TENT SCHEDULE
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11:00 - Fibroids
Dawn Heels - “What do women need to know about fibroids?”
Hilary Critchley - “Fibroids: What are they? What are my options?”
Chair - Bassal Watter
12:00 - Gender Violence
NFWI - “Ending Violence Against Women Is Everyone’s Business”
Sera Cracroft
Derek Walker
Chair - Victoria Kinkaid
13:00 - Body Image and Overcoming Stigma
Octavia Hamilton - “Hair Free - Care Free”
Nicola Dames - “Invisible stigma”
Emilia Thompson - “Overcoming body image issues & the impact they have on your health”
Chair - Sarah Graham
14:00 - Women’s Health Strategy - what's in it for EVERYWOMAN?
Jackie Bovin - “Research in Women’s Health”
“Women’s Health Strategy - building for the future”
Chair - Sarah Murphy
15:00 - Weight loss busting myths
Dr Carly Hughes - “Managing your weight in 2025-a quick review of effective treatments”
Andy Beamish - “Appetite for change: Myths and truths in obesity surgery”
Chair - Aled Rees
16:00 - Changing Landscape of Womens Health - past, present and the future
Rosie Taylor - “ Changing the narrative: how women’s health is portrayed in the media”
Theo Clark - “Lessons from the UK Birth Trauma Inquiry”
Baroness Finley - “Clinician and House of Lords perspective”
Chair - Diane Danzebrink
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10:40 - 11:00
Hazel Hayden - “Beginners guide to menopause”
11:00 - 11:20
Kate Pleace - “Beyond the clock - Understanding Premature Ovarian Insufficiency”
11:20 - 11:50
Q&A
12:10 - 12:30
Bassel Watter - “ABC of HRT”
12:30 - 12:50
Deyo Famuboni - “Alternatives to HRT”
13:10 - 13:40
Q&A
14:10 - 14:30
Dr Philippa Kaye - “Sex after the menopause - lets keep having it”
14:30 - 14:50
Dr Michelle Olver - “Is testosterone all its cracked up to be?”
14:50 - 15:20
Dr Juliet Balfour - “Protecting your vaginal, vulval and urinary health in midlife and beyond”
15:30 - 15:50
Q&A
16:10 - 16:30
Dr Mandy Leonhardt - “Skin and hair changes during the peri/menopausal years and beyond”
16:30 - 16:50
Dr Linia Patel - “Food For Menopause”
16:50 - 17:10
Q&A
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10:30 - 10:40
Introduction
10:40-11:10
Sharon Moffatt - “Three Lessons in Finding Hope Through Life's Toughest Challenges"
Compere - Molly Fenton
11:25 - 11:55
Sarah Newman - “My story through cervical cancer and how exercise became my lifeline”
Compere - Molly Fenton
12:10 - 12:40
Ope Olubukola - “So my surgeon’s a robot”
Compere - Molly Fenton
12:55 - 13:25
Clare Small - “Spotting the signs of skin cancer”
Compere - Molly Fenton
13:25 - 13:55
An interactive session with Llais - “Living with cancer - whats the cost?”
14:00-15:15
A panel discussion with Claire O’Shea and the Leanne Perro Foundation - “Barriers to access - gynaecological cancers”
Compere - Liz O’Riordan
15:30 - 16:00
Lucy Thompson - “Making people feel whole again - the nipple innovation project charity”
Compere - Liz O’Riordan
16:15 - 16:45
Jasmin Julia Gupta - “Successfully navigating cancer and hair loss - inspiring ideas and expert tips”
Compere - Liz O’Riordan
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11:30
Aizia Sesay - “Gynae anatomy 101 - Understanding your body - what Everybody needs to know”
12:15
Fran Yarlett - “Period Power”
13:00
Jessica Kydd Coutts - “What everyone needs to know about their pelvic floor”
14:30
Aizia Sesay - “Gynae anatomy 101 - Understanding your body - what Everybody needs to know”
15:15
Fran Yarlett - “Period Power”
16:00
Suzanne Vernazza - “What everyone needs to know about their pelvic floor”
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10:45
Welcome talk
11:00 - 12:00
Rebecca Moore - “Why does your birth experience matter? An overview of Perinatal Trauma”
Shakira Akabusi - “Overcoming Maternal Mental Health - The connection between body and mind”
Compere - Helen Ledwick
12:30 - 13:30
Theo Clarke - “Breaking the Taboo- why we need to talk about birth trauma
Belle Donati
14:00 - 15:00
Kat the midwife - “The realities of the 4th Trimester”
Angie Doshani - “Empowering Choices: Shaping Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond”
Compere - Emma Brockwell
15:30 - 16:00
Anna Clements - “Physical consequences of birth injury with MASIC”
Michelle Norton (Flymama) - “Pelvic Floor MOT”
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10:30
Elaine Miller and Qufora Team
