Retired Pharmacists Group Annual General Meeting November 2018

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1 Retired Pharmacists Group Annual General Meeting November 2018 Chair s Report Ian Simpson

2 RPS Retired Pharmacists Group The 2017 Conference The Committee and its work Our 2018 Events Programme Plans for

3 The 2017 Annual Conference Well attended event What s happening at RPS What Retired Pharmacists do Medicines and healthcare after Brexit Networking with President and Assembly Mentoring Archiving Pharmacy Memoirs 3

4 RPG Committee Ian Simpson (Chair) Carol Ann Lange (Vice Chair) Jenny Boncey (Honorary Secretary) Joan Craig (Treasurer) Mike Beaman Tony Cartwright Christine Gibbons Rosalind Grant Christine Hastie Diane Leakey Beth Taylor Mary Tompkins 4

5 5 Work of the Officers and Committee Two meetings on 8 th November 2017 and 6 h March 2018 Numerous s and phone calls Topics covered: Our legal status within RPS Unable to advertise our events Meetings with the RPS Legal, Finance and Events Teams Code of Practice Policy Training Guidance for organising events Communication including the RPS website RPS Rebranding The Archive Project The Events Programme

6 2018 Events Programme Date Event No Organiser (s) 13th April Walking the Thames Path stage 1 from Tower Bridge to the Thames Barrier 17 th April The Petticoat Peril a lecture at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries 30 th April It wasn t like that in my day a visit to the UCL School of Pharmacy 9 th May Tours of the National Railway Museum and York Minster 39 Beth Taylor and others Ian Simpson 20 Jenny Boncey 9 Mary Tompkins 5 th June Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking 6 Diane Leakey 19 th June A Day Out in Southwell to include a visit to Southwell Minster 11 Joy Wingfield 6 19 th July A Walking Tour around Tower Hill and a visit to the RPS Museum 26 Tony Cartwright

7 2018 RPG Events Programme.. continued Date Event No Organiser (s) 17th August Walking the Thames Path stage 2: Tower Bridge to Putney Bridge 20th September Kensington Palace: Diana her fashion history and Victoria revealed 28 Beth Taylor and others 22 Ian Simpson 19 th October Walking the Thames Path stage 3: Putney Bridge to Kew Bridge 7 th November The Elizabeth GarreI Anderson Gallery and the Wellcome CollecLon, London 28 Jenny Boncey and others 21 Ros Grant 8 th November Annual Conference and AGM RPG CommiIee 5 th December A FesLve Visit to Blenheim Palace 17 Ian Simpson 7

8 Events around London Thames Path Walk stage 1 Tower Bridge to the Thames Barrier 8 PeVcoat Peril, UCL School of Pharmacy, in the The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, PharmaceuLcs Laboratory a welcome from the Master A Walking Tour around Tower Hill and a visit to the RPS Museum

9 more Events around London Kensington Palace; Victoria s and Diana s dresses Thames Path Walk stage 2 Tower Bridge to Putney Bridge 9 Thames Path Walk stage 3 Putney Bridge to Kew Bridge

10 and Events further afield Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking 10 Visits to York Minster and the NaLonal Railway Museum Visit to Southwell Minster

11 Plans for 2019 Continue with Thames Path Walks Other visits and events Review the format of the Conference and AGM The Archive Project Any other suggestions? 11

12 Thanks Committee members RPG members who organised events and those who attended them Maeve O Leary and Samantha Kenny Jenny Boncey 12

13 Finance Report Joan Craig, Ian Simpson and Jenny Boncey

14 RPS Budget Income and Expenditure by Event Event Income Expenditure Surplus 2017 Conference 2, , York Kensington Palace Total 2, ,

15 RPG Account Income and Expenditure 2018 Income Balance brought forward from 2017 Foundling Museum , Total Income plus balance 1, Expenditure Foundling Museum Conference speaker s expenses Donation to Apothecaries Charity Total Expenditure Balance carried forward

16 Together, we are pharmacy.