Fostering the research, innovation and employment skills needed to support the UK agricultural and food sectors

Tuesday 1^st July 2025

14.30 to 17.30

The Royal Veterinary College, Camden Campus,

London, NW1 0TU

Free Booking Essential:

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This event is open to all but is particularly suited to charity leaders, industry experts, research and education professionals, government and civil society representatives. Kindly hosted by:

November 2024 saw the AgriFood Charities Partnership Annual General Meeting held in London.

Ahead of the formal AGM, attendees heard from Lord Curry of Kirkharle, AFCP Patron. The talk on the Agricultural Transition (see report in AFCP News), was well received and lead to lively discussion and questions in a broad range of areas.

We are delighted that Prof. Stuart Reid, President & Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, was elected as AFCP Chairperson from 1^st January 2025.

Prof. Graham Jellis will stand down as Chairperson, and from the AFCP Board, at the end of the year. Graham was thanked for his significant contribution to AFCP over more than a decade.

Subscription rates for the year to 31^st March 2026, payable by all member organisations, were maintained at current levels.

The Board of Trustees is very grateful to Graham Jellis for his engaged and committed service to AFCP as a Board Member, Vice-Chair and Chairperson over the past 14 years.

Graham joined the AFCP Board in 2011, becoming Vice-Chair in 2014 and Chair in 2016. He formally retires from his role at the end of 2024.

Graham brought a wide range of experience from his career in the Plant Breeding Institute Cambridge, Home-Grown Cereals Authority and then Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board. He has been an Honorary Professor at Nottingham University since 1995.

Building relationships within AFCP, its members and wider industry, Graham has actively built collaborations supporting a wide range of individuals and organisations. He has been instrumental in developing a range of activities within AFCP including the biennial AFCP Student Forum and the joint funded AHDB-AFCP Studentships.

We would like to thank Graham for this generous commitment to his role and wish him well in his retirement. Graham continues in his role as Chair of the Grants Committee for the Perry Foundation, an AFCP Member.