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Cycling Scotland Conference 2023 - August update

26 October 2023

Thursday 26 October  John McIntyre Conference Centre                                                Edinburgh

Registration is open for our 2023  Annual Conference.

Speakers include Patrick Harvie MSP and Professor Devi Sridhar, and you can also expect breakout sessions, a lunchtime led ride, the announcement of Cycling Champion of the Year award winners and lots of opportunities to network with delegates.

Early-bird tickets are available for £85 

Register now  to secure your ticket.

The evidence is stark that we need to change the way we travel to reach net zero, and we need to do it quickly. Working in partnership at a national and local level, collectively we create a safer, easier and more accessible environment for cycling.

As we mark our twentieth anniversary, we’ll be addressing how we press on with the priorities needed to make Scotland healthier, fairer, safer and greener for everyone.


Update 24 August

There’s only one week left to get your early-bird tickets for the Cycling Scotland annual Conference on 26 October in Edinburgh.

As we mark our twentieth anniversary, we’ll be addressing the theme: “Cycling towards a healthier, fairer, safer and greener Scotland”, through an inspiring day of expert speakers, stimulating workshops and networking.

Some of this year’s speakers are:

  • Patrick Harvie MSP, Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
  • Professor Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health
  • Sally Thomas, Chief Executive at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
  • Chair: Catriona Stewart, The Herald

Find out more about the speakers  and  book your early-bird space.

 


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Get to know your sewing machine

26 October 2023


Starts: 18:30
Ends: 20:30

Thursday 26 October  6.30 - 8.30  Old Brewery  Cromarty

The Black Isle Repair Cafe and Transition Black Isle present

Get to know your sewing machine

Come along to our workshop and learn about threading, basic repair tasks & become more familiar with your sewing machine. Bring along your machine and instruction manual if you have one. We will supply fabric and thread!

Its being held at The Old Brewery, Burnside Place, Cromarty 

For bookings and enquiries contact  blackislerepaircafe@gmail.com (booking essential).


 

We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.