CIWEM Metropolitan and East Anglian branches Routes to Membership and Chartership 2026 | LONDON | IN-PERSON

Hosted by the CIWEM Metropolitan branch and CIWEM East Anglian branch

Event description

Please note that this workshop has been rescheduled and will now take place on Tuesday 24 February 2026. If you have already booked previously for 22 January and would still like to attend, then you need do nothing further but if you are no longer able to attend, please contact us at branches@ciwem.org.

Join the CIWEM Metropolitan branch and the CIWEM East Anglian branch for an evening aimed at those in their early career journey in joining CIWEM or upgrading their membership, led by current members of the branch committee.

The workshop will provide clear advice and actions for new members joining the organisation, led by current members from the CIWEM Metropolitan and East Anglian branches.

There will be a discussion on the available routes to membership of CIWEM and the value of each membership grade, as well as personal accounts of three members at various levels of their career and their journey with CIWEM and what the organisation means to them.

Throughout the evening, there will be plenty of opportunities to network with like-minded professionals and discover the benefits of being part of a professional body and charity.

CIWEM Members and non-members are all welcome to attend this workshop.

Part of the CIWEM Membership series.

Who should attend

• People who are not currently members of CIWEM but would be interested in becoming a member.
• Current CIWEM members who are not Chartered but would like to find out more about how to gain Chartership and any additional qualifications.
• Those who would like to find out more about the various routes to CIWEM membership and the best grade of membership for their continued professional development.
• People who are already chartered who are interested in networking and hearing a range of career stories.

Why attend

• Learn about the different grades of CIWEM membership and which would be the best match for you at your current stage in your career.
• Find out about the different routes to membership.
• To gain an understanding of other people’s journeys in becoming Chartered with CIWEM from one speaker who is looking into getting chartered, one recently chartered with CIWEM and a Fellow of CIWEM.
• .Those who are interested in finding more about the value of becoming Chartered and how the process works at CIWEM.
• Opportunity to network with professionals in the sector.

Programme

17:30 – 18:30:

Arrival and networking.

18:30 – 18:40

Welcome and introduction to CIWEM and overview of membership grades and routes to Chartership.

18:40 – 19:20

Three career stories looking at pre-Chartership, Post Chartership and Post Fellowship, including career to date, why they got involved with CIWEM and the benefit they see of being involved.

Speaker to be confirmed

Pre-chartership

Dylan Pritchard | Senior Consultant – Climate Resilience | Mott MacDonald

Post Chartership

Charlotte Nunns | Senior Associate Flood Risk Manager | Mott MacDonald

Post Fellowship

19:20 – 19:30

Q & A and open discussion

19:30 – 20:00

Further networking and wrap up

20:00 Close

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About the speakers

Speakers

Dylan Pritchard | Senior Consultant – Climate Resilience | Mott MacDonald

Dylan Pritchard is a recently Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (C.WEM MCIWEM) with over 8 years' experience in climate change and environmental risk assessments in the water sector and contaminated land investigations. Dylan has delivered a number of major nationally significant infrastructure projects, ensuring climate change is considered in a range of design and environmental considerations for these projects. Dylan has experience in consultancy but also working for a Western Australian water utility and their risk management processes.

Charlotte Nunns | Senior Associate Flood Risk Manager | Mott MacDonald

Charlotte Nunns is a Fellow Member (FCIWEM) of CIWEM with over 24 years’ experience working in flood risk management across multidisciplinary national infrastructure projects and is an expert advisor for planning, consenting and flood risk. Charlotte brings extensive understanding of flood processes, being a technical expert and expert witness specialising in flood risk policy and legislation and all levels of flood fisk assessment. Charlotte is also the current chair of the East Anglian branch of the Chartered institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).

Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

Please note there is limited capacity at this event. Bookings must be made through 'My CIWEM' using the above booking link. Non-members who have not registered for the MyCIWEM system can create an account on the booking page in order to reserve their place.

If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact branches@ciwem.org.

Please note that registrations close at 09:00, two working days before the event is to take place. If you have not registered by then, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Dylan Pritchard at dylan.pritchard@mottmac.com and Emma Sherburn at emma.sherburn@mottmac.com.

About the venue and getting there

The event will take place at the Mott MacDonald Offices, 10 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RB United Kingdom. The venue is within easy walking distance of City Thameslink, Blackfriars and Farringdon railway stations, as well as St Paul’s underground station, and several bus routes run near the offices.

The workshop will be on the second floor. Someone will be available to help you gain access to the lift on your arrival.

Travelling to the venue

As part of CIWEM’s commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency we would encourage delegates to use the most environmentally sustainable means of transport possible.

By Train | Underground

City Thameslink railway station is the nearest mainline railway station to the Mott MacDonald offices, located at Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JH. Farringdon Station, at Cowcross St, London EC1M 6BY and Blackfriars at 179 Queen Victoria St, London EC4V 4DY are close too. Thameslink run trains to all three railway stations for all those coming from outside London. In addition, the TfL Elizabeth line trains come into Farringdon station, as part of CrossRail.

The nearest underground stations are: Farringdon (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines); Blackfriars (the Circle and District lines); and St Pauls (Central line) for those travelling around or into London.

By Bus | Coach

The no. 17, 25, 26, 341, 46, 56, 63 and 8 bus routes run near the Mott MacDonald offices.

By foot | cycle

The Mott MacDonald offices are only 3, 6 and 12 minutes’ walk from City Thameslink, Blackfriars and Farringdon railway stations respectively and 2, 3 or 4 minutes’ cycle ride.

By car

If you are coming by car, please consider sharing the journey with others to reduce your environmental footprint.

As this is an in-person event, please remain vigilant to control the spread of COVID-19 and stay safe. We request that if you think you might have contracted COVID or have recently had the disease, that you do not attend the event.

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