{"id":26256,"date":"2020-05-12T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26256"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:02:25","slug":"brick-awards-2020-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26256","title":{"rendered":"Brick Awards 2020 &#8211; Cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26257\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BrickAwards_120520.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"336\" \/>In line with Government advice on Covid-19 pandemic, the Board of the Brick Development Association have taken the decision not to run the Brick Awards in 2020.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Brick Development Association writes:<\/p>\n<p>Instead the next competition will launch in Spring 2021, culminating in the Awards Ceremony being held in the Autumn. Obviously with things remaining in a state of flux, further details will be released at the appropriate juncture.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Aldis, Chief Executive of the Brick Development Association, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is likely to be impossible for us to carry out our highly respected, independent judging process over the summer months which would normally culminate in the selection of a shortlist and the ultimate winner of the Brick Awards at the ceremony planned for the 17th November and therefore we have no alternative but to cancel the Awards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We plan to be back in 2021 with a bigger and much improved offering. In the meantime, may I wish everyone all the very best during this difficult time, and I hope you all stay safe!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brick.org.uk\/news-events\/2020-04-20-brick-awards-2020-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In line with Government advice on Covid-19 pandemic, the Board of the Brick Development Association have taken the decision not to run the Brick Awards in 2020.<\/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-26256","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\/26256","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=26256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26258,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26256\/revisions\/26258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}