Countryside Management Association News

This is the first year that Natural England has joined forces with CABE Space to jointly sponsor their fourth leaders programme for professionals working in the greenspace sector. It brings new opportunities for collaboration not only between the two partners but also those dedicated to a positive future for all England’s greenspaces wherever they are located. There will be new content and alternative perspectives developed for the programme and by co-sponsoring it, it also allows the fee to be kept at the lowest level possible.

The CABE Space leaders programme 2009 will take place at the Marriott Hollins Hall Hotel, Baildon, Shipley, near Bradford between the 10 and 13 February 2009.
The fee is £560 plus VAT per person, including full board and accommodation.

The developing programme is combining leading-edge speakers, inspiring workshops, active networking events and a host of other activities that keep the event at the cutting edge, and make it such a great opportunity to develop your career and bring new ideas and approaches to your work. At Natural England we are keen to broaden the audience to embrace all those managing the natural environment within greenspaces, whether they be formal parks, nature reserves, woodlands or country parks. We want to help you to re-connect people to their natural environment and take action to care for it.

For more details see the attached flyer. To get up to the minute information and the draft programme for 2009 visit www.cabe.org.uk/cabespaceleaders. Please don’t forget to tell your colleagues about it too. Places are booking up quickly.