{"id":7500,"date":"2014-04-18T18:08:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=7500"},"modified":"2014-04-18T18:08:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T17:08:31","slug":"major-hlf-funding-win-for-nhtgs-flagship-bts-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7500","title":{"rendered":"Major HLF funding win for NHTG\u2019s flagship \u2018BTS\u2019 scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) has secured vital funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop a new training scheme following its pioneering programme \u2018Building Traditional Skills -Building Resilience, Building Community<\/span>.\u2019<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

NHTG writes:
\n<\/span>The new scheme offers crucial bursary-funded training placements to people of all ages and backgrounds looking to either enter, or progress within, the arena of heritage building crafts.\u00a0 It also helps to arrange and provide a wide range of courses and qualifications for its trainees, or for those already working within heritage building businesses and organisations. This latest funding win means that over the next two years NHTG will offer a total of 30 placements to carefully chosen individuals, each of whom will enjoy on-the-job training in their chosen heritage craft discipline<\/p>\n

In line with its goal of building lasting resilience in traditional building companies, BTS also provides crucial training to help businesses market themselves more effectively, and to develop skills for carrying out building and restoration work within strict heritage guidelines.\u00a0 NHTG Interim Chief Executive, Karen Houghton, outlined plans for the scheme\u2019s future, \u2018We\u2019ll further improve the services that we give to placement providers as well as trainees, building heavily on our previous experience and successes. We want to expand and improve the training available to the placement providers we work with, as well as encouraging more reflection among our trainees.\u00a0 We\u2019re also very keen to help our trainees build dynamic and successful career portfolios, and that means we\u2019ll be helping them to embrace increasingly important tools like social media.\u2019<\/p>\n

One of 60 trainees already benefiting from the BTS previous scheme is Sally Fraser, an aspiring blacksmith currently learning the trade with the help of an HLF funded placement.\u00a0 Sally has plans to grow a blacksmithing business of her own, and explained, \u2018Having the BTS scheme behind me hasn\u2019t just helped me gain vital skills and confidence, it\u2019s made starting my own business possible on a practical level.\u00a0\u00a0 Without it, I just wouldn\u2019t have had the finance or flexibility to fit all the training in around my busy day-to-day life.\u2019<\/p>\n

The confirmation of future funding is extremely welcome news for NHTG, as board member Paul Simons commented, \u2018This latest announcement is a great confidence boost for NHTG, not least because it marks clear support for the aims of the BTS scheme and its success to date.\u00a0 Since funding is always heavily dependant on measurable outcomes, the fact that we\u2019ve got the go-ahead means that the NHTG is having a very tangible impact on real lives, and also that we\u2019re able to prove it.\u2019<\/p>\n

NHTG Chairman Ray Robertson added, \u2018I am delighted to see HLF recognition and support for the NHTG in its determination to further develop the awareness and appreciation of our heritage sector. We have a fresh opportunity to engage with those interested in developing or acquiring the skills and knowledge to become the craftspeople of tomorrow in order to properly preserve our architectural inheritance. I applaud the efforts of the NHTG team in successfully securing the funding to enable us to address this specific and vitally important area.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) has secured vital funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop a new training scheme following its pioneering programme \u2018Building Traditional Skills -Building Resilience, Building Community.\u2019\u00a0 NHTG writes: The new scheme offers crucial … Continue reading →<\/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-7500","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\/7500","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=7500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7501,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7500\/revisions\/7501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}