Event type: Talk

POP3 – Climate Conference

Future Yard is proud to host our latest annual climate conference. POP3 powered by Ecotricity Business is a day of debate, conversation and collaboration, exploring the power of culture in the quest for climate justice.

With panels featuring industry experts, interactive roundtable discussions and opportunities to connect with leading figures from across the UK, POP3 is the sustainability conference for the grassroots and community culture sector.

Coinciding with the UN-convened COP Climate Conference, this interactive day will see venue owners, business leaders, creatives, academics and sector professionals collaborate through workshops and panels to help shape a greener future for our industry. People in attendance will range from nationally significant arts organisations and major players in the green transition, to local artists and businesses passionate about sustainability.

Sustainability is at the heart of Future Yard’s mission. This is the third such event we have held, alongside the publication of our own Sustainability Roadmap. In 2024, we announced our intention to achieve operational net zero by 2030 and net zero by 2035. At this year’s event, we will be updating our Roadmap to outline how we intend to achieve this.

The daytime conference runs between 11am and 6pm, and takes place in Future Yard’s Live Room and workshop spaces. Delegate and audience tickets are now available.
The conference will be followed by an evening live show headlined by Anna B Savage. Doors for this event open at 8pm, tickets available separately.

Liverpool’s Cultural Workshop: Panel Discussions & Talks

Part of Liverpool’s Cultural Workshop Expo 2025, Liam Kelly (CEO of Make CIC) will be hosting a number of panel talks & presentations.

Make CIC & Invisible Wind Factory invite you to Liverpool’s Cultural Workshop Expo 2025; a carnival of culture, art, education & conversation.

The North Docks of Liverpool is the workshop of the city’s culture & creative sector We plan to showcase the amazing talents and outputs of the creative community across a weekend filled with exhibitions, workshops, conversation, food, drink, & an artisanal market on the 15th & 16th of November taking place at Make North Docks & The Invisible Wind Factory.

We want to invite you to a conversation on culture, regeneration & the politics of living in an ever-developing city.  

We will be presenting two panel discussions & an interactive workshop dissecting the issues faced by the cultural sector, establishing and reimagining solutions to the negative effects of gentrification, corporate development, and political uncertainty:

  • Can arts & culture be the patriotism of unity?

Britain’s creative industries are one of the country’s remaining international soft powers. We’ll be exploring how arts & culture could offer an alternative form of patriotism that makes people feel welcome and challenges negative ideas about national identity.

  • How can arts & culture be heard amongst large scale regeneration and political headwinds?

In the shadow of a £800 million stadium development, we will discuss how arts & culture generates value that can supercharge regeneration and the challenges associated with individuals and organisations being taken seriously in the conversation.

We will be welcoming speakers from across the creative industries.  From grassroots venues & festival operators, to educators, policy makers, funders, artists, & more.

Liam Naughton (Managing Director, Invisible Wind Factory) & Liam Kelly (CEO, Make CIC) will also be giving presentations detailing the stories of IWF & Make, the struggles they have faced and what the future holds for the North Docks Cultural Cluster.

Queer Book Club: March 2026

Queer Book Club is an inclusive reading group open to anyone from St Helens to come together to read and discuss LGBTQIA+ literature. Founded in Autumn 2023 by a group of local queer artists, producers and book-lovers, Queer Book Club is a space to share a love of queer novels, memoirs and writing.
This month we’re reading…
Upside Down, by N.R. Walker; a romance novel about an asexual protagonist whose world is turned upside down – or the right way up – by a new friend, in a new town.
Queer Book Club is drop-in, meaning you don’t have to have been before to take part, but we encourage you to read the book ahead of the session.

Access

We want to make Queer Book Club as accessible to as many people as possible and therefore we will hold two pre-bought copies of the book.
Either contact Britney via arthur.britney@heartofglass.org.uk or call in to The Book Stop to borrow a copy. Additionally, as a QBC reader, you also receive 20% off your copy of the chosen book this month at The Book Stop in St Helens by quoting “Queer Book Club” at the till.

Safer Spaces

These events will use Heart of Glass’ Safer Spaces Agreement to create a space that aims to be as welcoming and respectful as possible.

Queer Book Club: November 2025

Queer Book Club is an inclusive reading group open to anyone from St Helens to come together to read and discuss LGBTQIA+ literature. Founded in Autumn 2023 by a group of local queer artists, producers and book-lovers, Queer Book Club is a space to share a love of queer novels, memoirs and writing.

This month we’re reading…

The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling; a sci-fi horror novel in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emotional journey for survival. Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.

Queer Book Club is drop-in, meaning you don’t have to have been before to take part, but we encourage you to read the book ahead of the session.

Queer Book Club: December 2025

Queer Book Club is an inclusive reading group open to anyone from St Helens to come together to read and discuss LGBTQIA+ literature. Founded in Autumn 2023 by a group of local queer artists, producers and book-lovers, Queer Book Club is a space to share a love of queer novels, memoirs and writing.

