The bwf Summit

Gather, connect, learn…

​Calling all wellness professionals, advocates, allies, and curious hearts!

Join us on Saturday 4th October at Plat9rm in Hove at the inaugural BWF Summit – a full day of panel discussions, talks, workshops, community-led market stalls and experiences designed to stretch perspectives, ignite creativity and nurture the soul.

This is for you if you are:

✨ A conscious wellness professional ready to future-proof your practice
🔥 A changemaker or activist challenging the system
💛 A big heart in need of a day to slow down, rest & restore
🎨 Seeking to reconnect with joy, play & creative expression

What you’ll walk away with…

  • A renewed sense of purpose and perspective on what wellness truly means - for yourself, your work, and the wider world

  • Fresh tools, practices and insights you can weave into your life or professional practice straight away.

  • The reminder that you are not alone - but part of a collective that believes care, rest and justice can shape a better future.

  • Inspiration to keep going, even when the world feels heavy, and permission to slow down when you need it most.

  • A deeper connection to creativity, community, and the kind of wellness that doesn’t just soothe symptoms - but sparks change.

The details:

  • Saturday 4th October 2025

  • 08:30 – 18:00 

  • Platf9rm, Hove, BN3 2AF 

  • A Full-Day Immersive Experience

  • Standard Tickets: £60, BWF Community Members: £55, Concessions: £50

What’s Included?

  • 5 honest, energising panel conversations

  • 20 workshops, practices and provocations

  • 10 community-led market stalls

  • A complementary breakfast bite

  • A spacious, choose-your-own-adventure format

  • Complementary refreshments by Pop Culture Kombucha at lunch

The line up

Workshop – Panel Discussion – Experience - Market

morning:

08:30 | Registration and Breakfast
Included in ticket price, a gift from Nostos
📍The Grounds (Experience)

09:00 | Browse & Buy the Market
Open all day, featuring local products and conscious brands
📍The Grounds (Market)

09:30 | Welcome with Founder Natasha Jackson

09:45 | ​It’s All Connected
How Can we Move Beyond Personal Healing to Collective Care?
📍The Grounds (Panel Discussion)

09:45 | Matcha Magic
Whisk & taste workshop by Bird & Blend Tea Co.
📍The Quiet Space (Workshop)

09:45 | Art Therapy for Collective Impact
Drop in all day to co-create a living installation with Catherine Black
📍The Market (Workshop)

09:45 | Unwind with Infinity Massage
Available all day, treat yourself to a 15 min massage
📍The Market (Experience)

09:45 | Radical Noticing
Rewiring through witnessing kindness with Kind Brave Leader
📍The Lookout (Workshop)

09:45 | 20 Min Facials or Hand Massages with Tropic Skincare
Available all day, indulge in a bit of you time and try a natural beauty range. Book your slot on the day.
📍Tangerine (Experience)

09:45 | Tactile Sound
Available all day, try out the 'sound bench', a prototype by Anderson Acoustics set to transform psychedelic therapy
📍Blue (Experience)

09:45 | Expert Nutrition Advice with Higher Nature 
Available all day, meet Higher Nature’s nutritional therapist for a free 15-minute bespoke guidance sessions to help you reach your health goals.
📍The Market (Experience)

10:00 | Soul Psychology
Returning to the imaginal with Adhip Rawal
📍The Library (Workshop)

10:00 | A Quiet Space
Journaling and reflection room, open all day
📍Blue (Experience)

11:00 | The Tides of Change
How Can We Disrupt the Systems Making Us Sick?
📍The Grounds (Panel Discussion)

11:15 | Holistic Coaching
Expanding your practice beyond physical therapy with Wellness Professionals at Work
📍The Lookout (Workshop)

11:15 | Somatics for Social Justice
Regulation as resistance with Eloise Reed
📍Tangerine (Workshop)

11:15 | Sister Stories Circle Work
Discover the healing power of Circle with Gemma Brady
📍The Library (Workshop)

afternoon:

12:15: Lunch Break + Pop Culture Kombucha Treat
Delicious Greek lunch by Nostos, from £12
📍The Grounds (Experience)

13:15 | Sound Healing & Traditional Tea Ceremony
Awaken all five senses with Flying Bear
📍Tangerine (Workshop)

13:30 | Old Medicines for Modern Wounds
What Did the West Forget that We Need to Remember?
📍The Grounds (Panel Discussion)

13:30 | Realising Your Creative Magic
An interactive workshop with actor and teacher Rich Watkins
📍The Library (Workshop)

13:30 | The Art & Science of Fermentation
Gut Health, Microbes and Food as Medicine with The Jungle Goddess
📍The Quiet Space (Workshop)

13:30 | Powerful Allyship
Four Steps to Safer Wellness Spaces with Proud Wellness CIC
📍The Lookout (Workshop)

