Nature Needs You, with Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Wed 02 Jul
|Ashley
The inspirational story of a bird lover who became a nature-warrior in a David v Goliath battle to save swifts from extinction.
Time & Location
02 Jul 2025, 19:00 – 20:00
Ashley, Ashley, Tiverton EX16 5PD, UK
About The Event
Join us for Swift Awareness Week, as we host what will be an extraordinary talk at Ashley Court. If you enjoyed her previous title, Fledgling, you are sure to enjoy Nature Needs You.
Nature Needs You tells the compelling story of how Hannah, without campaigning experience, funding or contacts, set out to save swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission is to change the law and make ‘swift bricks’ mandatory so that the birds who nest in our walls will have a future in Britain. Nature Needs You delves into the highs and lows of trying to win hearts and minds, grab the news agenda with her naked Feather Speech, win Caroline Lucas and Lord Zac Goldsmith’s support, navigate meetings with Secretaries of State and debates in the Houses of Parliament, survive the trolling and midnight self-doubt and raise a petition with the requisite 100,000 signatures for a Parliamentary…
Tickets
Book Ticket
This ticket includes a copy of the book which can be signed by Hannah on the night of the event.
£16.99
General Admission
Admits one for Hannah's talk.
£10.00
Total
£0.00