Worcester 2019 – All staff event e-book_draft 1

The venue

The University of Worcester Arena
provided a “green” location for the
event, with its active promotion of
sustainability. Just a few of its
initiatives include sourcing food
as locally as possible and making
as much as possible in house to
minimise food miles, encouraging
sustainable transport, enhancing
biodiversity on campus, and
ensuring sustainable approaches
in construction and
refurbishment.

The set-up Starting from
11 am the day
before, and 8am
on the morning
itself, a team of
dedicated
volunteers gave
their time to set
up the venue.

The set-up

The set-up

The set-up

The illustrations

The beautiful
illustrations
designed by Tim
Bernhardt – these
came in handy for
identifying our
helpers, as tickets
for lunch and for
the postcards

In the beginning… The crowds
arrived, full of
enthusiasm and
lined up in
queues to rival
the boxing day
sales!

In the beginning…

In the beginning….

In the beginning... Sample of
the photo
Catching up slide show
with what NE
colleagues: means to
the finance you
hub

The grand entrance

An impressive
1300 seats were
filled.

The gathering

OPENING ADDRESS

Marian’s opening address
officially began the event.
Marian discussed celebrating
our history and thinking
about our future. She
inspired NE staff to think
about our shared values and
purpose and about what we
want the NE organisation to
be. She also reminded us to
make connections, have fun
and enjoy!

Presentation: mark
cocker

Mark reminded us that “all
human creativity is enriched
by our links with nature. He
praised the breadth of Natural
England’s work and noted its
sheer scale. He also emphasised
the importance of recognising
the interconnectedness and
dependence of all organisms
and the role that we all have
to play in wider society of
improving the quality of the
conversation around nature
and conservation issues.

Presentation: tony juniper

Tony dove straight into
bringing together the
challenges faced by the
natural world and the
circumstances in which
Natural England finds
itself and has to work. He
explored the way in
which conservation
efforts have changed
since they officially
began in 1949, the
profound impact of
climate change, and the
things that we can start
to do differently, such as
re-wilding.

Presentation: marian spain –
our mission and vision

Marian’s focus on Natural England’s mission and
vision was a key part of setting our direction for
the future and providing the backdrop to ongoing
conversations over the coming months.

Our mission is about having thriving nature for
people and planet. In terms of looking towards an
end state – we are looking to see the entire natural
world thriving and flourishing. Our vision is
about building partnerships for nature’s recovery
in four key areas: sustainable development,
resilient landscapes and seas, greener farming and
fisheries, and connecting people with nature.

Presentation: marian spain – our
mission and vision

Thriving nature for people and planet

Building Partnerships for Nature’s Recovery

Resilient Sustainable
Landscapes Development

and Seas

© Peter Wakely/Natural England © Anne Purkiss

Greener Connecting
Farming and People with

Fisheries Nature

© James LePage/Natural England © Natural England

In conversation

A lively conversation examined
challenges such as the reinvention
of conservation and joining up
different elements to help the
nature recovery network (e.g., the
disparate activities of Natural
England, the Forestry Commission,
the Environment Agency). Mark,
Marian and Tony each gave an
insight into what nature means to
them.

Q&A session

An engaging Q&A
session brought
forward
interesting
questions, e.g.,
around the
protection of
habitats post-
Brexit and
Natural England’s
role within the
wider political
framework.

The buffet

A fabulous
spread!

Exhibitions

Cumbria art exhibition The depth of
thought and
creativity that
went into our
exhibitions
demonstrated the
passion of the
various Natural
England teams
and gave us a
useful insight
into the work
that our teams
our doing.

CSF exhibition

Exhibitions

Drone exhibition stand

Equality, Diversity and
Inclusion exhibition stand

Exhibitions

Marine exhibition Field unit exhibition stand

Exhibitions

Freshwater exhibition stand Habitat network
exhibition

Exhibitions

Heathland heartland exhibition Hen harrier tracking exhibition

Exhibitions

NEWLS exhibition NNR Exhibition

Exhibitions

Prospect stand

Podcast exhibition

Exhibitions

Seed bombs exhibition

Exhibitions

Wellbeing exhibition

Species recovery exhibition

Posters

A great
complement to
the exhibitions,
these posters kept
everyone
informed on the
work that
different teams

The walks

Ambling through
the countryside to
walk off lunch

Five Ways to give

A reminder of
giving as part of
our well-being

Presenting…the Graftas

Graftas presenters

Graftas: Dare to try
nominees

Graftas: unsung hero –
Team nominees

Graftas: unsung hero –
individual nominees

Graftas: doing things
differently nominees

Graftas: Feel good
factor nominees

Graftas: naturally inclusive
nominees

Grafta of graftas

Graffiti wall

Enthusiastic
graffitti artists!
The graffiti wall
gave everyone a
chance to
creatively express
their ideas on
the type of
organisation that
Natural England
needs to be to
move forward

Presentation: mya-rose craig

An inspiring young voice
ended the day with
reminders to reach out and
engage with people in their
own space, make diversity a
core value and monitor
outcomes to ensure that
change is achieved.

The end

That’s
all,
folks!