# QUATERNARY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 262124
- **Other names:** Q R A
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 19, 1971
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=262124


## Contact

- **Address:** ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 1 KENSINGTON GORE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW7 2AR
- **Phone:** 020 7942 6479
- **Email:** treasurer@qra.org.uk
- **Website:** www.qra.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSOCIATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE QUATEMARY PERIOD. THIS SHALL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES AND BY SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE OF BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC. THE AIMS OF SUCH ACTIVITIES SHALL BE: (I) TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES DURING THE QUATEMARY PERIOD, AND (II) THE DISSEMINATION OF THIS INFORMATION TO THE WIDER PUBLIC. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECTIVE, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:(A) TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS; (B) TO PUBLISH PAMPHLETS, LEAFLETS, ETC., (C) TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS WILL FURTHER THE OBJECTIVE. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL ALSO AGREE FORMAL REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMITTEES OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS INQUA, ICSU AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

**Activities:** The objective of the Association is the advancement of education and research into the Quaternary period through a programme of events and activities (discussion and field meetings, outreach activities) and by series of publications that are of benefit to the public. It also provides grants and awards to individuals and groups to promote research and further understanding of the Quaternary period.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Prof Jane Karen Hart** | Chair | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Dr Adrian Paul Palmer |  | Jan. 1, 2022 |
| Dr Catherine Ann Delaney |  | Jan. 1, 2022 |
| Dr Della Kay Murton |  | Jan. 5, 2024 |
| Dr Edmund Taylor-Garrett |  | Jan. 4, 2024 |
| Dr Harold Lovell |  | Jan. 4, 2024 |
| Dr Jenna Louise Sutherland |  | Jan. 4, 2024 |
| Dr Katherine Helen Roucoux |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Dr Michael Dempster |  | Jan. 7, 2022 |
| Dr Naomi Holmes |  | Jan. 4, 2024 |
| Dr Sophie Lauren Williams |  | Jan. 4, 2024 |
| Dr Timothy Patrick Lane |  | Jan. 4, 2024 |
| Dr William John Fletcher |  | Jan. 1, 2022 |
| Prof Christopher Neil Roberts |  | Jan. 1, 2020 |
| Professor David Howard Roberts |  | Jan. 1, 2022 |




