The Federation of Astronomical Societies will be having a stand at this years Astrofest, which is being held at Kensington Town Hall, London, on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 February 2009.

Many societies will be organising astronomy events for the public in IYA2009 and/or increasing their publicity to attract more people to society meetings. The FAS has created an IYA2009 poster that societies can download as a Word document and then type their society information into. If you would like to download a copy for use by your society please click here. This poster, which has been designed for A4 print size, has been approved for use by the UK Coordinator of IYA2009.

A couple of posters with example text are downloadable as a PDF here .

The regional groups are of great importance to the FAS and we are pleased to announce an extension to our scheme to offer small funding opportunites for regional group formation and development.

Applications should be received by 1st March 2009. Decisions will be made at the March 2009 FAS Council meeting. Applications for sums not exceeding £50 may be decided upon and responded to by an earlier date.
Please see our online form for more information.

If you require further guidance please contact the Secretary. NOTE: Please do not apply if your proposal is for a single society event or item; the scheme is for encouraging regional group formation or development.