The latest edition of the IHBC’s membership journal Context is now out, themed around the 50th Anniversary of the Civic Amenities Act and the birth pf Conservation Areas, with Civic Voice, England’s link body for civic groups, taking 500 copies for distribution to its members to help raise awareness of the Act and how IHBC members help care for local Conservation Areas.
IHBC Vice Chair Kathy Davies, guest commissioning editor for the issue, said: ‘We’re already getting huge congratulations and complementary feedback and on this special issue. I’m delighted with its success and I’d like to offer special thanks to the authors who have contributed so much and to the organisations that will be promoting it, including the Civic Voice and the Gardens Trust, which will both distribute free copies’.
Articles in the latest issue, No.148, will feature in future NewsBlogs and social media posts, and include:
- Antecedents from the American South – Timothy Cantell
- Chester: conservation as positive action – Donald Insall
- The Big Conservation Conversation- Ian Harvey
- The challenges of community engagement -Nigel Barker-Mills
- Capacity building for understanding character – Rob Lloyd-Sweet and Pete Boland
- How to make conservation areas work – Rob Lloyd-Sweet
- Conservation areas and protecting open space-David Lambert and Helen Monger.
Other articles include:
- Restoring Clitheroe Pinnacle-R Martin Seddon
- New law for the Welsh historic environment-Gwilym Hughes
- Fitness for purpose: what does this mean-Catherine Croft
- Annual diocesan advisory committees conference, Leicester-Lisa McIntyre
Reading Context helps IHBC members develop their skills across all of the IHBC’s Areas of Competence, and so is a critical baseline in addressing priorities in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
To access Context :
- IHBC Members: See your postbox, if you don’t already have it by your desk or bed
- Non-members: Go to the Context Archive
As ever, themed issues of Context also include more general conservation articles as well as news, book reviews and reports from IHBC’s officers.
If you have any suggestions for Context articles or other material contact Mike Taylor at: editorial@ihbc.org.uk
View the full Context archive HERE
For information on Context’s future issues, guidance for authors, and links to the journal’s archives see the IHBC website
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