{"id":3084,"date":"2011-09-03T14:55:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T14:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2011-09-27T16:53:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T16:53:06","slug":"ihbc%e2%80%99s-reception-nw-conference-22-23-sept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s reception &#038; NW conference:  22-23 Sept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_1313678433980275\"><strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_1313678433980269\"><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The annual touring Council and linked conference of the IHBC on 22-23 September will be in Manchester, as the IHBC\u2019s North West (NW) Branch leads in arranging a reception and, on 23 September, its respected annual Branch conference, themed around Localism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Chair Jo Evans said: \u2018Each September the IHBC\u2019s council visits a different centre across the UK, working with our local Branches to our raise profile, build capacity across our members, and shape policy about the places we all care about!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This year we\u2019ll visit Manchester, with our council meeting followed by a major reception in the evening with key local figures and dignitaries as guests.\u00a0 Crucially, our host, the North West Branch, has scheduled its celebrated annual conference to tie in with this,\u00a0 maximising the impact of this investment in our local membership.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is a great opportunity for the IHBC to show what we can achieve by supporting local energy and knowledge with national resources and capacity.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NW Branch conference for 2011 takes Localism as its theme.\u00a0 IHBC North West Branch Chair Paul Hartley highlighted its current relevance, saying:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Combined with public expenditure cuts and the Government\u2019s vision for the \u2018Big Society\u2019, the movement towards localism represents the largest potential shake-up of the planning system for many years.\u00a0 So far the focus of the heritage sector has been to counter perceived threats to historic buildings by allowing local planning procedures to override national cultural priorities.\u00a0 This conference will look beyond current conflicts, and explore the ways in which local initiatives might unlock the potential for the historic environment to play a greater role in shaping the future of towns and villages.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Details of the conference booking may be downloaded<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.box.net\/shared\/kna6jehx012zyqylx6yp\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual touring Council and linked conference of the IHBC on 22-23 September will be in Manchester, as the IHBC\u2019s North West (NW) Branch leads in arranging a reception and, on 23 September, its respected annual Branch conference, themed around &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=3084\">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-3084","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\/3084","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=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3187,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/3187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}