Great Big Green Week - Showcase, Celebrate and Connect

Celebrating the Going Green Together programme and wider environmental sustainability projects in the North East

VONNE is pleased to present a special in-person conference and networking event for Great Big Green Week. We'll be celebrating the environmental work the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector is undertaking, including our Going Green Together programme and the organisations who have helped make it happen. We'll showcasing projects you can get involved in or draw inspiration from, and building relationships to grow our sector's response to the climate emergency. 

The event will begin with a keynote from Carol Botten, VONNE CEO, at 2pm, followed by talks from environmental and community organisations: Durham Wildlife Trust, Meadow Well Connected, Climate Action Middlesbrough, and Groundwork. Afterwards there will be opportunities to get involved in discussions and workshops, including the opportunity to sign up to Going Green Together's Become Green Together programme, and learn about the nationally recognised Investors in the Environment framework. Alongside this, there will be an opportunity to network and meet a wide range of peers from across the sector, and discuss ways to collaborate and share learning.

Location

The event will be held at Hope Street Xchange in Sunderland city centre, within a 10 minute walk of Sunderland train station, University and Park Lane metro stations, and Sunderland Interchange bus station. Disabled parking is available at the location. To reduce your carbon footprint to this event, consider using public transport!

Want to showcase your work? Contact the project coordinator Nathaniel.Spain@vonne.org.uk.