10:45
Kim Gorissen - “Get to know your bowels”
11:30
Tolu Ekong - “Understanding common bowel problems”
12:15
Gillian McCabe, Melanie Mills & Kim Gorissen - “Let’s talk solutions and actions”
LUNCH BREAK
14:30
Emma Carrington - “Get to know your bowels”
15:15
Jody Parker - “Understanding common bowel problems”
16:00
Gillian McCabe, Melanie Mills & Emma Carrington - “Lets talk solutions and actions”
SCHEDULE FOR WORKSHOPS
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10:30 -
11:00 -
11:40 - Jane Wake - The Power of your Pelvic Floor
12:20 - Rhian Sykes - Weight Training and your Pelvic Floor
13:00 -
13:40 - Dominique V. Flook - Drawing Down The Moon [Belly Dancing Workshop]
14:20 -
15:00 - Octavia Hamilton - Everything But Kegals
15:40 - Kizomba Next Level - Zumba
16:20 - Kizomba Next Level - Zumba
17:00 - Kizomba Next Level - Zumba Demonstration
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10:30 - Gillian Mccabe - Training Your Pelvic Floor with MAPLe
11:00 - Reset with Ruth - Breathe and Sound Reset
11:40 - Sarah Vaughan-Morris - Pilates Workshop
12:20 - Malika Wigley - Somatic movement to release unwanted emotions
13:00 - Becki Stevenson - Pfilates (Pelvic Floor Pilates)
13:40 - Caroline Carty - The Lost Art of Relaxation
14:20 - Colleen McGowan - Self Empowerment Yoga Flow
15:00 - Imogen Williams - Pilates for Active Women
15:40 -
16:20 - Anisha Champaneri - An embodied approach to trauma and wellbeing
17:00 - Kelly Thistlethwaite - Yoga and Breath work for Mums: Finding Calm and Connection in Motherhood
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10:30 - Rosie Leach - Finding Your Calm: Navigating Anxiety and Overthinking
11:00 - Linia Patal - Your Gut, Your Hormones: Unlocking Symptom Relief and Long-Term Health During Menopause
11:40 - Claire Callagan - Hormones, health and joint pain - what women need to know
12:20 - Aled Rees - PCOS - what is it , what helps and busting myths
13:00 -
13:40 -
14:20 - Mandy Leonhardt - Hair loss during the perimenopause and menopausal years
15:00 - Jo Crovini - Nutrition Foundations for PCOS and Endometriosis
15:40 -
16:20 - Dr Denise Ratcliffe - Understanding & Managing Emotional Eating
17:00 -
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10:30 - Lorraine Grover - Finding your sexual pleasure
11:00 - Meg Lewis - The Lung Club Pilates (seated)
11:40 - Annie Thompsett - How to Manage Anxiety, Build Confidence and Self-Belief
12:20 -
13:00 - Michelle Olver - Don't forget your vulva and vagina! Your guide to vaginal health in the peri/menopause
13:40 -
14:20 -
15:00 - Laura Teare-Jones - You've Heard Of PMDD, Now What?
15:40 -
16:20 - Deyo Famuboni - Holistic care for the midlife woman
17:00 -
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10:30 - Louise Herzog - Menopause and the Heart: Stop losing your s**t and keep Your Heart in Check
11:00 -
11:40 - Liz O'Riordan - Can changing your diet stop your cancer coming back?
12:20 - Melissa Wright - Hormones on the brain - what the science says about how hormones impact our brain
13:00 -
13:40 - Lorraine Grover - Navigating the Impact of Male Sexual Difficulties -It’s Not Just You!
14:20 - Ceinwen Seymour - Returning to exercise after childbirth
15:00 - Sarah Graham - How to navigate the gender health gap
15:40 - Liz Bruen and Tony Griffiths - Management of Endometriosis
16:20 - Luce Brett - Talking about incontinence is hard but it's the right thing to do
17:00 - Juliet Balfour - Menopause and HRT Q&A
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11:00 - Sahir Ahmed-Evans - Embracing change: Navigating Menopause with confidence
11:40 - Nisha Harichandran - Be Weird & Wonderful - A Workshop for Reconnecting with Your Authentic Self
12:20 - Fly Mama - Michelle Norton-Hughes - Pregnancy and Postnatal Bodies: Demystifying Changes and Optimising Recovery
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13:40 -
14:20 -
15:00 - Sarah Newman - Using exercise for cancer survival : the evidence-backed benefits of movement before, during and after treatment
15:40 - Golnoush Golshirazi - Bladder Health, Recurrent UTIs & Your Urine Microbiome (open to other suggestions relating to the intimate microbiomes)
16:20 - Elizabeth Swan - ADHD & Women: Learning from Lived Experience
17:00 - Manpreet Dhuffar-Pottiwal - The Flourishing Woman: Branches of Personal Power