The Big Day Out 2025

Join paraplanners from all over the country at the Paraplanners’ Assembly’s Big Day Out 2025.

We’ll be gathering on Thursday 9 October 2025 at FarmED in rolling Cotswold countryside – the last time the Big Day Out will be held at the venue.

The Big Day Out is unlike any other event in the world of wealth management.

No presentations. No muzak. No boiled sweets. No exhibition areas. No product pitches.

Exclusively for paraplanners, it’s a gathering that offers a combination of tailor-made interactive sessions involving hand-picked experts (and designed especially for the event), group discussions facilitated by paraplanner hosts, and six hours’ worth of CPD.

Together we’ll explore topics affecting paraplanners and the practice of paraplanning – with case study-led technical sessions, the chance to gain insight and exchange ideas on the trends affecting the future of work, plus plenty of chance to make new paraplanning connections, and share tools and tips to perfect your day-to-day work.

The Big Day Out is a supportive and encouraging space in which you can listen and learn, and share ideas, knowledge and insights however suits you. It’s a unique environment in which you can really focus and flourish – both professionally and personally.

Once you’ve booked your spot, you’ll be invited to influence the content of the day, so the fine details won’t be locked down until about four weeks before the event. However, scroll down the page to see the expected running order for The Big Day Out 2025.

Info: Arrive. Check in with our registration team. Then help yourself to a delicious hot breakfast bun (or buns), and coffee and tea. Take the chance to say ‘hello’ to people you know. Take a deep breath and muster the courage to introduce yourself to people you don’t know. Weather-willing, take a wander around the RIBA award-winning site (it really is a lovely location). See if you can spot The Big Day Out chicken.

Info: Join us in the conference barn for a warm welcome from your Big Day Out hosts, Aleks Sasin and Chris Wormwell. For the first hour, we’ll be all together for a thought-provoking Morning Assembly that will set the scene for the rest of the day.

Info: Ahead of the Big Day Out, you’ll be invited to pick two case study sessions (from a choice of four). Each Case Study Pick-n-Mix session will last an hour. This is the first session.

Info: This is the second session. (And, yes, IHT changes will feature as a pick-n-mix topic.)

Info: Locally sourced and freshly prepared, we guarantee that this will be a *chef’s kiss* of a lunch for you to tuck into. Bon appetit!


As a side, feel free to drop into one (or both) of two practical half-hour sessions we’ll be running that will help you pep up your paraplanning.

Info: This session – designed especially for the Big Day Out 2025 – will tackle the trending topics affecting the future for paraplanners and paraplanning. Yes, it’ll address the adoption and application of artificial intelligence (AI) that is happening now, but it’s also a fantastic chance to consider how technology, regulation and trends in advice services will influence the way we work with our colleagues and clients in future.

Info: There may be ice cream.

Info: We'll conclude our conversations and conclusions from the previous session and draw the 2025 Big Day Out to a close.

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