TENT SCHEDULE

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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”

  • 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”

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • 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

  • 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

    13:00 -

    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