The annual report and review of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the Yearbook, has just been published, featuring volunteering in the built environment and the IHBC’s own work.
IHBC President Trefor Thorpe said: ‘Volunteering has always been at the heart of the IHBC’s success, so it is right that we should feature volunteering in the 2012 issue of the sector’s vital annual update, the IHBC’s Yearbook. Our diverse volunteers and members are especially well placed to provide insights into the potential of volunteering, and explore the practicalities and potential of the volunteer in conservation.’
Jo Evans, IHBC Chair said ‘It is great to have the Yearbook continue its leading role in highlighting success and challenging thinking across our sector. This year it celebrates the ways in which volunteers and professionals work together, and encourages innovative thinking on how professionals and volunteers might best work together. With cutbacks and job losses weighing heavily, volunteering is a critical issue for us all, as well as a sensitive one.’
‘I’m delighted that, with the help of our publishing partners Cathedral Communications, we have yet again produced an annual review of our own work that is also a resource for the sector as a whole. As ever, our Yearbook looks outside the IHBC as much as inside, making the publication an essential reference for anyone with an interest in conservation.’
‘Our case studies range widely across the IHBC’s interests, from the local contributions of our past president David Lovie, whose personal support for ‘Community Heritage’ might have been missed in the upswell of Localism had it not been for the Yearbook, to Loyd Grossman, a heritage advocate who needs no introduction from us, but also, at heart, just another volunteer who cares hugely about our places.’
Other Yearbook features include:
Articles:
· Charles Strang and John Yates highlight current values and professional benefits in volunteering
· Seán O’Reilly and John Preston on the potential of innovative training & infrastructure for volunteers
Case studies
· Nathan Blanchard, IHBC charity trustee and volunteer in IHBC’s Wales Branch
· Cathie Clarke on her work at the new HeritageSkillsHub
· Nigel Crowe, on British Waterways and the new Canal and River Trust
· Matthew Slocombe, newly appointed director at the SPAB
· Kate Clarke adds an international dimension in her report on the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
· Peter Aiers explores innovative work at the Churches Conservation Trust
Yearbook regulars include:
· Reports & updates from IHBC officers
· Directory of IHBC members, listed by membership category
· HESPR, the IHBC’s Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition service, the register of business services supporting conservation
· Other key addresses, contacts and advertisements from across the conservation sector
Note
The IHBC Yearbook is circulated to all members as well as nearly 3000 other building and historic environment sector interests across the UK.
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