Date: 15 November 2025
Start time: 09:30
Location: Arnside Educational Insititute
Organiser: Bittern Countryside CIC and Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape
Email: info@arnside-silverdale.org.uk
Call: 01524 761034
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Time | Session | Speaker |
9.30 | Conference open - Teas, coffees etc. | - |
9.45 | Welcome | National Landscape / BCCIC |
10.00 | Talk – Warton Eco Gang | Diane Sammons & Warton Eco-Gang |
10.15 | Talk – Bittern Sharing Community | Sarah Hymas, BCCIC |
10.30 | Talk – Marvellous Moths | Sylvia Pearson & Emma Taylor, Larksfoot CIC |
10.45 | Tea break | - |
11.00 | Talk – Gardening for Wildlife Arnside | Steve Porter |
11.45 | Talk – TBC | TBC |
11.30 | Power Hour -10 x 5-minute intros | Various |
12.30 | Lunch | - |
13.30 | Workshop Session 1 | Various |
15.00 | Tea Break | - |
15.15 | Workshop Session 2 | Various |
16.45 | Closing Notes | National Landscape / BCCIC |
17.00 | Conference Finish | - |
Workshop Sessions will include:
- Plastic Packaging: The Good, The Bad and the Muddled & Recycling in the National Landscape (Val Stevens & Ann Kitchen, BCCIC & Sue Wheldon, Sustainable Arnside)
- The Growing Station (Grace Holland, Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape)
- Cooking Adjika with Apples (Marina Tcaci, Food Futures/Global Link)
- Cooking Korean Savoury Apple Preserves (Choon Key Chekar, Food Futures/Global Link)
- Earwig Hotels: Making Space for Minibeasts (Stephanie Peay & Susana Dart, Lancaster City Council)
- Libraries of Things & the Bittern Sharing Community (Sarah Hymas, BCCIC & Beccy Whittle)
- Sustainable Arnside (TBC)
- The Problem with Peat (Zoe Munby)
- Composting (Frankie Kennett, Cumbria Master Composters & Diana McIntyre, Food Futures/Closing Loops)
Power Hour slots will showcase local groups - get in touch if you'd like a Power Hour slot.