This month we’re reading…

Bored Gay Werewolf, by Tony Santorella is a smart take on the doomsday logic of late capitalism and the complicated meeting point of masculinity and sexuality. It’s a buddy novel about finding your pack, the power of friendship, and learning how to be comfortable in your own, shaggy werewolf pelt.

Queer Book Club is drop-in, meaning you don’t have to have been before to take part, but we encourage you to read the book ahead of the session.

RIBA presents Home Ground Festival: Football, Fans and Design

Calling fans of all ages! Join us on Saturday 8 November 2025 for a day of drop-in activities, creative workshops, talks, exhibition tours, games and music, celebrating the cultures, communities, and spaces of football.

Contribute to a collective banner, build a stadium using recycled materials, try drawing like an architect, and join a curator tour of the exhibition. Play some games, grab a matchday pie while they’re hot, and share your favourite matchday experiences through comics drawing, a memory wall, and conversations.

The festival day is organised as part of the latest exhibition at RIBA North + Tate Liverpool, Home Ground: the architecture of football. The exhibition runs 15 Oct 2025 until 25 January 2026.

The day runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday 8 November 2025 at RIBA North + Tate Liverpool. Entry is free, and can be booked via Eventbrite.

Curator tours will also be running at the following times on the day:
– 10.30am to 11.15am
– 12pm to 12.45pm
– 2pm to 2.45pm

These curator tours are free, but must be booked in advance via the Eventbrite link.

More details of the scheduled activities for the day will be available on riba.org and the Eventbrite listing.

Sarah Jones Everyday Normal UK Tour

Sarah Jones embarks on a UK wide speaking tour in late October/early November with her Everyday Normal sessions.The debate about trans people has become incredibly toxic. The Supreme Court Judgment of April 2025 has had major repercussions for the lives of transpeople in the UK. Each day brings a new report about trans activists or anti-trans activists. In the Everyday Normal sessions, Sarah explores the reality of being trans and of being outed as the first person to be ordained by the Church of England having previously made a gender change. We’ll think about the issues and the concerns of today and we’ll look to the future to see what that might hold.We’ll laugh together. We might cry. Everyday Normal is a life-affirming session for people who would like an entertaining exploration and who would like to understand trans issues for themselves.

St Bride’s Church Percy St Liverpool L8 7LT

The Definitions: Book Launch – Matt Greene in conversation with Jess White

The Definitions is a short, thoughtful, and ultimately terrifying novel about the vitality of language. How we use it, how we weaponise it, and what happens when we rely on other to define ourselves.

Join us at Dead Ink Books on the 15th of October to celebrate author Matt Greene and his phenomenal novel. Matt will be joined in conversation with journalist and writer Jess White.

Matt Greene is an author, teacher, former screenwriter, and stay-at-home dad. His first novel, Ostrich, won a Betty Trask Award and his memoir Jew(ish) was described by Booker-shortlisted author Nadifa Mohamed as ‘wonderful’ and ‘acerbically funny’. He teaches critical and creative writing in South London, where he lives with his partner and two sons.

Jess White is a writer and researcher who has written for Dazed, The F Word, i-D, among many others. You can keep up to date with what she’s reading on her substack.

Tickets are available HERE.

Introduction to Composting

 

 

Are you keen to compost your food waste but not sure how? Or tried composting before but want to learn more? This session is for you!

 

 

Composting your food scraps is a great way to reduce the waste your household produces! Join Minna Alanko-Falola of Compost Works in this informative two-hour workshop at Kindling Farm to get the skills and confidence to give composting a go.

You will get lots of practical advice about the principles of composting, what you can compost, how to set up and manage your own composting system, and how to prevent things from going wrong. Our focus will be on food waste but the principles apply to garden waste too. 

There will also be plenty of opportunity for questions throughout. This training is suitable for complete beginners or people who would like to brush up on their skills.

You must register to come to this event. Please visit our website to secure your place. 

 

 

Kindling Farm’s Bat Walk!

 

 

All the family are welcome to Kindling Farm at dusk for a chance to spot these incredible aerial acrobats!

Guided by Tony, the Halewood Triangle Park Ranger, you will learn about the different species living in the UK and how to use a bat detector before venturing out into the fields where we will survey the night sky for bats! Join us from the earlier time of 5.30pm for hot chocolate in the barn!

This activity is suitable for all ages however, please be mindful that it does involve some walking across uneven ground and being outdoors in all weathers for over an hour, so it might not suit everyone!

This activity will finish no later than 8pm but please note that we might finish earlier depending on the amount of bat activity on that evening. 

Much like us humans, bats are not a fan of rainy and windy conditions and are unlikely to venture outdoors in bad weather. We will be keeping a close eye on the weather forecast and be in touch as soon as possible if we need to cancel or rearrange this event.

Please dress for the outdoors; we recommend sturdy shoes like wellies or walking boots and waterproofs. 

You must register for this event. Please visit our website to secure your place.