Welcome!

CLASP Chairman’s Update – Finance

Dear Member,

Hopefully you will all be in receipt of a Newsletter by the end of the month.This will include details from Steve Young of some field work over the next few months. I will also report on two Trustee meetings held this year.

One item of concern is the underlying financial position of CLASP. We have just confirmed our wish to renew the lease at the Field Centre for a year from November (and potentially for several years afterwards). However, the cost of rent, electricity and other expenses is about £3k a year.

Membership fees are used to pay for our insurance, website and sundry expenses. The 100 Club is one way by which we supplement our revenue to pay for the Field Centre. Please consider joining this. 50% of takings are paid back as prizes.

What we need of you please:

Pay your membership if you have not already done so (due from 1st April)
Join the 100 Club if your financial circumstances allow it
Give us any suggestions about fund raising or sources of donations.

Hope to see many of you over the summer.

Trustees Meeting Minutes

The Minutes of the March ’25 Trustees Meeting are now available in the members only area.

2024 AGM

Draft minutes for the 2024 CLASP AGM are available in the members area.

Winter 2024 Newsletter(s)

To catch up on CLASP activities during 2024 the Winter newsletter is now available.

We also have a more informal newsletter “In the Arena“, which contains articles submitted by members on a wide and varied range of items of archaeological interest.

2023 Lecture Series videos available

All the lectures from the 2023 lecture series are available (more to be added as the series progresses) at the CLASP video site.

CLASP brings local archaeology enthusiasts together to investigate their local past.

Our members, all volunteers, are technically led by our professionally qualified Archaeological Director, himself a volunteer. Members are encouraged and enabled to learn skills for themselves, both formally and ‘in the field’, to become confident and self-sufficient in all aspects of archaeological investigation.

CLASP also provides talks and lectures as part of its commitment to encouraging local communities to ‘own’ their archaeological heritage.

Join us! (It’s only £10 per annum!)

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