The committee will provide advice, assistance and publicity. We can also book the lecture theatre at Burlington House free of charge. Start-up loans are available, if other sources of funding are limited. Such loans are usually in the order of a couple of hundred pounds, up to a maximum of £500, and are intended to secure bookings of facilities and accommodation, or to pre-pay travel for a keynote speaker. We request that (barring unforeseen circumstances) the loan is repaid from the surplus generated by the meeting. This enables BSRG to maintain a level of cash flow to support a meetings programme without having to charge a membership fee. Funding is also available via the Geological Society; details can be obtained from .

You do not need to be an "established" academic or industrial sedimentologist to convene a BSRG meeting; some of the most successful meetings have previously been organised and run by postgraduates. Not only does this improve their research profile, it also gives valuable organisational experience that can enhance employability.