Future Countryside 2024
”A Countryside for All”
Future Countryside brings together people and organisations who are united by a love of the countryside and a shared belief in the potential of rural Britain.
We believe that the countryside is part of our national heritage and should be central to a modern vision of a healthier, greener and more prosperous country.
We want to ensure that political leaders give the countryside the attention and priority it deserves.
2024 AGENDA:
- 8.30 – Arrival and coffee
- 9.30 – Welcome from the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House
- 9.35 – Welcome – Nick Herbert, co-founder of Future Countryside, and Sarah Mukherjee MBE, chief executive IEMA and Future Countryside Steering Committee.
- 9.45 – René Olivieri, Chair, National Trust
- 10.05 – Steve Reed, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, chaired by Sarah Mukherjee MBE
- 10.40 – TEA BREAK
- 11.00 – Jon Alexander – “Citizens of the Countryside”, in conversation with Sue Pritchard, FFCC
- Part 1 – Communities and the Countryside – Chaired by Ewen Cameron
- 11.45 – Case studies:
- Charlie Luxton, Plunkett Foundation – “Countryside solutions for the people by the people”
- Gavin Lane, Deputy President, CLA
- Lisa Manning, New to Nature, WCL
- 12.15 – ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
- 12.45–2.00 – LUNCH
- 2.00 – Rt Hon Stephen Barclay, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, chaired by Sarah Mukherjee MBE
- 2.30 – Archie Norman, Chair M&S plc, in conversation with Alice Thomson, Associate Editor, The Times
- 3.00 – TEA BREAK
- Part 2 – Landscapes for Food, Nature and Health – Chaired by Sarah Langford
- 3.15 – CASE STUDIES:
- Ben Andrews, Broadward Hall Farm
- Abi Reader, Goldslands Farm – “Embracing the crazy at Goldslands Farm”
- Flavian Obiero, Tynefield Farm
- 3.45 – ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
- 4.15 – Closing plenary, chaired by Dame Fiona Reynolds
- 5.00 – Wrap up and close
- 5.00–7.00 – Drinks