Our Timber Festival 2024 Programme
We are so excited to be gathering with you all at Timber Festival 5th-7th July 2024!
The team behind the festival are providing us with our own space at the site to run programming across the weekend, and after many months of planning, we’re delighted to share our programme with you!
Our vision for the area is to combine the sharing of lived experiences, skills and perspectives demonstrating new ways to engage, empowering ways to be and explore in nature. Bringing together a dynamic range of voices, collaborative workshops and open conversations invite you to learn, share and see what’s available when you invite everyone in.
If you’ve not yet booked a ticket to join us we still have some All The Elements discounted tickets available as well as a 25% discount code. Find out more at the bottom of this page, we can’t wait to see you there!
We’re excited to be running this space in partnership with Timber Festival, and kindly supported by Patagonia.
Friday 5th July
Main Tent
15:30 Intentional Opening
Set your intentions for the weekend with a guided session with the All The Elements team.
17:00 Dream Big: Adventures of Unlimited Scale
Hosted by Frankie Dewar (she/they) with panelists: Genny Brown (she/her), Deon Barrett (he/him) and Lise Wortley (she/her)
What does it take to complete a large expedition, trip or adventure? From the Himalayas to the South Pole, local challenges to global adventures and many places in between, hear from a panel of adventurers and get ready to dream big.
18:30 Wild Tales: Stories from the Land
Jason Buck (he/him)
Start with the facts, then take a leap of imagination. Join storyteller Jason Buck for a set of traditional and original tales that explore our connections to roots, rocks, hills and beasts. Live storytelling is magical, intangible heritage and definitely not just for kids! This is how people have shared ideas and memories for generations.
Community Area
16:30 Songversations: Falling Back in Love with England Post-Brexit
Hiranya De Alwis Jayasinghe (she/her)
Join singer, mother and adventurer, Hiranya for an intimate conversation cafe, punctuated by songs and herbal teas to explore our interconnected stories of lineage, land and home. Please bring your own mug if you can!
18:00 What’s Allowed in The Outdoors?
And does it have to be that way? Join the All The Elements community for an open conversation reimagining the rules of the outdoors and discussing ways to make our green and blue spaces accessible for all.
Saturday 6th July
Main Tent
10:00 Neurodiversity and Adventure
Hosted by Allie Mason (she/her)
An interactive panel discussion on neurodiversity in the outdoors, hosted by autistic author and micro adventurer Allie Mason.
11:15 Visible Mending workshop
Do you wish you could mend your own clothes? Join Martina, one of Patagonia's most experienced Repair Techs for a visible mending session to help you make your gear last just a little bit longer. Needles, thread and material to practise on will be provided.
12:30 All The Elements Community Picnic
Bring your lunch, a picnic mat and join the community for a meal together. Invite a friend or come on your own. A space to meet like-minded people, connect with each other, swap stories and learn.
13:45 Go Outdoors on a Budget
Nik Elvy (she/they) and Sunny Elvy (she/they)
What does poverty proofing the outdoors look like? Exploring the relationship between poverty and outdoor experiences, Nik and Sunny will share ideas of how to support communities with fewer resources to access the outdoors. They will draw on lived experience, alongside years of professional practice and research.
15:00 But Where are you Really From?
Mary-Ann Ochota (she/her), Merle Ochota (she/her), Jason Buck (he/him)
The British Isles has been populated and re-populated for thousands of years. Join Anthropologist and Archaeologist Mary-Ann Ochota for a whistlestop tour of 12,000 years of British history, revealing that wherever you’re from, you’re from somewhere else too.
Then collaborating with artist Merle Ochota and storyteller Jason Buck we’ll work together to imagine and create a beautiful multisensory All The Elements festival artwork, representing our shared history, our location in the National Forest, our connections, belonging and future.
16:15 A Conversation with Climate Reframe - Storytelling for Climate Justice: Crafting Intersectional Narratives
Join Climate Reframe for a panel conversation and exploration of the most pressing climate and environmental challenges of 2024. Climate Reframe was launched in 2019 as a list of 100 UK based environmental and climate justice activists, experts and advocates from racialized minority backgrounds.
17:30 Exploring Palimpsest: Layers of Life Workshop
Dr Sheree Mack (she/her)
Join Dr Sheree Mack for a creative workshop exploring palimpsest, where we will delve within the layers of nature, creativity and ourselves.
Community Area
10:15 The Podcast Circle
Francesca Turauskis (She/Her)
The Podcast Circle will be a place for collective listening and reflection. Listening to podcasts is usually a solo experience, but like a silent disco, this will be a place to listen alone, together. With a themed playlist of short episodes, people will be able to listen and then reflect and chat with others.
11:30 Introduction to Navigation
Hosted by Suzanne Hill (she/her) - This session is supported by the YHA Festival of Walking 2024.
Navigation skills are not just about getting into the mountains. Learn key navigation skills with an outdoors specialist to discover how finding your way - at home or away - does not need to be complicated or confusing.
14:00 Make Friends with Nettles!
Joss McAuley (she/her)
They’re way more than just a weed! Join Joss from Peace of Green CIC to make friends with nettles. Try making nettle string, and find out how nettles are an important, versatile and delicious plant.
16:30 Plus Size Kit Try On
Hosted by Every Body Outdoors
Plus size? Struggle to find clothing and kit to get outdoors? Come and try on a range of plus size waterproof jackets, waterproof trousers and extended fit rucksacks. Find out more about plus size gear and the work of Every Body Outdoors.
