Meet the Team

Hi everyone! We're Anna & Beth, the chair people of The Planners Department. We are so glad you are here!

We noticed that traditional weekend-long planner meets in the north of England had become increasingly rare, so we put our heads together to create something special. Wanting to not just host events but build a community too, The Planners Department was born.

Between us, we bring years of combined experience of running planner events and managing a stationery business, all while being active members of the planner community ourselves. We're channeling all of this knowledge and passion into bringing an incredible, fun event to the north of England

chairperson

Anna Williams

Anna is the founder of Plannerface, one of the UK's leading planner shops - helping turn blank planner pages into beautiful memory keeping spreads since 2016. She designs sticker kits, stationery and journalling supplies from a home office she shares with her dog Aristotle, who contributes very little but takes up a lot of floor space.

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CHAIRPERSON

Beth Pidduck

Beth has been an active member of the planning community for over 7 years, sharing her planning journey through her YouTube channel. An avid reader, she also hosts The Planners Department book club. When she's not decorating her planner spreads or filming videos, she's enjoying family time with her little girl Theadora, or travelling.

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mascot & tpd bestie

Luna

[LOO-nah]

  • Birthday: 13th January
  • Planner: Tilly Journals 7x9 Coiled
  • Fave Song: Moon River - Audrey Hepburn
  • Fave Colour: Pink

    Luna has the best intentions when it comes to staying organised, but there's just one tiny problem - their sticker collection is far too beautiful to actually use! Their desk is home to carefully curated sticker albums and perfectly organised washi tape drawers that are almost too pretty to disturb. Luna's currently on a mission to back-plan through 2024 in their Tilly Journals coiled planner (ambitious, we know!) and they swear by their Plannerface planning notes pad to keep track of everything... well, most things anyway!

mascot & tpd bestie

Nova

[NOH-vah]

  • Birthday: 28th May
  • Planner: TPD A5 Bullet Journal
  • Fave Song: Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
  • Fave Colour: Lilac

Nova is our organised star who absolutely lives for Sunday planning sessions! While they're brilliant at mapping out their week ahead, Nova's true passion is journalling. They're always experimenting with new layouts and trying different techniques - whether that's stamping, painting, or creating gorgeous colour coordinated spreads. You'll usually find them with their trusty TPD journal, completely lost in bringing their memories to life on the page.

mascot & tpd bestie

Soleil

[soh-LAY]

  • Birthday: 19th June
  • Planner: Hobonichi Cousin
  • Fave Song: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
  • Fave Colour: Yellow

Soleil is a fountain pen enthusiast, with such a big collection of inks they could use a different one every day of the week! Their Hobonichi Cousin planner is super minimal, using icon stickers and coloured inks to bring the pages to life, paired with gorgeous foiled tabs from Josephine Bow. As they are out and about all day every day, they use their monthlies and weeklies for scheduling, then enjoy creative journalling their daily memories in the daily pages!

mascot & tpd bestie

Juno

[JOO-noh]

  • Birthday: 28th July
  • Planner: A6 Ring Planner
  • Fave Song: Drops of Jupiter - Train
  • Fave Colour: Mint

Juno has found planner planet peace, because rings know rings! They are totally in love with their A6 ring planner, which is filled with stunning homemade dividers and washi dashboards! Preferring pretty over function, they stuff their planner with gorgeous accessories, because who doesn't love a gorgeous front pocket?! Juno is also a sucker for sticker storage, with a mighty collection of albums holding all their kits and character stickers.