{"id":25281,"date":"2020-02-04T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=25281"},"modified":"2020-02-04T13:32:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T13:32:38","slug":"join-in-ihbcs-council-this-st-georges-day-and-even-suggest-or-present-your-own-big-picture-theme-or-topic-23-april-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25281","title":{"rendered":"Join in IHBC\u2019s Council+ this St George\u2019s Day, and even suggest or present your own \u2018big picture\u2019 theme or topic, 23 April, London,"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-22691\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Council_London_030519_2_300-300x161.png\" alt=\"people\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/>IHBC\u2019s Council+ meetings offer members of any category or stage of learning the chance to explore the institute\u2019s work and contribute to its development, and for our Spring event in London on 23 April \u2013 St. George\u2019s Day &#8211; we\u2019re focussing on \u2018big picture\u2019 content suggested and\/or led by volunteers, so please do contact Fiona Newton at <a href=\"mailto:operations@ihbc.org.uk\">operations@ihbc.org.uk<\/a> so she can coordinate your suggestions and offers.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>NB: Only 3-4 topics can be covered in this Council+, due to time, with each to be led by an IHBC member of ANY category.\u00a0 Free delegate places &#8211; with travel <em>etc.<\/em> paid \u2013 also are available, but limited, so if you are interested in a free and targeted CPD day, put it that date in your diary anyway and be sure to contact your local Branch or Fiona direct to note your interest.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona Newton, IHBC\u2019s National Office lead for Council+, said: \u2018We hope that for this Council+ IHBC Members will highlight strategic themes they feel should be discussed, and perhaps offer to help lead short sessions on them. \u00a0If something is important to you then you may be well placed to help others understand and consider it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We already have possible interest in climate change and diversity, so if you have a burning big picture subject which you think needs Council+ to consider then please get in touch with me at <a href=\"mailto:operations@ihbc.org.uk\">operations@ihbc.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you don\u2019t have a subject in mind but would like to attend just to find our more, do contact me as well, as there will be lots to learn from those who do\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The 23rd April is St George\u2019s Day. \u00a0Of course St George wasn\u2019t English, wasn\u2019t a knight, never visited England and didn\u2019t slay a dragon* and he wasn\u2019t an IHBC Member. But the 23rd April is also the date of the next IHBC Council+ meeting!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As Henry V might have said, had he too been a member of IHBC:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Once more unto the Council Plus, dear friends, once more;\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,<\/p>\n<p>Straining upon the start. The game&#8217;s afoot:<\/p>\n<p>Follow your spirit, and upon this charge<\/p>\n<p>Cry &#8216;God for Harry, IHBC, and Saint George!\u2019\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/whats-on\/st-georges-day\/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-st-george\/\">https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/whats-on\/st-georges-day\/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-st-george\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background to IHBC\u2019s Council+ programme see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=c%2B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC\u2019s Council+ meetings offer members of any category or stage of learning the chance to explore the institute\u2019s work and contribute to its development, and for our Spring event in London on 23 April \u2013 St. George\u2019s Day &#8211; we\u2019re &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25281\">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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25281","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=25281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25282,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25281\/revisions\/25282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}