"The Future Role of National Parks"
National Park Societies conference: 12-14 October 2021, Cober Hill Hotel, Cloughton, Scarborough.
NYMA was especially proud to host this conference as the pandemic eased and life returned to normal.
What a success! Over 60 delegates and speakers came along to the conference - an excellent turn-out. All the national parks in England and Wales were represented, as well as the Campaign for National Parks and other groups.
"I thought the conference excellent - full of ideas, passion and energy."
"Thank you for organising such a super conference. I very much enjoyed all the constituent parts - notably the talks, space to chat and the field trip. Great venue too. I learned a lot and came away challenged by what I heard."
"Congratulations for the very successful conference! I am still digesting all the interesting information gleaned during the talks and was impressed by the range of topics .... and styles of the speakers."
"Thanks so much to all the NYMA team for putting on such a wonderful conference. All of the talks were super engaging and it was brilliant for me to meet everyone in person. I especially enjoyed our tour round the grouse moor yesterday as so good to see and hear first-hand about things I have been reading about."
"What a brilliant conference, thank you so much!"
"It was beautifully organised, the location was great and the speakers varied in a way that created a successful balance - and all interesting."
"A great success, very enjoyable and very rewarding. So much to learn. Many thanks for making it all happen."
"Many thanks for organising such a stimulating and enjoyable conference; it was much appreciated."
A few of the excellent and impassioned speakers, and some views around the Cober Hill Hotel, Cloughton - a perfect venue.
The speakers:
Tom Hind, CEO of the North York Moors National Park Authority
Debbie Trebilco, North Yorkshire Rural Commissioner, Trustee of the North York Moors National Park Trust, and green energy farmer
David Rooke, Chair of the Yorkshire Derwent Catchment Partnership
Kate Ashbrook, General Secretary of the Open Spaces Society
Andy Wilson, Environmental policy campaigner and former CEO of the North York Moors National Park Authority
David Steel, Chief Executive of The Dawnay Estates
Susan Briggs, tourism marketing consultant specialising in small businesses
Steve Race, award-winning wildlife photographer
Roger Osborne, local author and geologist
Field trips
Yorkshire's Heritage Coast (Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar)
Management and Change in Moorland and Villages (Appleton-le-Moors and Spaunton Moor)
From Heavy Industry to the Visitor Economy (Grosmont and the North York Moors Railway)
