Brighter Times conference – a great day in Birmingham

Brighter Times Magazine held a very successful conference on Sunday 31st July in Birmingham with attenders from all around the country. Professor Gloria Moss spoke about the need for truth in education and her venture – The Truth University https://truthuniversitycouk.uk/

Gloria Moss PhD FCIPD has a background as a Training and Development expert, having been Site Training Manager at the UK’s largest manufacturing site run by Courtaulds outside Derby and then UK Training Manager for Anglo-French Eurotunnel where she led the Management training. 

There followed an academic career in which she gained a PhD, became a Professor, had six books published and over 70 Peer Review journal articles and conference papers on topics relating to:  Inclusive Leadership; Gender, Design and Marketing (and the evidence for cognitive sex difference); the merits of collectivist as against individualistic systems; and ancient medicine and its relationship to religion. 

She runs the Questioning History and Questioning Science conferences and is launching Truth University, an institution that prioritises evidence-based critical thinking.   She also has two exciting new books in the pipeline. 

Dr Tess Lawrie gave us a tour of her numerous, positive projects – THE WORLD COUNCIL FOR HEALTH, -https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/ A better way for a better world, BIRD https://bird-group.org/who-are-bird/ and SOURCE – a new health networking group. Tess (MBBCh, PhD) is co-founder of the World Council for Health and Director of the Evidence-based Medicine Consultancy Ltd, and EbMCsquared, a community interest company. She is committed to improving and promoting health and well-being through rigorous research, collaboration and education.

Jason Noble talked about The Republic of England – an alternative society for those with a discerning mind.

Jason’s extensive experience in creative business development and management have put him in the ideal place to recognise the flaws of the society that we live in and to develop new systems that can replace them, working with the Republic of England team.

Harry Rhodes https://onlyresultscount.com/ conducted research using live blood analysis, that kept our audience queuing!

Brighter Times Designer Daniel, Editor Joe and coordinator Alan put together pages for the magazine working live with the audience. Please submit your contributions for our next edition.

We had some great helpers and a delicious lunch from Down to Earth Catering:

Debbie Hicks reminded us to Keep it Cash – if cash is taken away we can be controlled via online banking.

Debbie is a former lecturer and teacher of politics and social sciences to A level and undergraduate students. 

Debbie started her career running a busy Labour MP’s office in the House of Commons and working at Labour head office. Debbie also worked briefly for the Home Office and Prison Service. She has worked on general and local election campaigns for the Labour Party, run for office for labour and been a vice chair. In 2017 she left labour to take up grass roots actions to engage with working class communities, notably campaigning for the rights of the homeless.

For the last two years Debbie has been one of the key activists that helped start actions to resist the attack on our rights during the  lockdowns for covid. She has been arrested five times for protesting during lockdown and has faced trial for four charges.  She is currently waiting for a date for judicial review and high court appeal on the right to protest during lockdowns and her conviction for filming Gloucester hospital during lockdown.

Debbie recently started the ‘Keep it Cash’ campaign; a street based grass roots initiative touring the UK  to energise and kick start communities to take action to save cash. 

Eleanor from ONE MIND CAN gave an inspirational talk about how to create a new society based on holistic principles and sacred geometry. Eleanor says – Our vision is that we recognise the abundance and potential in ‘we the people’, that each individual is valued, and supported to be able to make a contribution to the life-force of the community. One Mind CAN have brought through a simple self-governing proposal for Community Assemblies. The blueprints and accompanying frameworks create a complete subsystem that empowers communities to self-organise, self-lead and anchors the decision-making process at the local, area and National level back to our communities. The 25 sector system is run in circles of 5, 7 or 12 community representatives; tasked with over-seeing Community Steering groups to bring through the community manifestos, strategies and local action plans, to ensure all are contributing their piece to the whole, and that community objectives and needs are being met.

Katherine & Cassie updated us on their work raising awareness of the dangers of radio frequency radiation. Many thanks to all our brilliant speakers who are actively engaged in changing this world for the better – this is what Brighter Times Magazine is all about.

For inspiration please see the World Council for Health Better Way Charter below:

Speaker James Hunt has a positive message for all small business owners.

  As the country entered lockdown he founded a charity and small business support network called Sofie Enterprises.  The society of free and independent enterprise aims to founders of organisations through peer-to-peer learning and friendship.  

A passionate libertarian and one time democrat he is excited by the opportunities that these current, troubled times present.  An Ivory Tower Moralist and eternal optimist, James is convinced that  “The world belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”