BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//North Pennines National Landscape - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:North Pennines National Landscape X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://northpennines.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for North Pennines National Landscape REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T150000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20260206T140943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T154248Z UID:10002209-1773914400-1773932400@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Rural women in business workshop DESCRIPTION:The North Pennines National Landscape team and the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) are running a free workshop for rural women in business in the North Pennines\, on Thursday 19 March\, 10am to 3pm at Melmerby Village Hall\, Cumbria. \nThis event aims to bring local women together to share experiences\, build connections and explore opportunities. Inspiring rural businesswomen will lead the session\, paving the way for stimulating conversations about needs\, aspirations and the realities of running a business in rural areas. \nThe event also offers a valuable opportunity for informal networking and peer support. The workshop will help shape a future two-year enterprise support programme tailored specifically to rural women in the North Pennines. \nLunch and refreshments will be provided. \nTo book\, please use the Ticketsource link. \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/rural-women-in-business-workshop/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NP-5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231022T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231022T210000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20230922T151444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T091745Z UID:10000494-1697997600-1698008400@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:An evening of sound and music from Fellfoot Forward DESCRIPTION:This special event will present the sounds of Fellfoot Forward as you’ve never heard them before. \nPresented by BlueJam Arts and Eden Valley Artistic Network\, the evening will feature regional musicians and artists creatively responding to the sounds of the Fellfoot Forward landscape. From its dawn chorus\, to streams and rivers\, and the shifting accents and dialects. \nThe event will combine traditional music\, experimental music\, and collaboratively produced sounds\, together presenting creative work that inspires new ways of listening to the landscape. \nPerforming artists and musicians include Carolyn Francis\, fiddle\, bagpipes\, loops\, landscapes and poetry\, and Fellfoot Sound Collective\, experimental soundscapes from a newly-established Fellfoot Forward ensemble. \nThe artists performing have worked together as part of the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme\, led by the North Pennines AONB Partnership and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. They have been working with broadcasted sounds collected by sound artist\, Chris Watson\, and Fellfoot Sounds Collective. \nArtists\, musicians and creatives who would like to help remix the sounds of the Fellfoot Forward area for this event can join the free workshop on Saturday 7 October at Melmerby village hall. \nThis event forms part of ‘Everything Changes\, Everything Stays The Same’\, a 2023 community arts project funded by Arts Council England and Westmorland and Furness Council. \nRefreshments including tea and coffee available. BYOB. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/fff-evening-of-sound-and-music/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_0495.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T160000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20230614T145555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230711T142226Z UID:10000445-1697018400-1697040000@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Fellfoot Forward - Uncovering the Past Design Sprint DESCRIPTION:The Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme’s Uncovering the Past programme is moving into its final phase. Join us and DigVentures for a design sprint workshop that will challenge project volunteers to identify and develop ideas for the future archaeology and local history projects\, using the North West Regional Research Framework. This uses the interests of local people to articulate the importance and need for any future work to be delivered. \nWe will map out the challenge\, work through possible solutions\, and come up with a working project outline together. Our professional team of archaeological project designers will take part\, helping provide realistic costs\, identify risks and potential issues\, and highlight potential fundraising opportunities. The Design Sprint will take place over one intensive day session and result with a project proposal\, including outline costs and a fundraising strategy. \nLunch and refreshments are included. \nThis will particularly suit people who have already participated in Uncovering the Past events and activities. \nBooking  is essential. \nIf you would like to take part in this and other volunteer surveys\, please sign up on our Better Impact platform. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/fellfoot-forward-uncovering-the-past-design-sprint/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Training,Volunteering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FF-2022-04-05-Carlatton-cairn-investigation-10.