Boardman Tasker Information

The judges are appointed by the trustees. They are independent and to ensure that independence no judge serves more than two years in succession. There is a panel of three judges, one of whom will be appointed as chair of judges by the trustees. The chair will normally have been a judge the previous year. Since 2017 the judges receive an honorarium, upon receipt of the shortlist. The role of the judges is to read the submissions and select a shortlist from which they will eventually determine the winner. The judges are requested to attend the Award event and the chair is expected to make a speech about the submissions and the short listed books and to announce the winner. The Trust is funded primarily by donations and the occasional fund raising event. Trust capital is invested but the returns are modest. Cash is needed to pay the prize and expenses, mainly postage. The trustees do not have personal expenses reimbursed and are not remunerated. The judges receive an honorarium of £100. The Trust depends on the generosity of those to whom mountain literature and/or the legacy of Peter and Joe is important. If you would like to contribute, the trustees will be pleased to hear from you. Lifetime donations can be gift aided if you pay UK income tax. If you wish to leave a legacy by will, the amount of it will be disregarded for Inheritance Tax purposes. Barely a month after Pete and Joe disappeared, a small group meeting in Manchester agreed to progress an as yet undefined Boardman Tasker Memorial. The Award itself has its origins in a meeting of friends and relatives in Dorothy Boardmans sitting room in December 1982. All those gathered there shared a desire both to preserve the memory of Joe and Pete, but also to do so in a way, which would be inspirational for those who would follow. They also felt a duty to respond to peoples wish to donate to a fitting memorial. It was agreed that a prize for mountain literature would meet all of these objectives. A Trust was formed and over £20,000 raised, through an appeal. ...