Directors 2025 Election

The eleventh AGM of Freegle Ltd will be held on 22nd September - 24th September 2025. As detailed in our Rules under Retirement Cycle, some elected Directors are obliged to stand down each year at the AGM. We have had 7 elected Directors over this past term, plus 2 co-opted Directors, which means 2 elected Directors are standing down, plus the two co-option periods end at the AGM. We therefore have 4 vacancies for the coming term.

The current elected and other Directors can be found at Freegle Board.

Role

Details for the Director Role can be found on the following pages

• Director Role Description
• Rules about the Director Role
• Director Handbook

Any additional questions that arise about the Director Role can be addressed to the Returning Officer or offlist to a current or past Director. Contact Returning Officer or find the names of current Directors at Freegle Board.

Term of Office

The term of office for elected Directors is usually 3 years, and Directors are welcome to stand again immediately when that term finishes.

Election Timetable

The Freegle 2025 Election timetable is as follows:

13th August Preliminary notice on Central and to volunteers sent about forthcoming AGM and Election - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/upcoming-agm-board-elections-how-to-get-involved/8841

1st September Director Election starts - request for nominations. Discourse announcement - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/freegle-election-2025-formal-notice/8895 Formal notice also sent to individual Freegle Members via email

8th September Last day for nominations. Statements of c.250 words requested.

11th September Last day for receiving Statements from Candidates.

11th September Last day for Membership acceptance for Candidates if not already a Member.

12th September Director voting starts if number of candidates exceeds vacancies.

21st September Director voting ends if election has been held. https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/freegle-2025-director-election/8939

22nd September Freegle Ltd 2025 AGM

24th September Current Directors stand down from office.

24th September New Directors are appointed at the AGM and are announced.

Note the following regarding this election timetable.

a. Voting validation should take no longer than 1 day. Results will be posted as soon as possible.

b. If there are fewer or equal number of candidates for vacancies, the Chair will declare them as 'elected unopposed' at the AGM and they will take their posts as Directors without the need for a poll/election vote.

Candidates

Nominations should be made as follows:

• Nominated candidates must be Members of Freegle Ltd (see Rules 53 and 54).
• Nominations may be made via Freegle Central or directly to the Returning Officer email address.
• Nominations may either be made by the candidate (self nominated) or another Freegle Member.
• Nominations should include the nominator's and nominee's full name and email address.
• If another individual is being nominated, any relevant internal or external group membership should be noted.
• Nominations should be seconded by another Member. This can occur on either Freegle Central or directly to the Returning Officer email address.
• All nominations will be confirmed by the Returning Officer to the candidate, seconder and to Freegle Central (regardless of where the nomination was made).

Links:

• Annual Director Resignations and Election 2025
• Board Elections - links to messages and emails posted as part of election process
• AGM 2025