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231007T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231007T210000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20230906T142636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T092642Z UID:10000473-1696683600-1696712400@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Artist workshop - remixing the sounds of the fells DESCRIPTION:Are you an artist\, musician or creative that would like to help remix the sounds of the Fellfoot Forward area for a special public event? \nJoin us for a free full day workshop to learn skills and develop new audio-visual work to be performed at a public event later in October at Melmerby Village Hall. \nThis event is being facilitated by BlueJam Arts and Eden Valley Artistic Network\, and delivered as part of the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme. \nThe focus for the workshop will be on sharing\, remixing and creatively responding to the diverse sounds of the Fellfoot Forward landscape\, from its rivers and streams\, to its birdsong and shifting social landscapes. Attendees will have an opportunity to remix longform recordings of the Fellfoot Forward area\, including a stunning dawn chorus collected by Fellfoot Forward artists who worked with renowned natural sound artist\, Chris Watson\, in May 2023. Watch the video of the workshop. \nYou will be supported to create new work that inspires new ways of listening to the landscape. This could be any audio-visual or performed work (predominantly sound and music but also projected images/video\, spoken word\, and creative writing). We are open and interested in a range of creative practices at the event. \nThe day will combine presentation and demonstrations\, making and creating\, informal discussion\, listening and with plenty of space for solo and collaborative development of new work. It will be a friendly and accessible event where artists/creatives are supported to feel  part of a wider community of creative practice. \nThe produced work will be showcased at an event on Sunday 22 October at Melmerby village hall featuring the creative responses to the sounds of the Fellfoot Forward landscape. Audio works will also be broadcast on Fellfoot Radio\, an online radio stream. \nPlease note spaces are limited. Register your interest by emailing BlueJam Arts. \nThe Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme is led by the North Pennines AONB Partnership and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. \nThis event is part of ‘Everything Changes\, Everything Stays The Same’\, the Fellfoot Forward LPS community arts project for 2023\, which has been funded by Arts Council England and Westmorland and Furness Council. \n  URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/fff-remixing-the-sound-of-the-fells/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Art,Training ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Chris-Watson-workshop.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221014 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20220816T145147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T092804Z UID:10000311-1665619200-1665705599@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:North Pennines Tourism Forum 2022 DESCRIPTION:The North Pennines – a regenerative destination?\n\nThursday 13 October 2022: 10am to 3pm (arrival\, registration\, tea/coffee from 9.40am)\nMelmerby Village Hall (Cumbria)\, £10 attendance cost (includes lunch and refreshments).\n\nWhat does sustainable tourism mean to you? What about responsible tourism? Nature tourism? Activity tourism? There’s now a new ‘kid on the block’ with Regenerative Tourism as the new buzz word in tourism circles. \nAt our 2022 Tourism Forum we’re asking if a regenerative approach is the way forward for the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and UNESCO Global Geopark? And if so – what does that mean for destination management? For business operation and future development? \nThis will be the first face-to-face North Pennines Tourism Forum since we went ‘digital’ in 2019 in Blanchland. It promises to be a thought-provoking event\, packed with networking opportunities and chances to influence future thinking. \nKeynote speaker \nOur keynote speaker is Vicky Smith – Founder of Earth Changers. Vicky has worked in tourism since the mid-90s\, and sustainable tourism since the mid-00s\, in destinations\, marketing and ecommerce. She’s headed up operations abroad and online for major tour operators like Tui and Virgin Holidays\, online travel agents and media\, in package and specialist holidays\, ski\, tours\, charity challenges and voluntourism\, NGOs and sustainable tourism accreditation organisations. \nShe’s a qualified ranger in Africa\, charity challenge tour leader\, and acclaimed academic for her published MSc Responsible Tourism Management thesis on the online marketing and greenwashing of volunteer tourism. In 2019 she was invited to be an Ambassador for the UK Government Department for Environment\, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Year of Green Action and won the Travelmole UK Responsible Travel & Tourism Best Website. She currently sits on the Trustee board for charity SEED Madagascar\, and helps the development team for the Global and European Ecotourism Networks. \nHer sustainable tourism start-up\, www.Earth-Changers.com\, features the life-changing places\, world-changing people and extraordinary experiences with purpose of some of the best positive impact\, sustainable\, regenerative tourism around the globe. \nDr Emma Pope will look at regenerating our relationship with nature through tourism. Emma has a PhD in Transformational Adventure Tourism and is passionate about the meaningful and memorable experiences that can happen through tourism and recreation. She uses the perspective of nature connection to explore how time spent outdoors can contribute to personal wellbeing and create an ongoing sense of care for the places and nature that provides this. The industry response will be provided by Sue Clarke from Cumbria Tourism. \nThere will also be an opportunity to find out more about recent and future tourism work from the North Pennines AONB Partnership – including the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme. \nGet involved \nThe day will include an opportunity to directly contribute to our collective thinking on how the North Pennines could adopt a more regenerative approach to tourism. We will do this in a number of small breakout groups. \nThe 2022 North Pennines Tourism Forum is supported by the AONB Partnership’s Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/north-pennines-tourism-forum-2022/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1971-e1585841548628.