Wild Service Festival Launch Event

Join us for the Launch of the Wild Service Festival at Scrap, 2pm – 5pm on Saturday 11 October.

The Wild Service Festival is a combination of free and paid events encompassing visual poetry, music, spoken word, talks, and workshops, the Wild Service Festival celebrates the creative and practical ways we can simultaneously reconnect with and become better guardians of nature, while improving our well-being through the power of participation.

Britain ranks last in Europe on biodiversity, wellbeing, and nature connectedness. Nature is suffering, and so are we. ‘Wild Service’ – the visionary concept and book crafted by the Right to Roam campaign – argues that humanity’s loss and nature’s need are two sides of the same story. It calls for mass reconnection to the land and a commitment to its restoration.

Join us on Saturday 11 Oct 2025 from 2pm for a launch event celebrating the opening of this Festival at Scrap Creative Reuse in the Spinning Mill, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley LS28 5UJ.

2pm – 5pm Exhibition: O Barc Odes From The Edgerhow more here

3pm – 3.45pm Talk: Briony Spandler more here

4pm – 4.30pm Music: Floating Temples – Jonathan Mallatratt more here

4.30pm – 5pm Poetry: Gracie Spandler more here

Information and in-person advice will be available from 2pm with:

Right To Roam – West Yorkshire Meet local group members of the national campaign, working to bring a Right to Roam Act to England and Wales so millions more people can connect with the natural world. Understand your rights and the role of local groups. Instagram @right_to_roam_west_yorkshire)
Facebook Right to Roam West Yorkshire
Website righttoroam.org.uk

and

Wildlife Friendly Otley Representatives from the UK’s first-ever wildlife-friendly town explain their work and how to make your town wildlife-friendly too.
Instagram: @wildlifefriendlyotley
Facebook: WildlifeFriendlyOtley
Website: wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk

Any questions about this Launch event, please contact admin@scrapstuff.co.uk.