Directors 2026 Election
The twelfth AGM of Freegle will be held on 7th September - th9 September 2026. As detailed in our Rules under Retirement Cycle, some elected Directors are obliged to stand down each year at the AGM. We have had 8 elected Directors over this past term, there has also been one co-option during, so that co-option terminates at this AGM. 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
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 2026 Election timetable is as follows:
14th August - Director Election starts - request for nominations. Discourse announcement and formal notice also sent to individual Freegle Members via email
21st August - Last day for nominations. Statements of c.250 words requested.
25th August - Last day for Membership acceptance for Candidates if not already a Member. Deadline for Candidate statements
26th August - Open voting for election if required
6th September - Close voting for election if held.
9th September at the AGM - Retiring Directors stand down and RO announces election results.
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 2026
- Board Elections - links to messages and emails posted as part of election process
- AGM 2026
