Sheila Jones Legacy Fund - now available for applications

 Very pleased to see this earlier today on the GA website.

The Sheila Jones legacy fund is now available.

The first 100 eligible network events that are received after 1 Sept 2022 will be able to claim a legacy package of £100 each to support their networking event.

More information about the fund at https://t.co/qK3A3WBJGZ#geography pic.twitter.com/ymuXrecZ53

— Geographical Association (@The_GA) September 6, 2022

Sheila Jones was an inspirational geography teacher who had a lifetime of involvement with the Geographical Association. She was the first female teacher to be elected GA President in 1975 and her considerable service to the GA was recognised in 2007 when she was awarded Honorary Membership of the GA. She was also a member of the GA Bristol Branch and became the National Branch Officer.

The GA is very grateful to the estate of Sheila Jones for a legacy donation of £10,000 that has been received. Sheila was a great advocate of networking and therefore, this donation will be divided into 100 packages of £100 each and used to support, rejuvenate and develop networks through the GA.

The first 100 eligible network events that are received after 1 September 2022 will be able to claim a legacy package of £100 each to support their networking event.

Events supported by the Sheila Jones Legacy Fund will be asked to share a PowerPoint slide at their network event which celebrates Sheila’s contribution to the geography education community and to complete a case study that the GA will collect and collate together to share with the GA community.

I was very pleased to be able to exchange a number of emails with Sheila when I was developing my GA Presidents blog.

Sheila's own entry can be read here.

Robert May

I first came across Robert May on one of the images that Sheila Jones sent through to me via Jeremy Krause. He was in a quiz team which was taking part in a special quiz on the British Empire at the 1993 Centenary Celebrations, along with Sue Bermingham.

He was the Branch Officer of the Geographical Assocation following Sheila Jones - an important role and one currently carried out by Ian Dixson. She described him as a great supporter of the GA and Assistant Treasurer, and she said he never made President, but perhaps should have.

Here he is in the image on the right:

We believe the man on the left with the beard and Fez is Bob Jones: Secretary of the North Staffs Branch of the GA, and also a former GA Branch Officer. Thanks to Frances Soar for suggesting that it was Bob. Can anyone confirm that for me? He was certainly present at the event.

References

Coates, Bryan E., et al. “Annual Report of the Geographical Association 1983.” Geography, vol. 69, no. 2, 1984, pp. 167–175. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40570820. Accessed 8 Nov. 2020