{"id":1829,"date":"2010-09-29T09:53:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T09:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2013-05-30T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T09:59:08","slug":"ihbc-celebrates-branch-conference-in-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1829","title":{"rendered":"IHBC celebrates Branch conference in Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the UK\u2019s  professional body for conservation specialists, has successfully  concluded the annual September tour of its Council, this year to  Newcastle, with a reception attended by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress  of Newcastle with other key players, and a conference at which John  Grundy, Pevsner co-author and media spokesman for the area, delivered  the keynote introduction in \u00a0a day examining how the sector might  address imminent cutbacks.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nStewart Ramsdale, IHBC North Branch chair, said: &#8220;It was hugely  encouraging that the reception and conference were so well supported by  delegates and guests drawn from across the UK. \u00a0I was especially  impressed with the strong sense of teamwork achieved by the Branch in  partnership with the National Office, contributing in no small way to a  successful series of events.<\/p>\n<p>Such gatherings are always an opportunity to build the membership of  the IHBC, and our conference, &#8216;Bridging the Recession&#8217;, was no  exception. \u00a0Already we\u2019ve had several enquiries about membership as well  as members wanting to be involved in Branch voluntary activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly, IHBC Director, said: &#8220;Successful partnership between all  the sectors that work together to deliver conservation distinguished  these two days.<\/p>\n<p>The IHBC, as a professional body that is also both a charity and a  pro-active voluntary organisation, drew support from key government and  community interests &#8211; Newcastle City Council and the North of England  Civic Trust &#8211; to ensure that both ends of the conservation sector  informed our advocacy and planning. \u00a0No simple answers were reached, but  the willingness to think radically on quality outcomes for our valued  places confirmed that the sector is prepared to respond to this huge  challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The conference will be reported on in the IHBC\u2019s journal, <em>Context<\/em>, and preliminary perspective from IHBC member Richard Majewicz is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/news\/docs\/Conference Thoughts - Richard Majewicz 25-09-2010 290910.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the UK\u2019s professional body for conservation specialists, has successfully concluded the annual September tour of its Council, this year to Newcastle, with a reception attended by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1829\">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":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829","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=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}