1. Retired Pharmacists Group
Chair’s report
November 2017
Ian Simpson

2. RPS Retired Pharmacists Group 2017
Membership statistics
The Committee and its work
Our 2017 programme
Plans for 2018

3. Membership statistics
Total membership of RPS 43,132 Retired members of RPS 2, % Members of RPG Network % Members of General Network 3, %

4. RPG Committee 2017
Ian Simpson (Chair) Sue Eccles (Vice Chair) Jenny Boncey (Secretary) Joan Craig (Treasurer) Tony Cartwright (network moderator) Mike Beaman (network moderator) Christine Hastie Brian Matthews Beth Taylor Carole Lange Rosalind Grant Thanks to Sue Eccles and Brian Matthews, who are standing down. So we have vacancies for new members……..

5. Work of the Officers and Committee
Two meetings on 9th November 2016 and 7th March 2017
Numerous s and phonecalls
Topics
Communication including the RPS website
RPS Local engagement
Guidance for organising events
The Archive Project
Thanks to outgoing Chief Executive
Congratulations to incoming Chief Executive, President and Board Chairs

6. 2017 Programme Date Event No Organiser (s) 8th March
Guided tour of the Wallace Collection with Lunch, London 11
Ros Grant
24th March
Churchill War Rooms with lunch at the Civil Service Club, London 37
Brian Matthews
9th May and 9th November
The Foundling Museum and the Dickens Museum, London
30+
Beth Taylor
22nd June
Visits to Erasmus Darwin’s and Dr Johnson’s Houses and a tour of Lichfield Cathedral 32
Evelyn Frost and Jenny Dorey
4th July
Ruddington Frame Knitters Museum, Ruddington, near Nottingham
Joy Wingfield
13th July
Dynasty, Death, Discovery; A Richard III themed tour of Leicester (repeated event) 12
Carole Ann Lange
31st July
A back stage tour of Chichester Festival Theatre and a tour of Chichester Cathedral 30
Jenny Boncey and Mike Beaman

7. 2017 RPG Programme….. continued
Date
Event No
Organiser (s)
1st August
Organic Garden Ryton (Doubleday Foundation) near Coventry 15
Carole Ann Lange
1st September
Guided tours of the Houses of Parliament and the Supreme Court of Justice (repeated event) 25
Sue Eccles
6th September
A trip on the Severn Valley Heritage Railway, Kidderminster to Bridgenorth 17
Liz Kempton

8. Foundling and Dickens Museums
Events in and round London….
Foundling and Dickens Museums
Wallace Collection
A 2nd visit to the Supreme Court of Justice and the Houses of Parliament
Civil Service Club & Churchill War Rooms

9. Richard III themed tour of Leicester
and events further afield ….
Richard III themed tour of Leicester
At Lichfield Cathedral
Organic Garden, Ryton
Severn Valley Railway,
‘waiting for the train’.
Ruddington Frameknitters village

10. Suggestions for our future programme
Bateman’s House (Rudyard Kipling) and Pashley Manor
Chocolate Museum & Chocolate making.
Charles Darwin's House at Downe, Kent
Behind the scenes at the at the Science Museum
Royal Residences
The Iron Bridge Museum
The Railway Museum, York
Docklands Museum and Docklands Spice Houses
BBC Multimedia City, Salford
Revisit the Wellcome Collection and Wellcome Institute
More Guided walking tours through Discover Medical London
St Paul's Cathedral
Museum of Brands, West London
RPS Museum guided tour
Thames Path Walk from Tower Bridge to the Thames Barrier
UCL School of Pharmacy

11. And some more suggestions from the 2016 survey
Work with LPFs to offer events that retired members want eg general clinical updates
Theatre trips
Local Lunches
Coffee mornings
More in Wales and Scotland

12. And a request from RPS Events Team ……..
Glasgow, United Kingdom
78th annual congress of FIP
2 - 6 September 2018

13. Any Questions?

14. Retired Pharmacists Group Treasurer’s report 2017
Joan Craig

15. Financial Report 2017 Income and Expenditure by Month Month Income
Balance
Carried forward from 2016
£689.81
November 2016
£0.00
£18.00
£671.81
December 2016
£938.00 £
January 2017
February 2017
March 2017
April 2017 £
£664.43 £
May 2017
£17.00 £
£912.78
June 2017
£936.00 £
July 2017
August 2017 £
£868.00 £
September 2017
£961.73 £
October 2017
Total
£4,082.00
£3,703.76

16. Financial Report 2017 Income and Expenditure by Event Event Income
Surplus
Wallace collection
£426.00
£404.43
£21.57
Churchill War Rooms £
£934.60
£155.40
Lichfield
£420.00
£406.00
£14.00
Foundling Museum
£468.00
£422.00
£46.00
Chichester
£300.00
£270.00
£30.00
Richard III
£216.00
£192.00
£24.00
Houses of Parliament
£673.00
£625.00
£48.00
Severn Valley Railway
£376.00
£336.73
£39.27
Total £ £
£378.24

17. Financial Report 2017 Income Balance brought forward from 2016 £689.81
Income and Expenditure Balance Sheet 2017
Income
Balance brought forward from 2016
£689.81
Payments received for Events
£3,969.00
Total Income
£4,658.81
Expenditure
Payments made for Events
£3,590.76
Total Expenditure
Net Surplus 2017
£1,068.05

18. Any Questions?