The Revive Coalition for grouse moor reform in Scotland will host its first national conference in Perth this weekend.
Entitled Wildlife, Land Reform and Environment, tickets sold out months ago, which is a good indicator of the level of public interest.
10.00 – 11.00: Registration
11.00 – 11.20: Introduction from Revive Campaign Manager Max Wiszniewski
Presentation from Holly Gillibrand on the need to act for environment, wildlife and young people
11.20 – 12.45: Presentations and discussion panel on Raptor Persecution, Mountain Hares & Animal Welfare
Chair: Alison Johnstone MSP
Dr Ruth Tingay, Revive Director & Raptor Persecution UK
Bob Elliot, Revive Director & OneKind
Andrea Hudspeth, Scottish Raptor Study Group
Ian Thomson, RSPB Scotland
12.45 – 13.45: Lunch
13.45 – 14.45: Presentations and discussion panel on Environment and Landscape
Chair: Claudia Beamish MSP
Dr Richard Dixon, Revive Director & Friends of the Earth Scotland
Helen Todd, Ramblers Scotland
Beryl Leatherland, Scottish Wild Land Group
Peter Cairns, Scotland the Big Picture
14.45 – 15.15: Discussion panel, ‘Living with it Locally’
Chair: Max Wiszniewski
Julie Bell, SNP Councillor, Kirriemuir and Dean
Susan Mathews, Cairngorms resident
Steve Gardner, Common Weal Angus
15.15 – 16.05: Presentations and discussion panel on ‘Back to Life’
Chair: Libby Anderson, Policy Advisor to OneKind
Andy Wightman MSP
Máiri McFadyen, Fearann/Land project creative activist
Robin McAlpine, Revive Director & Common Weal
16.05 – 16.30: Closing statements
Robbie Marsland, Revive Director & League Against Cruel Sports Scotland
17.00: Conference ends
Raptor Persecution UK 
This looks absolutely bloody fantastic! Very well done everybody who had a hand in organising it especially Max! It’s so important that we get a chance to get together and have a mutual grizzle, meet social media buddies properly for the first time and get a feeling of solidarity and support, this can be a rather draining hard slog even for those of us who aren’t exactly on the front line. It will also be nice to have the chance to say a quiet thank you to those that are. For me personally this will be the best event of the year so far. As an ‘aperitif’ for tomorrow can I ask those who haven’t already signed this petition to do so, it’s second time for it so round two after a pathetic Westminster response to the first one, and it is for English and Welsh grouse moors, but it reinforces the need for a genuine economic study of grouse shooting north of the border too – which the Werrity review may or may not be – thanks https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/267060?fbclid=IwAR2tUonpRx-ROrikEaBar9_EC4aMMjwNcJGRVq-Q0Ypcvsj75vbFv4DbHn0
Hi from the Highlands. Going to be along day for me catching the 5.50 bus to Inverness than the coach to Perth. Sad I can’t stay to the end… Iam looking forward to this & the change to see / talk to like minded people.
I am so pleased that this conference is going ahead in these times of prolific wildlife crime in the uplands of Scotland.
Unfortunately I cannot attend but looking forward to seeing/reading about it in due course.
All the best for the day to all.