Member Exclusive Lectures

Our Members can enjoy exclusive Lectures from leading experts on a wide range of topics connected with churches and heritage.

These lectures take place on the second Monday of the month and begin at 6pm in the evening. 

If you are a member, then keep an eye out for the members' e-newsletters every month for details of upcoming lectures and information on how to join these exclusive lectures. You can also contact the Membership team at [email protected] or by calling 0800 206 1463.

These lectures are only accessible to Members of the Churches Conservation Trust and run in addition to our monthly "An Evening with CCT" Lectures that remain 100% free of charge and are accessible to all.

If you wish to become a Member to access these lectures, you can do so from as little as £3.50 a month. More information about our membership offer, and the many benefits, can be found here.

Upcoming Members' Exclusive Lectures

All of our Member's Exclusive Lectures are available to watch on CCTdigital.com by logging in with your membership details.  Please email the Membership team at [email protected] if you encounter any technical difficulties with accessing these lectures.

We look forward to welcoming our CCT Members live from 5:50pm to hear about these fascinating topics. Instructions on how to join us will be sent in the Members' E-newsletter.

Monday, 8 April - Some Blessed Hope': Wildness beside us, every day with Beccy Speight

Beccy Speight is Chief Executive Officer of the RSPB, the largest nature conservation organisation in the UK, with 1.2 million members, more than 2,000 employees and around 12,000 volunteers. In this lecture, Beccy will delve into the joy of birds in our graveyards and back gardens – and what we can do to help them thrive. 

The RSPB has more than 200 nature reserves across the UK; wild havens where everyone can get closer to nature and home to 80 per cent of our rarest or more threatened bird species. They undertake conservation work and forge powerful new partnerships that inspire others to stand up and give nature the home it deserves. As well as work at home, they are the largest global partner and participant in BirdLife International where they help to stem the loss of global biodiversity. The organisation’s work includes projects in Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and Tristan da Cunha, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Beccy started her career in local government in Scotland and then moved into management consultancy. She has worked in the conservation charity sector since 2000, including as director for the National Trust’s East Midlands and Midlands regions where she was responsible for developing the Trust's sustainable food policy and installing contemporary art. She became Chief Executive at the Woodland Trust in 2014 and led the expansion of the woodland creation charity and a review of its priorities, before commencing her present role at the RSPB in 2019. Beccy leads the RSPB in a decade of critical action due to 41% of species in the UK being in decline, and 15% at risk of extinction. Nature is in crisis, and together we can save it.

 

Keep an eye on this page for further updates about upcoming lectures. Our programme for the coming months will soon be announced.