This Saturday (22 February) marks the annual meetings for 2024. Starting at 2pm within the club. All are welcome, and all are encouraged to come to see what is happing with our beloved club.

“Meetings Plural?” you might ask.

Yes there is in fact two meetings the first is the final Annual General Meeting for Humberside Wargames Society. The Society in the form it has been for the last 50 years is coming to a close.

The second meeting is the first Annual Meeting of Humberside Wargames C.I.C.

This meeting both serves as an introduction to what the club is becoming, and will be when the management of the club is formally passed across to a management committee. This management committee will complete the day-to-day management with the assistance of the Directors

There are four spaces available for attendees of the club that wish to get involved with how the C.I.C. operates. This year is an exciting one for the development of the club as we find our feet and help guide projects that are important to you as someone who uses our facilities.

To become a member of the committee you must have attended at least 5 sessions within the last 3 months and have someone who has also attended at least 5 sessions in the last 3 months willing to second you.

Both you and your seconder should drop an email to our email address letting us know. agm@humbersidewargames.org.uk

You may have noticed that before this weekend it had been a long time since anything was posted up on our website. Don’t worry we still exist and haven’t been sleeping all this time away. Quite the contrary we have been busier than ever.

Since moving into Percy St two years ago our attendance and games offered weekly have doubled. We are now regularly open 5 days a week with a 6th day open every fortnight!

It has never been a better time to run or play games with us. Especially considering we have now incorporated ourselves as Humberside Wargames C.I.C.

Some people may be concerned about the idea of the club becoming a business.

“Does this mean that our money is no longer going to make the club better and instead is going to be taken by Investors?”

No it does not mean that in the slightest. We have become what is called a Community Interest Company Incorporated by Guarantee. This means we do not have investors that expect profits, instead we have Guarantors who ensure that the company has an amount of funds within it. These Guarantors have no right to profits made by the company.

The aims of Humberside Wargames C.I.C. can be found publicly advertised on our Companies house page but we will also outline them below.

Activity 1

“The company will facilitate and support local communities by providing safe spaces and opportunities to participate in immersive storytelling, strategic puzzle and tactical games or activities.”

This is what we have already been doing since day one. The space is here for you to use and is and should always be safe for you to do so

Activity 2

“The company aims to help bring together our local and diverse communities, promoting social inclusion, wellbeing and combating social isolation.”

We have always believed in the benefit that the games we play provide. Through advertising our services to the local area and welcoming new players to join our games we believe that we can bring the diverse people together in a fun and understanding manner.

Should you wish to go further with assisting the running of the community this is the perfect time to do so. On the 22nd February 2025 we will be having our first annual meeting were we will elect the members of the first management committee.

Should you be interested in joining the management committee please check out the posters in club. Alternatively reach out to one of the current committee members to get more details