10.15 | Registration and refreshments Meet your fellow members |
10.30 | Building societies for beginners Optional session introducing the building society model and the workings of an AGM |
11.00 | Annual General Meeting including Ask the Directors |
12.30 | Lunch |
13.30 | Footprints in the ground – Innovation for positive change Panel discussion on the latest innovations in sustainable building and retrofit Daniel Capstick - Ecology Product Manager, Mortgages, Ecology Building Society Marianne Heaslip - Co-founder and Technical Director, People Powered Retrofit Lynn Sullivan OBE - Chair of the Good Homes Alliance and Interim National Retrofit Hub |
14.15 | Footprints on the ground – Sustainable lending in practice Hear from Ecology borrowers who are building a greener future Ele George - Former Ecology self-build borrower and sustainable construction specialist Chris Pyke - Founding member of Five Rivers Cohousing Gisela Renolds - Executive Director, Global link (Lancaster) Ltd |
15.00 | Break |
15.15 | Our future footprints – Agitating for positive change Hear from leading change-makers on how they are influencing policy and behaviours Colin Baines - Shareholder activist and ethical campaigner Sara Edmonds - Director of Studio seARCH and Co-ordinator at Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) Rob Harrison - Editor, Ethical Consumer |
16.00 | Closing comments Gareth Griffiths - Chief Executive, Ecology Building Society |
16.15 | Close |