Planet Wimborne Green Festival 2026 - Including and embedding sustainability for business success

Including and embedding sustainability for business success

Dr Cheryl Hadland, Founder & Chair, Tops Day Nurseries, Shoots Training and GECCO (registered charity), will talk about how every organisation and individual can be more successful using sustainable practices based on research, and pragmatic, achievable action. The presentation, discussion and Q&A is on Tuesday 13th October at 7.30pm at Wimborne Methodist Hall.

Doors will open at 7.15pm for refreshments and the talk will start at 7.30pm in the meeting room on the first floor of the Methodist Hall.

About Tops Nursery

It was whilst diving the oceans that Tops Nursery founder Cheryl Hadland experienced the reducing levels of underwater wildlife and ever-increasing levels of plastic pollution suffocating the environment. Born out of a vision and desire to create a more sustainable future for her own children, grandchildren and the children in the community, she worked with her team to ensure Tops Nurseries provided a sustainable environment for the education and care of young children and they lead the way in simultaneously protecting the planet. Tops have been awarded the Queens Award, Kings Award (2026) and become B.Corp along the way.

We borrow the planet from our children, let’s try to do our best not to wreck it.

You can find out more about Tops Day Nurseries here: https://www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk/

Book your Free Tickets here

Please note numbers are limited so please order your free tickets. You can also pick up tickets from the Fair Ground shop in the Corn Market.  

Please note we do incur costs for running Green Festival events and so please also consider donating to Plant Wimborne either on the night or on-line (please note Planet Wimborne will incur an administration charge) to help cover costs for running the event.

You can find details of all the other great Festival events on our Planet Wimborne Green Festival 2026 website.

Travel arrangements

Please consider travelling to the event by walking, wheeling or by bus (buses will drop you off in Wimborne Square and the venue is 10 minutes away). If you do drive (there is a small car park in front of the building and there are car parks in the town) please consider car sharing.

Accessibility and toilets

The Hall is located on the first floor. There is a ramp up to the front of the building. The entrance door is on the left and is operated using an automatic opening door button. There is a lift directly ahead to access the first floor. There are toilets on the first floor and accessible toilets on the ground and first floor.

We look forward to seeing you soon.