Chair of Nadder Community Energy, a not-for-profit community benefit society providing and promoting renewable and sustainable energy solutions in rural south west Wiltshire.

I have been involved in cycle campaigning/ active travel for the past 10 years, having worked with Sustrans, Swindon Borough Council, and latterly as a Transport Planner. I currently work as a Community Developer for British Cycling at the Moredon Sporting Hub in Swindon, which opened in July 2024 and is run by Central Swindon North Parish Council. I have been a committee member for Swindon Cycle Campaign for 10 years. I have a MSc in Transport Planning and am passionate about making cycling more inclusive.

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Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire,  Chief executive of the Soil Association and organic farmer.

Jemima is the Farming in protected landscapes officer for the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. She runs the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) grant, as well as the Access for All grant while also chairing the Wiltshire councils farm working group. She works with farmers and landowners across the landscape to deliver projects that benefit climate, nature, people and the place. She is passionate about sustainable farming, nature, helping the landscape be more accessible and building collaboration.

Kate trained as an eye surgeon and then as an engineer. Her lived experience of climate change and concern for the natural world has led to her third career as a community home energy adviser.

Kit Connell is the Environment and Sustainability Manager at the Diocese of Bristol, where he leads sustainability strategy and action across the Church’s operations and wider community. 

He also sits on the Environment Board for the Bristol One City Initiative, contributing to cross-sector collaboration on citywide sustainability goals, and is a member of Bristol's Climate Change Committee.

Matthew spent 20 years as a professional electrical, electronics, and software engineer, before switching career to start a chocolate business. Their business put sustainability at the core, reaching net zero, and joining the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). A former Town Councillor. Matthew now uses his engineering skills and experiences of solar and battery installations as joint administrator of the Zero Chippenham Community Solar scheme, Air Quality monitoring project, and Home Energy Efficiency projects.

Nick is a sustainability and climate change professional with experience in both sustainability management and environmental consultancy.  Nick has worked in public and private sectors, in the UK and internationally, most recently advising organisations on their path to Net Zero. He is also an Associate Lecturer in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Bath Spa University.

Nick is a Wiltshire Councillor and Chippenham Town councillor.

Chair - Sustainable Devizes

I am passionate and basically obsessed with sustainability, climate, and all things “green”. I have been involved with climate action at a community level as a volunteer with Sustainable Devizes for many years, alongside working in a variety of industries from events and e-commerce, to publishing and printing.

SFW Communications helps businesses and socially-responsible organisations make a difference to the Climate Emergency, through clear, effective communications. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today" MLK

Director for Growth & External Affairs at the Heat Pump Federation

The HPF recognises that homeowners, and the social housing sector particularly, both need excellent advice on maximising the benefits of installing heat pumps.

Cate Watson is the Climate and Biodiversity Officer at Chippenham Town Council.

I have embedded sustainability in our strategies and policies and produced a new Climate Strategy and Action Plan that sets out the pathway to net zero and more, as well as building community engagement through the creation of new networks of support and action. The Chippenham Community Forum meets quarterly and brings together local community groups, charities, organisations and businesses to collaborate on projects that benefit the town. The Chippenham Environmental group on Facebook creates a safe space for residents to share information and ask questions. In 2023 I put on a one day community festival – Eco Future Fest to use the ability of art, music, performance and spoken word to draw residents in, as well as offering lots of talks, workshops, swaps, giveaways and freebies. EcoFest - YouTube 

I also started a successful community environmental group in Royal Wootton Bassett which has now grown into a Trust and registered charity. We work closely with our Town Council on biodiversity projects and manage a 2 acre local nature reserve https://www.ecorwb.org/

County Secretary to Wiltshire Association of Local Councils.

WALC supports and advises parish, town and city councils in Wiltshire and Swindon as they support the communities in which they serve.

Climate Action Advisor at Let's Go Zero | Director Vet Sustain | Carbon Literacy Trainer | Author | Founder of Sustainable(ish)

In September 2012 I decided it would be a 'fun' challenge to spend a year buying nothing new and dragged the rest of the family along for the ride. That year changed my life (cliche klaxon!) - not only how and where I shop, but how I see my place in the world. I learned that all of my actions make a difference, positive or negative, and that through getting informed, I could make different choices, create new habits, and have a more positive impact.

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Share Salisbury is a Library of Things, enabling the public to "borrow" items at affordable rates, rather than purchase new and store them. https://sharesalisbury.co.uk/

Salisbury Transition City is an organisation that is a catalyst for transitioning towards more sustainable living, through delivering eco projects and supporting green initiatives in Salisbury. https://www.transitionsalisbury.org/ 

Both are Community Interest Companies.

Laurence is a community active travel advocate, who has helped deliver dozens of improvements to the cycle network in Chippenham. Passionate about enabling young people to travel safely and independently, he has recently helped Queens Crescent School secure significant funding towards on-site and off-site improvements that will improve safety and encourage more active travel. In this talk, aimed at councillors, school staff, governors, and anyone with school-age children, he’ll share the process Queens Crescent School went through, so that you can do the same.

Matthew is an experienced chartered (CEnv) environmental consultant and business leader specialising in ecology, environmental impact and risk assessment, design, geomorphology and water management.

Rachel began her working life as an economist but soon felt drawn to a much more environmentally-focused role, as a town planner. Becoming passionate about plants she then qualified as a landscape architect and worked freelance while her family was young. In mid life she changed direction, studying for a Masters in International Rural Development, and began working for Practical Action, a development organisation working in 7 countries. Her work was supporting country teams in their food security programmes. Even in the late 1990s, the communities she met were experiencing severe impacts due to climate change, and Practical Action and other organisations like Christian Aid and Oxfam began attending the UN COPs to support developing country governments in lobbying for funds for adaptation to climate change. 

On retiring and having moved to Bradford on Avon, Rachel got involved with Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon and was its chair for five years until 2023. She is now working with the Climate Majority Project on how to engage the majority of people who are concerned about climate change but don't want to be 'activists.' She sees engaging people with adapting and building resilience as a way of doing this.

Bath and West Community Energy -  She is taking a lead on BWCE's new business development with an early focus on home energy efficiency. She worked in local government for 13 years on climate initiatives, including the Cooperation Agreement between BWCE and B&NESCouncil and planning policies on renewable energy and net zero buildings. 

Vicky Burvill - Climate Manager

Paul Robertson - Senior Landscape Officer

Ruth Durrant - School Travel Advisor

Milly Strong - Air Quality Officer

Dr Alex Rowbotham - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI) lead

Stacy Sheppard - Climate Delivery Manager

Thomas Hutchinson - Trading Standards

Charlotte Knowles Lawson - Waste Services.

Sarah Valdus - Director of Environment, Wiltshire Council Waste

Lynn Trigwell - Head of Climate and Environment