Better Transport

Get trained in how to fight the road-builders on Saturday 3rd November.

Road-building is back! Government and local councils are planning to spend billions of pounds on dozens of new roads over the next few years, and new 'growth' funds and devolved spending powers for local councils threaten to add hundreds more disastrous projects to this list.

Local campaigners working to stop these destructive and unnecessary roads are needed more than ever, and this free event - the first of its kind since 2007 - is for anyone who:

• is currently campaigning to stop a road in their local area, or
• expects to face a road threat in the near future

The day-long event will include a guide to setting up and running a campaign, briefings from successful campaigners, expert help on planning rules, plus a range of collaborative workshops for sharing skills and advice.

This year also marks the 20th anniversary of both the huge Twyford Down protests and the first conference of ALARM UK, which was formed in response to the roads programme of the early 1990s.

The 1990s programme of more than 600 roads was eventually brought to a halt thanks to local campaigns across the country forcing a change in policy, and this conference aims to give you the tools you need to beat the bulldozers and protect your local countryside and communities.

Tickets are free and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Confirmed speakers and workshop leaders include:

John Stewart, founder of HACAN against Heathrow expansion and ALARM UK, which joined local campaigns together to defeat the 1990s roads programme

Rebecca Lush Blum, who supports grassroots campaign through the Lush Cosmetics 'Charity Pot' and was also prominent in the 1990s anti-roads movement

Ralph Smyth, Barrister and Senior Transport Campaigner at Campaign to Protect Rural England

Stephen Joseph, Sian Berry, Richard Bourn, Andrew Allen, Richard Hebditch from Campaign for Better Transport

Campaigners from Witney First, who recently stopped a road from destroying a local park in the Prime Minister's own constituency

And local and regional campaigners from around the country who have experience in fighting new road proposals and proposing better alternatives

Download the full programme (pdf)

Roads to Nowhere Campaigners' Conference 2012

Date:
Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Venue:
BVSC, The Centre for Voluntary Action
138 Digbeth
B5 6DR Birmingham

To attend, you must register for a free delegate place via Eventbrite here, where you can also see a map of the venue and other details: http://roadconference2012.eventbrite.com/