Thursday 11th June 2026 (NCVO, London)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Key Note Speaker: Hunger as a weapon: food, conflict and the human cost – Fergal Keane, Foreign Correspondent and Author 

Thirty Years of SENSE: My personal reflections of 30 years of friendship and fun – Dr Margaret Ashwell RNutr FAfN 

New Chair Anointment – Dr Margaret Ashwell RNutr FAfN 

Beyond Age and Nutrition Knowledge: why older adults eat the way they do – Dr Barbara Bray RNutr 

30 Insights for the Menopause Transition – Dr Linia Patel RD 

Men’s Health on a Plate: A 30-Year Review – Josh Clamp RNutr MSc 

30 Years of School Food – Zoe Griffiths RNutr FAfN 

30 Lessons from the First 5 Years: What really shapes how children eat – Laura Matthews RNutr MSc 

Book your place at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985809383322?aff=oddtdtcreator

Wednesday 25th February 2026 (via zoom)  

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Social media – top tips for successful content creation – Charlotte Stirling-Reed MSc RNutr 

Accounting, Finance and Tax – A journey for the freelancer – Tauqeer Hassan BA (hons) BFP ACA 

Artificial Intelligence in the food system, nutrition and policymaking – Prof Danielle McCarthy PhD RNutr  

AI in practice for Nutritionists and Dietitians: Critical considerations, limitations, benefits and limitations – Charlie Beestone – Nutritionist, performance coach and mentor 

Member’s spotlight – Susan Church BSc (Hons), RNutr (Public Health)– Update on food composition and career highlights

Friday 3^rd October 2025 (via zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associatesand Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Innovation That Delivers: Building Food Systems Fit for the Future. Louis Bedwell, Innovation and investment in healthy, sustainable food Business Unit Lead – Future Food Movement

The purpose of food processing: the potential and pitfalls. Dr Samuel Dicken, Registered Clinical Scientist (HCPC), MA (Cantab), MSc, PhD, Research Fellow, UCL Department of Behavioural Science and Health, UCL Centre for Obesity Research

Is the Food System Broken? James Collier, Author: Well Fed| Registered Nutritionist | Co-Founder @ Huel

Member’s Spotlight – Catherine Lippe RNutr BSc(hons): A spotlight on early years nutrition and its’ role in the wider food system

Wednesday 04^th June 2025 (hybrid)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associatesand Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Understanding the genetic and nutrigenetic aspects of obesity to implement precision nutrition Professor Vimal Karani, Professor of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics at the University of Reading

What are GLP-1s and where do they act in the body. Nicole Berberian Alabaster,RNutr & RD Specialist Bariatric Dietitian

Regulatory, Policy and Evidence Landscape of GLP1-Ras. Lucy Jones, RD Chief Clinical Officer Oviva

Practical Dietetic Management of GLP1-Ras. Nicole Berberian Alabaster, RNutr & RD Specialist Bariatric Dietitian

The evidence for stopping GLP1-RAs – when and how. Lucy Jones, RD Chief Clinical Officer Oviva

Member’s Spotlight. Gopi Chandratheva, Clinical Nutritionist – Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust: WCRF partnership – obesity in the NHS

Friday 7^th March 2025 (via zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Policy Landscape: Where are we with UK Food Policy and what are the Challenges? – Dr Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy at The Food Foundation

Food Policy in Early Years Settings: Transforming Policy for Positive Change – Dayna Brackley MSc, Partner at Bremner & Co

Food Policy in Schools: Transforming Policy for Positive Change – Rosie Osborne MSc, Research and Projects Officer Bremner & Co

Members’s Spotlight – Dr Emma Derbyshire PhD, Director and Lead Consultant Nutritional Insight (Research, writing, communications)

Monday 23rd of September 2024 (via Zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Nutrition communication across all social media platforms. Dr Glenys Jones, Registered Nutritionist (Public Health and Sports) & Deputy Chief Executive at Association for Nutrition

For an anti-nutriboll#ck playbook: empowering nutrition professionals to educate and engage. Clemence Cleave RNutr. Award-winning nutritionist & visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton

Member’s Spotlight with Zoe Griffiths    

How to call out Nutriboll#cks in a professional way. Priya Tew RD. Award-Winning Specialist Dietitian, specialising in eating disorders and mental health as well as media spokeswoman taking part in various TV shows including BBC1 Eat Well for Less

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates. Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Ultra Processed Food – What’s all the fuss about?  Dr Adrian Brown, PhD RD, NIHR Advanced Fellow & Senior Research Fellow at University College London

Why do we process food – and how does it affect health? Professor Gunter Kuhnle, Professor of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Reading

The ultra processed food debate: healthy or headlines? Jenny Rosborough RNutr, MSc, BA, Registered Nutritionist

Members spotlight – Nutrition in the NHS: hospital food standards – Dr Mabel Blades, RD, MPhil, MBA

Monday 22^nd of January 2024 (via Zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE 

Sports Nutrition – Fuelling Success: Debunking Common Sports Nutrition Myths –Rhyse Gonsalves, Performance Nutritionist at West Ham United Men’s Academy & Women’s First Team

Health and Hormones. Nutrition for women’s health – Laura Clark, Registered Dietitian 

Member’s Spotlight – Charlotte Radcliffe, The Nutrition Consultant

Optimising your website for maximum business potential – Beth Rawlins – Web designer

Tuesday 12th September 2023 (via Zoom)

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE

Translating Personalised Nutrition into Practice – Dr. Leta Pilic

Sweeteners – An Update – Dr. Anna Wittekind

The ins and outs of Linked In – maximising reach and engagement for freelancers – Laura Rockett

Introducing the new fact sheets – Kaydee Shepherd (Rates of Pay and Social Media fact sheets); Larysa Owen: (Accountancy and Contracts fact sheets); Octavia Fineman(Tips for Freelancers plus 2 new fact sheets: Health Claims and Natasha’s Law) 

Member’s Spotlight – Laura Wyness Spotlight on: writing her recent book, Eating Well for the Menopause. The why, how, challenges and opportunities of book writing

London Metropolitan University

Monday 3^rd July 2023

Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE

Pricing & the use of disclaimers – Roundtable Discussion

Opportunities for Freelance Nutritionists with the ZG Nutrition Jobs Service – Zoe Griffiths, ZG Nutrition

The F’s, the L’s and the N’s for being a Free Lance Nutritionist – an interactive   discussion – Dr Margaret Ashwell OBE, Ashwell Associates

Writing right – Ursula Arens, Writer; nutrition and dietetic topics  

Tools & new technologies used in the freelance world – Roundtable Discussion.