSc FRGS Mrs Sarah Mayer MA (elected Jan 05) Mr Les Morgan (deceased Dec 04) Mr Owen Mountford (elected Jan 05) Dr Michael F Ridd PhD FGS Flt Sgt Davie Walker RAF Mr Edward Watson Mr Tony Whiting Med PGDipPA BedCEd FRGS (resigned Jan 05) Mr Richard J Williams MC (elected Jan 05) Mr Richard Wood MA (Cantab) (resigned Jan 05) Council Members ex officio Col Angus Cross (until Oct 04)* Col David Attwater (from Oct 04)* Executive Director † Lt Col (Retd) Alexander Matheson BA Expeditions Officer † Miss Felicity Aston BSc(Hons) (until Feb 04) † Miss Sarah-Jane Goodall BSc(Hons) (from Feb 04) Development Officer † Miss Sam Eve Finance Officer † Mr Robert Kibble FCA Administrative Officer † Miss Sarah Patton MA BA(Hons) Office Assistant † Miss Tori James BA Honorary Solicitors † Speechly Bircham Auditors † Spofforths Bankers † Drummonds Branch, Royal Bank of Scotland † = Not members of Council * = Ex officio members of Council BSES Expeditions is a company limited by guarantee and incorporated No. 2411786 Registered as Charity No 802196BSES EXPEDITIONS (Limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital) 05
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