RCN Lancashire West AGM
12 Nov 2025, 12:00 - 17:00
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You are warmly invited to the AGM for members of the Lancashire West branch, which is being held on Wednesday 12th November from 12pm.
This year's AGM, which will take place at Royal Preston Hospital, will be combined with a branch learning event on 'Suicide Awareness and the Orange Button Scheme', which will be led by branch member Rachael Gray. The schedule for the meeting is as follows:
12pm - 1pm: Member meet and greet in the Education Centre 1 lecture hall
1pm - 2pm: Learning event, location as above
2pm - 5pm: Branch AGM
To register your attendance, please click the booking link above.
What is an AGM?
Your branch AGM is when you and your fellow local members can review the branch's activities over the previous year and plan branch meetings, learning events and activities for the year ahead.
Branch Governance
The AGM is also the time you elect your branch committee members. There can be up to six members of the branch committee but they must include the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. Anyone can put themselves forward for a branch committee role. If a role is contested than an election may be held to decide who takes up that post.
Being on the branch committee is a great personal and professional development opportunity. Find out more about what each role involves with our branch role descriptions page or come along to our branch role explainer event in September - find out more and book your place here.
If you are interested in applying for a role then please complete our online form and direct any queries to our North West Regional Administrator Joanne Maguire on joanne.maguire@rcn.org.uk
The RCN is proud of the diversity of the UK’s nursing workforce and our membership. We encourage nominations from groups currently under-represented in our governance structures, including those who identify as women, members from the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergent and disabled members as well as from members working in any sector, whether employed by the NHS or in independent health and social care settings.
Representatives
If you are an accredited rep, the AGM is the time when the branch will decide to retain your accreditation, or in some rare cases, disaccredit you. For this reason, it is important you make every effort to attend.
The strength of a trade union is in its numbers but each and every individual branch has an important part to play in making your union's voice heard. If you attend only one branch meeting a year, make it your AGM and help to set the agenda for you and your fellow local members for the year ahead.
Simon Browes
northwest.region@rcn.org.uk
Lecture Hall, Education Centre 1
Royal Preston Hospital
Sharoe Green Lane
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 9HT
Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
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