As part of St Helens' sustainability work, join us for a morning learning about nature within St Helens.

Sustainability Forum: Nature in St Helens. Event will be hosted in Taylor Park Visitor Centre.

The workshop will run from 10am to 12pm with arrivals from 9.30am and an optional tour of St Helens.

The draft agenda of speakers are as follows:

9.30- Refreshments & networking

10:00 - Introductions - Gabby Beckett & Elysia Yenulevich

10.20- National Education Nature Parks

10.40- Mersey Forest video

11.00- St Helens' Friends Groups: Rainford in Bloom & Friends of Taylor Park

11.20- Panel questions

Panel questions with guest speakers and Stephen Sykes 2030 Hub - Stephen Sykes is recognised for his dedication to promoting sustainability and supporting businesses in their transition to a low-carbon future. He is a highly experienced sustainability professional with a career spanning over three decades, including 16 years in the chemical manufacturing sector, focusing on quality, health, safety, and environmental management, 11 years in environmental regeneration and over 12 years as a self-employed and employed sustainability consultant.

He has a wealth of experience as the chair of the Climate Commission, Director of Sustainability at the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, where he managed the Chamber Low Carbon program and co-founder and Director of 2030hub, the world's first United Nations-recognised local entrepreneurial hub promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

11.50 - Close - Andy Cutts

Optional tour of Taylor Park afterwards.

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