LMS Patriot Project Updates

Just spotted this update, posted a couple of weeks ago:

Engineering Update - November 2025 | The LMS-Patriot Project

 

LMS–Patriot Company Board Recruitment

We continue to seek new individuals to strengthen the Board of Trustees for the Charity.

In the last issue of 'The Warrior' we introduced our new Company Secretary Iain Gould. However, John Hastings-Thomson continues as Chairman only in an acting capacity; and our Engineering team requires further strengthening.

Moreover, Sales Director Roger Bateman has recently informed the Board that he will need to step down later this year. The sales role comprises responsibility for both on line sales from the office and our merchandise stands at various heritage steam railway events. Would you enjoy the excitement of putting on a show stand; the opportunity to talk directly to the public about our locomotive; meeting a wide variety of like-minded people from both inside the industry and out, and achieving sales knowing that you have helped fund the build by your efforts?

Each of the above roles also involve commitment to quarterly board meetings in Stafford plus annual AGM attendance. All out of pocket expenses can be claimed.

If you have (or you know anyone who has) relevant skill sets in organisational leadership, engineering or sales, and would like to get involved, we would very much like to discuss with you how you can help.

Please contact David Tuffin for an informal exploratory discussion.

Email : david.tuffin52@gmail.com or david.tuffin@lms-patriot.org.uk
Phone : 07718 581005

 

This is the official notice put out from the project, however I will add a few bits to this and I'm happy to answer.

I used to be the sales director before Roger, many of you see me out and about still doing it, but I'm a hgv driver who works 50-60hrs a week and stays out, I have a family and I do like to spend some time with them too, plus I also help out a friend on his model railway stand at shows throughout the year, so going back as a director and doing the ordering of stock and sales sheets post events, banking etc is just too much for me. It's a great role for someone who has the time though.

In my opinion there isn't a better time to be joining the project, we have very strong reserves in our bank, we continue to raise over 300k per year in fundraising and work is continuing down at Tyseley, hbss, Riley's, leaky finders etc.

It would be great to have some new blood on board and see out the next few years through to completion