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The Bat Workers Forum (BWF) is an annual meeting held online open to anyone interested in bats, regardless of whether the interest is professional or voluntary and regardless of experience.

Date of most recent meeting: 7pm Tuesday 3rd October 2023 on zoom.

The aims of the forum are to:

  • facilitate communication and the sharing of experience between all bat workers and those interested in bats, regardless of knowledge or experience
  • enable the concerns, views and opinions of bat workers, bat groups and anyone interested in bats to be shared and discussed and, where relevant, communicated through to BCT and SNCOs
  • enable feedback, from the relevant parties (e.g. BCT or SNCOs) on issues previously raised
  • a round up of major issues and/or highlights from attendees

The meeting is chaired by a member of BCT's Board of Trustees and several members of BCT staff (including representatives from the National Bat Helpline and BCT's senior management team) attend. Representatives of the UK’s Statutory Nature Conservation Agencies (SNCOs) are encouraged to participate, as are representatives from other organisations where appropriate.

Please note due to this event now taking place after the National Bat Conference, the winner of the Pete Guest Award will first be announced at National Conference, and the winner invited to give their acceptance speech at the BWF as well.

Booking to attend

The event is free to attend, with the option of adding a donation to BCT's bat group work. To enable raising of views, there is the opportunity to submit priorities or things of concern during the booking form. This question is removed from the booking form in advance of the event to enable responses to be gathered. Booking remains open until the day. We will also be presenting priorities raised during the year from regional conferences and relevant items brought to BCT's board of trustees.

Minutes from the 2023 Bat Workers Forum are available below.

Minutes From Previous Annual Forums

For more information please see the full terms of reference and an example agenda.

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