14:45 | The Evolving Mind
What's the Latest Research in Healing, Awareness and Neurodiversity?
📍The Grounds (Panel Discussion)

14:45 | InFLOWence
Speaking Flow for Change-Makers & Culture-Shapers with Thea May
📍The Lookout (Workshop)

14:45 | Radical Rest
Reimagining Rest as Resistance and Renewal with Risa Gabrielle Merl
📍Tangerine (Workshop)

15:00 | Where Are All The Men?
With Matt Jones, John Scaife and Caspar Chittenden
📍The Library (Workshop)

15:15 | Colour Your Feelings
Match how you feel with colours with Mind, Body and Earth
📍The Quiet Room (Workshop)

16:00 | The Art of Healing
How Does Therapeutic Creativity Work?
📍The Grounds (Panel Discussion)

16:00 | Micro-dosing Joy
A Guided Practice in Cultivating Resilience with Blooming Queer
📍The Lookout (Workshop)

16:00 | Stop Having Sex, Start Having Pleasure
How Prioritising Pleasure Can Transform Your Erotic Self with The Sex Ed Club
📍The Library (Workshop)

16:15 | Embodied Presence
Essential breathing practices for life with Liz Lilley
📍Tangerine (Workshop)

16:30 | Scents of Self
The Healing Power of Aroma with Salvaged
📍The Quiet Space (Workshop)

17:00 | Closing & Networking

Our Speakers

​It’s All Connected: How Can We Move Beyond Personal Healing to Collective Care? A big picture discussion on modern life and what it means to be well.

Megan Cooper (Host): Trauma-Informed Therapist, podcast host & activist

Kaia Allen-Bevan: Multi-Award-Winning Activist, Founder of YouthTheGap & Director at Edge Of Difference

Dr. Gemma Houldey: Wellness and social justice expert, empowers change-makers to overcome burnout.

Matt Bagwell: CMO of Deep Green Energy, climate activist, master Oxygen Advantage instructor and author.

The Tides of Change: How Can We Disrupt the Systems Making Us Sick? Join the local change-makers creating a better future for all.

Ariana Alexander-Sefre (Host): multi-award-winning founder of SPOKE, delivers mental healthcare through music while driving global social innovation.

Toni Finnimore: Founder of The Social Society. Transforming volunteering into simple, local, and skills-based acts that tackle loneliness and make giving back part of everyday life.

Camille Peirson: Wellness entrepreneur, naturopathic health coach and community leader. Founder of Float Spa

Richard Husseiny: Founder of Men Behind Sport and The Gaia Games, working at the intersection of sport, wellbeing, and culture to reimagine sport as a force for healing, connection, and collective transformation.

Ryan Lakhan-Bunbury: Founder of Calm That Anxiety, uses his lived experience to break stigma, expand mental health access, and champion inclusive, resilient communities.

Old Medicines for Modern Wounds: What Did the West Forget that We Need to Remember? Through story, movement and ancient wisdom, explore why the return to our ancestors' wisdom is needed more than ever.

Gemma Brady (Host): Founder of Sister Stories, collective belonging through the transformative practice of Circle.

John Scaife: Ritualist, storyteller and diviner, bringing indigenous wisdom to contemporary life.

Lorina Ventura: Traveller, Senior Psychosomatic Therapist and Mental Health in Education practitioner

Matt Jones: Shamanic practitioner and co-founder of Full Circle Healing.

The Evolving Mind: What's the Latest Research in Healing, Awareness and Neurodiversity? Explore the breakthroughs at the intersection of science, consciousness, and diverse ways of experiencing the world.

​Laura Phelan (Host): Self-Image Specialist, Speaker and ‘neuro spicy’ Coach empowering ambitious females lead with presence.

Jess Rad: Founder of The WomenHood - driving gender equity, neuroinclusion and allyship through intersectional programmes and events.

Dr Sandeep Singh-Dernevik: Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist & Founder of the Autism ADHD Centre

Oli Genn-Bash: Mycology Consultant with expert knowledge on psychedelics, functional mushrooms, bioactive compounds, and the science behind their health benefits

​Liz Lilley: Psychotherapist, Breathwork Facilitator and Psychedelic Therapist.

The Art of Healing: How Does Therapeutic Creativity Work? Exploring sound, story, art, and imagination as doorways into transformation.

​Richard Watkins (Host): Actor. Promotes creative play and empowerment through theatre and performance

Emma Greenland: Leading specialist in Educational Acoustics at Anderson Acoustics

Catherine Black: Artist, Transpersonal Art Counsellor, Yoga Facilitator, and Reiki Practitioner

Hema Patel: RTT Hypnotherapist and Coach, Poet.