Mountain Training is holding the first ever Women in Mountain Training conference. The conference is part of our Gender Equality Strategy to develop women in adventure activity leadership.

For further details please visit: 

https://www.mountain-training.org/latest-news/women-in-mountain-training-conference---event-information

How to book

• Please read through the conference programme below.
• Select a ticket price – please note, subsidised tickets are for those who are in need of financial help to attend the conference. Please do not buy this ticket if you can afford the Standard ticket.
• Select the ‘sessions’ you would like to attend on Saturday and Sunday – each workshop is listed twice so please select carefully. Please DO NOT continue without selecting some sessions.
• Click ‘Add to Basket’, agree to the terms and conditions and complete your payment details.

Programme

Saturday 15th October

08:30 - 09:15: Registration & coffee

09:15 - 09:40: Welcome & introduction.

09:40 - 11:00: Whole conference session 1: Inspiring Women & Girls in Adventure Activities

11:00 - 11:30: Break & Green Room

11:30 - 12.30: Workshop options (select from the 'Sessions' list when booking)

            1. Knowing when you’re ready for assessment

            2. Turning qualifications into a successful career/business 

            3. Body inclusivity in adventure activities 

            4. Pack hacks and top tips for woman friendly kit

12:30 - 13:45: Lunch & Green Room

13:45 - 15:00: Whole conference session 2: Nutrition for Outdoor Performance & Women’s Lifecycles

15:00 - 15:15: Break & Green Room

15:15 - 16:15: Workshop options (select from the 'Sessions' list when booking)

             5. Knowing when you’re ready for assessment

             6. Turning qualifications into a successful career/business 

             7. Body inclusivity in adventure activities 

             8. Pack hacks and top tips for woman friendly kit

16:15 - 16:30: Tea & cakes

18:30 - 20:00: Evening meal

20:00: Evening talk: Polly Harmer in conversation with Rachael Crewesmith.

Sunday 16th October

08:00 - 09:00: Morning activity: run, yoga, walk etc

09:30 - 10:15: Welcome & Q&A: Ask Mountain Training 

10:15 - 11:30: Whole conference session 3: Challenging sexism panel

11:30 - 12:00: Break & Green Room

12:00 - 13:30: Workshop options (select from the 'Sessions' list when booking)

            9. Mountains and parenthood: Having a family and an adventurous career

            10. Building resilience, confidence & challenging imposter syndrome

            11. Taking it to the Next Level – living and working through peri-menopause and menopause

            12. Understanding leadership styles and developing your own practice

13:30 - 14:30: Lunch & Green Room

14:30 - 16:00: Workshop options (select from the 'Sessions' list when booking)

            13. Mountains and parenthood: Having a family and an adventurous career

            14. Building resilience, confidence & challenging imposter syndrome

            15. Taking it to the Next Level – living and working through peri-menopause and menopause

            16. Understanding leadership styles and developing your own practice

16:00 - 16:15: Close and massive thanks to everyone

Whole conference session details:

Whole conference session 1: Inspiring Women & Girls in Adventure Activities

Rehna Yaseen and Kate O’Brien will talk about their work with Lindley Educational Trust, Ashton Youth Club and Outward Bound Women in Leadership project.

Whole conference session 2: Nutrition for Outdoor Performance & Women’s Lifecycles

Rebecca Dent will cover: Nutrition for big days out / back to back days /managing the load of a long season of working and in combination with own training and personal goals. ‣ Nutrition for women - general tips on how nutrition can support the female body throughout the menstrual cycle and life cycle. ‣ Signs of under fuelling and impaired menstrual cycle. ‣ The importance of fuelling training and mountain days.

Evening talk: Polly Harmer in conversation with Rachael Crewesmith –

Polly Harmer in conversation with Rachael Crewesmith - exploring Polly’s experiences working in mountain training, climbing and mountaineering and going through the British Mountain Guide scheme. Questions could include: Hyper masculinity in the adventure activities industry, Uneven distribution of respect between the ‘top’ of the industry and those who work engaging people in the outdoors, Negotiating being a regular woman and trying to be a super-human going through the BMG scheme, Navigating the Guide scheme as a woman and trying to feel confident, valid, capable and welcome as a woman in that space, Trying not to compromise on femininity in masculine spaces.

Q&A: Ask Mountain Training

Guy Jarvis, MTE Executive Officer answers all your questions about Mountain Training.

Whole conference session 3: Challenging sexism panel

Rachael Crewesmith will host this panel to discuss positive steps and strategies to challenge discrimination experienced when working as woman in adventurous activities. How to challenge sexism and other forms of discrimination with an intersectional lens. Strategies in work environments and on Mountain Training & other courses. There will be time for Q&A so bring your questions for the panel.

Cancellation policy

This workshop needs a minimum of 40 bookings to run. Attendees will be notified of cancellations or changes to the confernece 2 weeks before the date of the workshop. Attendees will receive a full refund.

If you are unable to attend the workshop, please let us know as soon as possible. If cancellations are received up to 6 weeks before the conference you will receive a full refund; less than 6 weeks but more than 4 weeks before the conference: 50% refund; less than 4 weeks before the conference: no refund will be issued.

Start

15/10/2022

End

16/10/2022

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

95

Bookings

91

Venue

Plas y Brenin - National Outdoor Centre

Town

Betws-y-Coed

County

Conwy Principal Area

Postcode

LL24 0ET

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.10228

Longitude

-3.91823

Name

Mountain Training

Phone

01690 720272

Email