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The North West branch has an enthusiastic committee who put on regular events throughout the year. The jewel in our crown is the Mini-Festival, held the first weekend in October every year at Daresbury Laboratory. This is a full day of lectures, workshops and hands-on events, designed, as the name suggests, to mirror the success of the British Science Festival, albeit only for a day.

In addition to the Daresbury Mini-Festival the NW branch is the proud owner of three SciBars. Knutsford has been home to a SciBar for around 5 years now it has been joined by the Bollington and Didsbury SciBars too. The Macclesfield SciBar has just been launched in May 2012. There are new plans afoot for a Preston SciBar so watch this space!

Knutsford SciBar has developed beyond the monthly meeting and now has some fun stuff on the go: a team is designing rockets for a Pop Bottle Rocket Competition at Chester Race course; a monthly Book Reading Club which reads and discusses about 40 pages of a selected book each month; you can see poetry written about the SciBar by SciBarians including one by The Poet Laureate of Cheshire, Andrew Rudd, inspired by a previous visit to the SciBar. The poems can be read (and even watched) on the website. They also have a flourishing Discussion Group where views can be expressed and questions asked on any scientific topic outside of the meeting.

Chairperson: Lorelly Wilson
Treasurer: Graham Bonwick
Secretary: Lorelly Wilson

If you would like to support the branch and help raise some vital funds at no extra cost for you when shopping online, please visit their easyfundraising page. It’s easy, it’s free, and you will even receive vouchers and special offers!