Governance Documents

The RSGS’s governing constitution (Articles of Association), current strategic plan, latest accounts and latest AGM minutes can be downloaded here.

RSGS Articles of Association, updated and approved on 20 March 2015 (0.4 MB).

RSGS Strategic Plan 2017-22.

Annual Report & Accounts 2021-22 (8.8 MB).

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting for 2021-22, held in Perth and via Zoom on 28th March 2023.

Future Generations Fund

Please help us to build a Future Generations Fund to better resource the work we can do with and for young people.

Latest

RSGS collaboration with Access to Inspiration

RSGS is delighted to announce that we will be partnering with Access to Inspiration, to record a series of podcasts giving leading perspectives on how we promote climate solutions and encourage people to be more active.
In My Community

We often talk of being part of a community, but what does this mean? We want you to tell us about a community that you feel is important to you.
Sir Ernest Shackleton and T S Eliot’s ‘third man’

Amid T S Eliot’s long and dauntingly bleak poem, ‘The Waste Land’ is a curious passage describing two people who are attended by an invisible companion. How was this phenomenon, now known as ‘the third man’, inspired by Sir Ernest Shackleton?
Hitting 1.5C - earlier than anticipated...

The World Meteorological Organisation has updated its forecast on when the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees of heating will be passed, finding that there is now a 66% chance this will be breached between now and 2027.

Innovative Projects

We develop exciting projects to inspire public audiences, influence policy-makers, and solve complex problems.
Heritage Collections

We conserve and curate heritage collections of more than 100,000 historical and contemporary maps, and a wide variety of books, artefacts and archives.
University Research

We promote geographical research in Scottish universities, offer ‘knowledge exchange’ opportunities, and publish a peer-reviewed academic journal.
Schools Education

We are a champion for geographical education in Scottish schools, involved in policy discussions, promoting geography in schools, and projects.
Informing Policy

We engage in policy discussions with national government departments, international bodies, local authorities, community organisations, schools, universities, companies, NGOs and others.
Our Influence

We are at the heart of a community of interest – an RSGS family of individuals and organisations working together, part of an international network of geographical expertise and achievement.
The Geographer

We publish an attractive and informative quarterly magazine, The Geographer.
Our Impact

We provide informed, intelligent, insightful commentary on world issues from a geographical perspective.
Public Events

Inspiring People talks (face-to-face and online), award presentation events, and special events at our HQ in Perth.
Our Philosophy

The Royal Scottish Geographical Society is a dynamic educational charity with far-reaching influence and a mission to inspire and inform.