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211212T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211212T210000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20211027T154918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T091107Z UID:10000214-1639335600-1639342800@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Nana B’s Celebratory Shindig by The Clifford Movement DESCRIPTION:A free evening of song and celebration over a cuppa and cake. \nNana Bainbridge’s Pockets is a community arts project by The Clifford Movement. The Clifford Movement are Dawn Hurton\, Gwen Bainbridge and June Swift\, and this evening performance will share the collections created during the arts project in workshops with the community. \nThe art project explores hand me down heritage\, unearthing history\, and bringing the past alive in Melmerby and the surrounding villages. \nBooking is required. A cuppa and cake is provided as part of the evening. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/nana-bs-shindig/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Clifford-mpvement-pic-e1629969374777.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211114T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211114T160000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20211013T103043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211014T150724Z UID:10000210-1636894800-1636905600@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Nana B’s Cornucopia - Memory books-junk journals workshop DESCRIPTION:Workshop 3 – Memory Books-Junk Journals with June Swift\nA junk journal can be many things – an everyday journal\, a planner\, a memory book\, a personalised gift\, a themed book or an art journal\, to name but a few. In this workshop\, we’ll breathe new life into an old book and re-write the story within\, using some found and recycled materials. \nThe workshop will take place at Melmerby village hall and is suitable for adults (sorry it is not suitable for children). Email June for further information. \nNana B’s Cornucopia is a series of workshops as part of a community arts project by The Clifford Movement. The Clifford Movement are Dawn Hurton\, Gwen Bainbridge and June Swift. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/nana-bs-cornucopia-workshop3/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Junes-pic-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211024T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211024T160000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20211013T095241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211014T150101Z UID:10000071-1635080400-1635091200@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Nana B’s Cornucopia - Porcelain spoons workshop DESCRIPTION:Workshop 2 – Porcelain story spoons with Gwen Bainbridge\nYou will be guided through making your very own porcelain spoon depicting either a person\, event or location that is special to you. No experience is necessary\, just bring an idea you’d like to create within a spoon. \nThe workshop will take place at Melmerby village hall and is suitable for adults and children aged 8+ (children must be accompanied by an adult and supervised at all times). Email Gwen for further information. \nNana B’s Cornucopia is a series of workshops as part of a community arts project by The Clifford Movement. The Clifford Movement are Dawn Hurton\, Gwen Bainbridge and June Swift. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/nana-bs-cornucopia-workshop2/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gwens-spoons-e1633075993956.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211017T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211017T160000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20211013T094414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211014T151627Z UID:10000070-1634475600-1634486400@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Nana B’s Cornucopia - Story boxes workshop DESCRIPTION:Workshop 1 – Story boxes with Dawn Hurton\nThe workshop will explore how to capture and shape a memorable story in a box. Participants will  make and use collage and cut paper techniques and tap into their creative power to create a box of their own. \nThe workshop will take place at Melmerby village hall and is suitable for adults (please note: the workshop is not designed for children. Children may attend but must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times). Email Dawn for further information. \nNana B’s Cornucopia is a series of workshops as part of a community arts project by The Clifford Movement. The Clifford Movement are Dawn Hurton\, Gwen Bainbridge and June Swift. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/nana-bs-cornucopia-workshop1/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dawns-pic-3-e1633076706240.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210912T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210912T213000 DTSTAMP:20260507T212732 CREATED:20210825T164244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210826T093217Z UID:10000175-1631475000-1631482200@northpennines.org.uk SUMMARY:Nana Bainbridge’s Table by The Clifford Movement DESCRIPTION:A free evening event full of stories\, song\, and automata for all the family\, with a buffet\, at Melmerby village hall in the Eden Valley. \nNana Bainbridge’s Table\, is the first event of a community arts project by The Clifford Movement. The Clifford Movement are Dawn Hurton\, Gwen Bainbridge and June Swift\, and this evening performance will introduce you to them\, their stories and where they find their material. \nThe art project will explore hand me down heritage\, unearthing history and bringing the past alive in Melmerby and the surrounding villages\, and beginning a community archive of written histories and ephemera. \nTickets are free but booking is required. A buffet is provided as part of the evening. URL:https://northpennines.org.uk/event/nana-bainbridges-table/ LOCATION:Melmerby Village Hall\, Church Road\, Melmerby\, Cumbria\, CA10 1HE\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://northpennines.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Clifford-mpvement-pic-e1629969374777.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="North Pennines National Landscape":MAILTO:communications@northpennines.org.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR