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Date: Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th February 2024
Location: Dearne Valley Outdoor Centre, South Yorkshire
This year’s Winter Gathering will hold a bustling programme of presentations, workshops and skillshares during the day time on Saturday and Sunday, with a chance to sing, dance, share stories or whatever it is you do to connect with other LWA members in the evenings. Imagine the Land Skills Fair but more intimate, with more of an inwards perspective, focusing on building our work together to make LWA our union.
One ticket will include:
- Access to the whole weekend of talks, workshops, skillsharing and celebration about our work together as the LWA
- Two nights of indoor accommodation on Friday and Saturday
- Five fully catered meals from Saturday breakfast to Sunday lunch
- Bottomless tea and coffee throughout the weekend
- A Celebration Feast on the Saturday evening with a two course meal, live music, dancing and all round joyousness
There will be three ticket releases:
1st release – Thurs 19th October – Priority release for folks of marginalised identities
This aims to ensure that we’re hearing from people whose voices are marginalised at this key event in our democratic calendar. This could include queer people, black and people of colour, women, disabled people, people from a migrant background or another marginalised identity. Anyone who self-defines are coming from a marginalised identity is welcome to buy a ticket in this first release.
2nd release – Thurs 2nd November – Regional ticket allocation
A proportional number of tickets will be allocated for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in this release, to ensure that there is a representation of LWA members from all across the UK. Please select a ticket for the region where you live to ensure those from other regions also have a chance to access tickets.
3rd release – Thurs 16th November – General release
If you don’t get a ticket through either of the first two releases – don’t worry! There will be plenty of tickets available in the third release, so any and all members and supporters will be able to secure your ticket from mid-November.
Tickets are available on a sliding scale, with bursary, standard and solidarity prices for members. We’re asking that you take a bit of time to self-define as to what the appropriate ticket price is for you. It might be useful to use the Green Bottle Test (click here). You may be surprised as to which option suits your financial situation!
Children’s tickets are available for different age groups. Children aged 0-3 are expected to be with a parent at all times (we won’t have any childcare provision for this age group). We’re aiming to provide two subsidised childcare offers for children aged 3-5 and aged 5 and over. Please select the ticket option which will be suitable for your child in Feb 2024 and we’ll be in touch with more info about what is on offer.
Accommodation will generally be in dorm-style indoor bunk rooms. When you have selected your ticket(s), you will be asked what your preferences for accommodation are. A limited number of private rooms will be available for families or those who require this for accessibility reasons. Male-only or female-only dorms will be available for anyone self-defining within those identities. All other accommodation will be in mixed-gendered dorms. Based on demand, we will define some dorms as “quiet” areas for those who prefer this. We’ll aim to meet everyone’s preference but depending on demand we may not be able to – we’ll be in touch with you if this is the case.
If you have any questions or would like to get in touch about registering to attend the Winter Gathering & AGM, please contact emmott.baddeley@landworkersalliance.org.uk.
Dearne Valley Outdoor Centre Conisbrough DN12 4EA, UK – National
