We’re on!

Thanks to the overwhelmingly fast and positive response to yesterday’s quick poll of ticketholders, we are very pleased to let you know that we will be going ahead with the OAUK Conference next month with a few amendments. If you can’t come, we will, of course, refund your ticket in full.

We have made some changes to the timings on Wed 1 Feb,  to allow more time for you to arrive in Bradford, but the main day Thu 2 Feb is going ahead as planned, with registration from 09:00 and the first conference session at 10:00 – everything is done by 18:00.

Car Share

Please have a look at the spreadsheet if you are in need of a lift (or if you’d like to travel in a more eco-friendly and cost-effective way). We currently have more lifts than passengers so we urge you to see if there’s anyone leaving from your area.

CLICK HERE >>> Car Share Spreadsheet.

Minibuses

We are looking into running minibuses from larger areas.

If you’d be up for driving a minibus, please let us know. OAUK would cover the cost of the hire and fuel.

We have added some minibus routes and dates to the minibuses tab on the Car Share Spreadsheet. Please add your name and contact details to the journey you’d like to take. We will be updating this section live, as we hopefully get more minibus driving offers so please keep your eyes peeled on this. We will confirm when the journey is 100% going ahead as soon as we can.

Wed 1 Feb Timings

If you are planning on attending any of the pre-Conference sessions, here are the new timings. They all take place in Kala Sangam Arts Centre and details of how to book and capacities will be with you next week:

  • Bradford Cultural Voice Forum: 12:00 – 14:00
  • Light Up the North partners meeting: 12:00 – 16:00
  • Carnival sector session: 15:00-17:00
  • Outdoor Arts newcomers session: 15:00-18:00
  • Mela sector session: 16:00-17:00
  • Light Night sector general session: 16:00-17:00

Welcome Party

We have decided to replace the formal dinner with a more relaxed welcome party in Bradford Cathedral on Wed 1 Feb. This allows you to arrive when you can with no time pressure, to get dinner at your own convenience and drop in for as long as you’d like. At the party, there will be lots of mingling time, entertainment from Bradford-based artists and a bar, with good non-alcohol options; doors open at 19:30 and we’ll wrap up at 22:00.

If you booked for the dinner, we will be refunding these next week, you won’t need to do anything.

Thank you all again for your patience, generosity, and resilience.