18:00 Nature Poetry Celebration
Joss McAuley (she/her)
Join us for a celebration of nature through poetry. Bring your favourite nature inspired poem, or your own nature inspired piece to share, or just listen and enjoy.
Sunday 7th July
Main Tent
10:00 Bodying Belonging in Britain: Tactile Tactics for 'Finding Your Place'
Becky Lyon (she/her)
Join artist-ecologist Becky Lyon to explore how coming into contact with the soils-airs-waters of ‘Britain’ through your own sensing body can be a powerful practice for circumventing unwelcoming powerful structures; narrating a sense of ‘belonging’ on your own terms and becoming uncontainable! Spaces are limited, first-come first served. 18+ only.
11:15 Using Community to Tackle Racism in the Outdoors: an ESEA Perspective
Hosted by Andrew Wang (he/him) with panelists Frit Tam (he/him), Janice Tan (she/her) and Ingrina Shieh (she/her)
Join a panel discussion exploring why we need representation and community to tackle racism in the outdoors from an East and Southeast Asian perspective. Hosted by Andrew Wang, founder of ESEA Outdoors UK.
12:30 Visible Mending Workshop
Do you wish you could mend your own clothes? Join Martina, one of Patagonia's most experienced Repair Techs for a visible mending session to help you make your gear last just a little bit longer. Needles, thread and material to practise on will be provided.
14:00 Leading The Way: The Future of Outdoor Leadership
When you imagine someone working in the outdoors, who do you see? Join us for a panel discussion to hear from outdoors leaders as we reimagine what the future of outdoor careers could look like.
Panellists: Emma Harrison (she/ her), Siddrah (she/her), Hiranya De Alwis Jayasinghe (she/her), Suzanne Hill (she/her).
15:15 Queer Ecologies
Jasmine Qureshi (she/they)
Breaking down biology and ecology as they stand currently, this session will deconstruct and demystify the toxicity of colonialism, normativity and patriarchy. We will then regrow our understanding based on queer theory, indigenous teachings and ancestral storytelling.
16:30 Creative Forms of Activism
Complex challenges require creative solutions. This panel of creatives will invite us to explore what Creative Activism means and the different ways we can use our unique skills, experiences and vision for change.
Panellists: Becky Lyon (she/her), Dr Sheree Mack (she/her), Francesca Turauskis (she/her) and Ani Barber (she/her)
18:00 Intentional Closing and Celebration Reflect and celebrate your experience of Timber Festival. A space to share what made you think differently, the inspiration you are taking back home and ways that you have grown. A guided session with the All The Elements team.
Community Area
10:15 The Podcast Circle
Francesca Turauskis (she/her)
The Podcast Circle will be a place for collective listening and reflection. Listening to podcasts is usually a solo experience, but like a silent disco, this will be a place to listen alone, together. With a themed playlist of short episodes, people will be able to listen and then reflect and chat with others.
11:30 Disability Campaigners’ Social
Hosted by Ani Barber (she/her)
Connecting the community is at the heart of what we do. If you identify as disabled or chronically ill, or if you're working on disability inclusion, you’re invited to join our first in-person Disability Campaigners’ Social to connect with other like-minded individuals. This is also an opportunity to reflect on your experience of attending Timber Festival.
12:45 Bushcraft for Connection: Wooden Mushroom Carving
Eva Outram (she/her)
What if Bushcraft was less about survival and more about reconnecting to the wild parts of ourselves? Join Eva from the Grim Adventure Club for a bushcraft skills session making wooden mushrooms, focusing on nature connection and exploring our connection to the natural world. Limited space, first-come first-served.
14:15 Re-imagining the Outdoors
Frit Tam (he/him)
Imagination for imagination's sake. Let’s spend an hour together letting our imaginations create an outdoors that exceeds our wildest dreams. A fun and interactive session that asks us to imagine the impossible and then wonder, could it actually come true? We might just land on an idea that changes everything.
Across The Festival
There are also a range of diverse speakers across the festival, as sessions are announced we will be sharing them here. Please check back to see other sessions, performances and art installations.
How To Get Tickets
We’re so excited to have this opportunity to gather in person as a community and want to make sure it is as accessible and affordable for as many people as possible.
Timber have provided us with a limited number of weekend festival tickets that include camping and a full festival pass (for the whole festival, not just our area!) available for £60pp for the All The Elements community (usually £200).
We also have a 25% discount code available exclusively to the All The Elements community and for our wider networks.
If you would like to join us but cannot afford to do so, even with the ticket offers above, please reach out to a member of the All The Elements team or email us hello@alltheelements.co
To register your interest in either an All The Elements £60 special offer ticket (limited availability) or to receive a 25% discount code for Timber Festival please complete this form and we will send you a discount code that you can use to book a ticket. (If you are unsure if you qualify as a ‘member’ of the community, please reach out to us and we can clarify but if you have attended our online or offline events, had a one-to-one call with us or received support directly from us in another format, we consider you to be part of our community! Hi 👋🏾)
If you are sharing the event more widely Timber also offers a three tiered pricing system which you can find out about here.
Timber Site Accessibility
You can find out more information about site accessibility at Timber festival here.
Access support includes (but is not limited to):
Designated accessible camping area
Access buggy that assists with the steepest gradient of the site - bookable during the festival
Accessible site map
Easy-read guide to the festival
Free personal assistant ticket scheme
Mobiloo changing places
Accessible toilet at each toilet point
BSL support
If you have any questions about access you can contact their access team access@wildrumpus.org.uk
Please also complete their Access Requirements Form at the time of booking, as they assign support based on what is requested!
