Dorset LNP Annual Forum 2019 Invitation

When: Wednesday 27 February 2019

Time: 9.30-1pm (registration from 9.00)

Where: Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole, BH15 1UG

Booking essential – please book here

Dorset LNP’s Annual Forum 2019 will focus on a draft 25 Year Environment Plan for Dorset highlighting how Dorset will support the delivery the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan published in January 2018.

Dorset LNP aims to take a leadership role in developing anEnvironment Plan for Dorset which facilitates delivery of Dorset’s local needs, which also support delivery of the national plan. The plan’s chapters are being drafted by Dorset LNP Board Members, Officers and stakeholders.

The Annual Forum will look at the chapters for the Environment Plan for Dorset and will give an opportunity for LNP Forum members to input into the plan.

The Plan will be used to demonstrate to Government the value LNPs in delivering their 25 Year Environment Plan as well as feeding into our further working with the two new Unitary Councils’, the Health and Wellbeing Boards’ and Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership’s.

Programme (subject to amendment)
9.00 Registration and Refreshments

9.30 Welcome and Introduction to Dorset’s 25 Year Environment Plan – Simon Cripps (Dorset LNP Chair)

9.50 An introduction to the chapters of the Dorset 25 Year Environment Plan

  • Using and managing land sustainably – Will Bond (Dorset LNP)
  • Recovering nature and enhancing the beauty of landscapes – Tom Munro (Dorset AONB)
  • Connecting people with the environment to improve health and wellbeing – Rachel Partridge (Public Health Dorset)
  • Increasing resource efficiency and reducing pollution and waste – Darren Orchard (Dorset Waste Partnership)
  • Securing clean, healthy, productive and biologically diverse seas and oceans – Rob Clark (Southern IFCA)
  • Protecting and improving our global environment – Maria Clarke (Dorset LNP)

10.55 Refreshments and networking

10.55 An Introduction to the Dorset Local Industrial Strategy – Luke Rake (Dorset LEP & Kingston Maurward College)

11.30 Discussing the draft 25 Year Environment Plan for Dorset: Workshop – Attendees to rotate round the six chapter tables and comment on:

  • What are the key issues on each chapter?
  • What do we want to achieve?
  • What key projects could feed into the Dorset Environment Plan and/or potentially the Local Industrial Strategy?

12.50 Summary and Next Steps – Simon Cripps (Dorset LNP Chair)

13.00 Close

If you have any queries, please contact info@dorsetlnp.org.uk.

Dorset and the 25 YEP – Annual Forum 2018

Dorset and the 25 Year Environment Plan

Dorset LNP’s Annual Forum 2018 was held on Wednesday 21 February and focused on the 25 Year Environment Plan, highlighting what’s been delivered to date and how we can work together to support the delivery of the plan in the future.

The presentations are now available to view below.  

Programme

9.00 Registration and Refreshments

9.30 Welcome and Introduction: Dr Simon Cripps, Chairman Dorset LNP

9.45 The 25 Year Environment Plan and Local Nature Partnerships: Rebecca Waite, Head of Local Delivery, 25 Year Environment Plan, Defra

10.15 Delivering the 25-Year Environment Plan in Dorset (local case studies)

10.55 Refreshments and networking

11.25 Panel Discussion: Delivering the 25 Year Environment Plan in Dorset – Setting a challenge to Government and Dorset

Panel members: Rebecca Waite (Defra), Nick Bruce-White (RSPB), Rachel Partridge (Public Health Dorset), Will Bond (CLA), Jim Stewart (Dorset LEP) and Cllr John Rampton (BoP)

12.55 Summary and Final Words

13.00 Close

Dorset LNP Annual Forum 2018

Dorset and the 25 Year Environment Plan

The Government published A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment in early January setting out its plans to deliver their ambition to leave the environment in a better state than they found it.

Dorset LNP’s Annual Forum 2018 will focus on the 25 Year Environment Plan, highlighting what’s being delivered to date and how we can work together to support the delivery of the plan in the future.

When: Wednesday 21 February 2018

Time: 9.30-1pm (registration from 9.00)

Where: Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts

Booking essential – please book here

Programme

9.00 Registration and Refreshments

9.30 Welcome and Introduction: Dr Simon Cripps, Chairman Dorset LNP

9.45 The 25 Year Environment Plan and Local Nature Partnerships: Rebecca Waite, Head of Local Delivery, 25 Year Environment Plan, Defra

10.15 Delivering the 25-Year Environment Plan in Dorset (local case studies)

  • Using and managing land sustainably: EnTrade – Wessex Water
  • Recovering nature and enhancing the beauty of landscapes: Portland Living Landscape – Sam Hamer, Dorset Wildlife Trust
  • Connecting people with the environment to improve health and wellbeing: Stepping into Nature – Julie Hammon, Dorset AONB
  • Increasing resource efficiency and reducing pollution and waste: Litter Free Coast and Sea and Litter Free Dorset – Bridget Betts, Dorset Coast Forum
  • Securing clean, healthy, productive and biologically diverse seas and oceans: Rob Clark, Southern IFCA
  • Protecting and improving our global environment: Energy efficiency activity in a local authority – Dave Lawrence, Bournemouth Borough Council

10.55 Refreshments and networking

11.25 Panel Discussion: Delivering the 25 Year Environment Plan in Dorset – Setting a challenge to Government and Dorset

Confirmed panel members: Rebecca Waite (Defra), Nick Bruce-White (RSPB), Rachel Partridge (Public Health Dorset), and Will Bond (CLA)

12.55 Summary and Final Words

13.00 Close

Programme subject to change.

Please note: There are roadworks on the Upton Bypass coming into Poole, so please allow extra time for your journey if coming in from the west of the county.