{"id":15577,"date":"2017-05-05T17:47:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=15577"},"modified":"2017-05-05T17:47:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:47:23","slug":"befs-advocacy-toolkit-can-help-anyone-become-a-built-environment-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15577","title":{"rendered":"BEFS\u2019 advocacy toolkit can help anyone become a built environment advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BEFS_Advocacy-coverMay2017-e1494002817339.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15578\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BEFS_Advocacy-coverMay2017-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"BEFS Advocacy Document cover\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Building Environment Forum Scotland(BEFS), Scotland\u2019s built and historic environment link body, has produced an advocacy toolkit that gives tips and ideas on how to make the case for the built environment with local politicians and councillors, and raise the profile of organisations.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BEFS writes:<\/p>\n<p>The toolkit is aimed at organisations working in the built environment in Scotland, but may also be of use to individuals. It provides practical information and evidence for organisations to use in spreading the message about the impact of the built\u00a0environment. Start by reading \u2018Become an Advocate\u2019 and then follow the advice in the different sections to begin your own advocacy campaign. More sections and tips will be added so remember to keep checking back.\u00a0BEFS advocacy toolkit\u00a0is also available\u00a0to download as a\u00a0PDF document.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.befs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BEFS-Advocacy-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD the document<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building Environment Forum Scotland(BEFS), Scotland\u2019s built and historic environment link body, has produced an advocacy toolkit that gives tips and ideas on how to make the case for the built environment with local politicians and councillors, and raise the profile &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15577\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15579,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15577\/revisions\/15579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}