This year, the NCCF was approached to help keep the BNTVA movement alive. As you all know, we immediately facilitated them getting messages out to members by incorporating an independent BNTVA editorial section in Exposure Magazine.
Our two organisations remain very close. When implementing the data-sharing agreement enabling magazine distribution across the joint membership, we found that almost all the BNTVA members were also NCCF beneficiaries.
We have received many congratulatory comments from readers who welcome the expanded publication. The move to accept a permanent editorial section in Exposure is excellent news. It saves the BNTVA some £12,000 per year. It creates a much better reader experience with related content articles from our community.
Holding a conference in 2023 was not a realistic proposition; the issues the charity faced were piling up in early 2023; there was no access to bank accounts, a regulatory investigation was underway, and an uncertain future was the outlook. The BNTVA trustees reluctantly decided to abandon attempts to hold an event.
The NCCF has now taken full responsibility for delivering this event and has decided that from 2024 onward, we will hold an annual Nuclear Community Convention.
The Convention
We have decided to return to the roots of the BNTVA Conferences. We will hold the event over a weekend rather than throughout the week, making attending more accessible for those with work commitments.
Date for your Diary: Friday the 10th to Sunday 12th of May 2024
The 2024 Nuclear Community Annual Convention is being held at the Hilton Hotel East Midlands Airport. The hotel is accessible from all directions by a good motorway network. Also, East Midlands Parkway on the Midland mainline is only a three-mile taxi ride.
We have negotiated special discounted rates for guests and have a complete programme of presentations from the NCCF, BNTVA, CHRC, The BNTVA Collection, The University of South Wales and other OVA-funded projects.
By holding the Convention in the East Midlands, we are trying to make it as accessible as possible to the significant groupings of our community. The location adds a further bonus as it sits almost in the centre of the Community Care Check Pilot region, and part of the focus of the Outreach Facilitator will be to encourage greater local engagement.
Programme of Events
Friday afternoon/evening: Arrival and meet with old friends. Meals are available in the restaurant, and there is a well-stocked bar for casual get-togethers.
Following the included breakfast on Saturday morning, guests can enter the conference room where the presentations will take place. A buffet lunch will be provided, and refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Saturday evening, we will hold the traditional BNTVA Gala Dinner, which this year will be presided over by Jeff Liddiatt MBE – NCCF hon. Life President.
The package from Friday to Sunday should cost £432.00 for a couple and £324.00 for an individual. We have negotiated an excellent deal so that the total cost for a couple is £256.00 and for a single is £236.00, that’s a saving of £88 per person.
You can access this great deal directly with the hotel as they are setting up a special booking line for us. We have also negotiated discounts for people who only want to stay the Saturday Evening and for day guests, which covers the Convention and Gala Dinner for only £49.00, saving almost £40 on the standard day rate.
We are also working on a Sunday morning complimentary coach trip to the National Memorial Arboretum, which is only a 40 minute ride from the hotel.
More details and booking contacts will be published and posted very soon.
