Free screening of The People's Emergency Briefing at Barnt Green Quaker Meeting House, Sunday 18 October at 2pm, with a local discussion after the film.

Barnt Green Quakers are showing The People’s Emergency Briefing, a 50-minute film on climate and nature risks to the UK, at their meeting house on Sandhills Road on Sunday 18 October 2026 at 2pm. Entry is free, and the screening is followed by a facilitated discussion about what the issues raised could mean for the Bromsgrove area.

Places are free but the organisers ask people to register in advance.

Where the film comes from

The film is an adaptation of the National Emergency Briefing, held at Westminster Central Hall in November 2025. According to the organisers, more than 1,200 MPs, peers and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media attended that event, at which experts assessed the UK’s exposure to climate and nature risks.

The briefing was introduced by the naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham. The organisers say it covered what climate and nature breakdown would mean for food security, public health, infrastructure, the economy and national security, alongside “evidence-based actions that could reduce these risks”.

That event has been cut down into the public film, which launched nationwide on 7 April and is now being screened by community groups across the UK. The organisers describe it as bringing leading scientists together “to present a clear picture of the challenges ahead”, while leaving room for audiences to consider what the issues mean locally and “how they can support their MP to call for stronger action”.

Chris Packham has backed the community screenings. He said:

“I’d encourage people everywhere to attend a screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing. It creates exactly the kind of honest local conversation we now urgently need, both about what these changes mean where we live, and about what we can do together to address them.”

Why Barnt Green, and why now

The organisers link the screening to this summer, when, in their words, “wildfires posed a definite threat to local communities and wildlife in the Bromsgrove area”.

After the film, the audience will be invited into a structured discussion, which the organisers say is designed “to support open, constructive conversation about the issues raised and what they may mean locally”. They describe the afternoon as a civic space for residents, community leaders and decision-makers, and say local MPs, councillors and others have been invited to attend and take part.

Caroline Milne, one of the organisers, said:

“We wanted to create space for a calm local conversation about issues that increasingly affect all of us.”

What it means for you

  • When: Sunday 18 October 2026, 2pm.
  • Where: Barnt Green Quaker Meeting House, Sandhills Road, Barnt Green, B45 8NR.
  • What: the 50-minute film, then a facilitated community discussion.
  • Cost: free. Advance registration is encouraged through the Barnt Green and Redditch Quakers booking page.

If you cannot make it, the organisers say screenings are taking place in communities across the country as part of the same programme. For more on what else is happening locally, see our things to do in Bromsgrove page.