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Ladder Association AMM & Conference 2025

 

Join us at the Ardencote Hotel, The Cumsey, Lye Green Road, Claverdon, Warwickshire, CV35 8LT

The upcoming Ladder Association Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM) & Conference will take place on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 March 2025 at the Ardencote Hotel in Warwick – and we can’t wait to see you there!

This member and guest event is a great opportunity for all Ladder Association Members to come together to hear updates directly from the Association (what we’ve been working on and the exciting projects and initiatives to come), network with fellow members, and catch up with the Ladder Association team.

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WHAT'S ON...

Main Conference Speakers:

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Host: David Gray

Chairman, Ladder Association and Managing Director, TB Davies (Cardiff)

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Peter Bennett OBE

Executive Director, Ladder Association

Don Aers

Don Aers

Technical Manager, Ladder Association, and Chairman of the BSI B512 ladder standards technical committee

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John Darby

General Manager, Test & Research Centre

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Sorrel Humphrey

Sustainability Adviser, AIMS

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Hannah Williams

Charity Manager, No Falls Foundation

TICKET INFORMATION...

General Admission tickets for Thursday 20 October will include:

Full-day conference

Ladder showcase / exhibition

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Lunch, refreshments & networking

EVENT TIMINGS...

Wednesday 19 October (MEMBERS ONLY)

10am onwards

Council and committee meetings take place

12pm – 1pm

Lunch for anyone attending a meeting that day

1pm – 3pm

CPD event for Ladder Association Instructors

6.30pm – 7.30pm

Chairman’s drinks reception – join us in the Terrace Atrium with entertainment while enjoying a pre-dinner drink

7.30pm – midnight

Chairman’s Dinner – celebrate 75 years of ladder safety with a 3-course dinner, drinks and live music!

Thursday 20 October
(MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS)

9am-9.45am

Ladder Association Annual Members’ Meeting (MEMBERS ONLY)

10am-3.30pm

75th Anniversary Ladder Conference (GENERAL ADMISSION)

Please note: timings may be subject to change.

MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE CONTENT...

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All Member Workshop – Digitalisation

THURSDAY 6 MARCH

13:00 – 16:00

Hosted by Lead Auditor, George Lopez

 

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Chairman’s Drinks Reception & Dinner

THURSDAY 6 MARCH

Drinks 18:45 – 19:30

Dinner 19:30 – 01:00

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Annual Members’ Meeting

FRIDAY 7 MARCH

09:15 – 09:45

Hosted by our Chairman, David Gray

SOME ADDED EXTRAS...

No Falls Foundation

Meet the team from the No Falls Foundation, the first and only UK-based charity devoted exclusively to the work at height sector. 

Meet the Ladder Association team!

The Ladder Association staff will be there representing all departments – stop by and say hi, or ask us any specific questions.

Watch the 2019 Conference Videos

EN131 – NEXT STEPS
Don Aers, Ladder Association Technical Manager, and Alex Farnhill, HSE Inspector and Policy Advisor for Work at Height and Ladders, deliver a presentation detailing our next steps following the transition to EN131.
OPSS – PAS7100
Gordon Maddan, Assistant Director – Office for Product Safety and Standards, gives our members an update on PAS 7100 and discusses how the new code of practice will help consumers with product recalls.
APPG ON WORKING AT HEIGHT
Policymakers, regulators and industry leaders must do more to reduce falls from height. Peter Bennett OBE, Executive Director of the Ladder Association, presents The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height’s full list of recommendations in its first ever report.
R&D GRANT FUNDING
Did you know there are thousands of pounds of grants available for R&D? Oliver Ivey of Leyton UK gives valuable insight into R&D tax relief and innovation funding grants.
BRITISH MARINE – WORK AT HEIGHT CHALLENGES
James Scott-Anderson, Environment, Health and Safety Executive at British Marine, invites the Ladder Association and its members to work with British Marine to combat work at height challenges faced in its marinas. British Marine is the trade association for the UK leisure, super yacht and small commercial marine industry.
‘GET A GRIP’ NATIONAL LADDER SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Lorraine Brown of the Ladder Association gives delegates an update on the Ladder Association’s national safety campaign.
RoSPA PARTNERSHIP
Dr Karen McDonnell, Occupational Health & Safety Policy Advisor at RoSPA, delivers a presentation about their partnership with the Ladder Association.
‘GET A GRIP’ ON LADDER TRAINING
Abbi Taylor, Proud2bSafe, speaks openly about her family’s personal struggle and the life-changing effects her Dad’s accident had on her and her family.