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Spring talk will highlight the important role of Local Nature Partnerships
Wednesday 7 February 2024
You might not have heard of them, but Local Nature Partnerships are a big deal. Emerging from the government’s Natural Environment White Paper 2011, ‘The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature’, they aim to bring together local organisations, businesses and people who want to improve their natural environment. And you can learn about them […] Read more >
Join us for a free talk: ‘How the planning system works, and how to influence it’
Wednesday 10 May 2023
We have something rather special for you this month – a FREE planning seminar. Andrew Wood, former CPRE planner, will be giving a talk entitled How the planning system works, and how to influence it at the Essex Record Office Conference Centre, Chelmsford, on Friday, May 19. For the event we will use real-world examples […] Read more >
Our winter talk is almost upon us – you won’t want to miss it!
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Just a final reminder that Dr Andrew Impey will be giving this winter’s CPRE Essex talk tomorrow (Wednesday, February 22) at 6.30pm. Dr Impey, chief executive of Essex Wildlife Trust, has entitled his talk The Vital Role that Wildlife Trusts play in Nature Conservation and everyone is welcome to join the free event, which will last about an hour […] Read more >
The Vital Role that Wildlife Trusts play in Nature Conservation: catch our winter talk on Zoom
Tuesday 14 February 2023
Here’s just a quick reminder that Dr Andrew Impey, chief executive of Essex Wildlife Trust, is giving this winter’s CPRE Essex talk next week. Titled The Vital Role that Wildlife Trusts play in Nature Conservation, it will be presented free of charge via Zoom on Wednesday, February 22, at 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome to join […] Read more >
Wildlife trust CEO to give this winter’s CPRE Essex talk
Friday 27 January 2023
We are delighted to announce that one of the county’s leading wildlife experts, Dr Andrew Impey, will be giving this winter’s CPRE Essex talk. After the resounding success of our series of talks over the last two winters, we have decided to do things a little differently this year, with just the one presentation. Dr […] Read more >
Conservation – a talk by retiring vice-president Robert Erith
Wednesday 12 October 2022
One of the highlights of our AGM was the talk by Robert Erith, who, after 25 years’ stoic service in the role, is standing down as a CPRE Essex vice-president. Also president of the Dedham Vale Society and a committee member of the Colne-Stour Countryside Association, there can be few people better qualified to offer […] Read more >
Essex Pearls! Learn all about ’em at our free talk!
Tuesday 2 March 2021
Pearls come under the spotlight in the next free talk from CPRE Essex. The speaker is Roger Tabor, TV presenter, biologist, naturalist, behaviourist and award-winning author, and his talk, Essex Pearls, starts at 7pm on Wednesday, March 3, although the Zoom meeting opens at 6.45pm. If you would like to join us on Wednesday for […] Read more >
My Favourite Essex Church: please join us for this free talk
Tuesday 2 February 2021
Some of our county’s most beautiful churches will be celebrated in the next of CPRE Essex’s hugely popular series of free talks. You can enjoy My Favourite Essex Church, by architectural historian Dr James Bettley, tomorrow evening (Wednesday, February 3) via Zoom. Although the talk is entitled My Favourite Essex Church, we can be sure […] Read more >