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A different heritage worker hosts every week. A @HeritageVoice initiative. This week is hosted by Ashleigh Murray @AshleighMur85 Heritage Advisor @InsallArch
Feb 26, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Hi everyone!
Apologies, I’m late to the tweets today as we had an urgent call out. We’re currently reroofing this little medieval church. The lead was stolen a few years ago and we put on a membrane, and are now recovering with steel. But the structural timbers look like this.
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Feb 25, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Hello everyone!

Today, I thought I’d focus on something which I think is hugely important for finding your feet in built heritage: volunteering.
It’s a great way to learn more about the sector, meet people, have fun and in many cases, you get that feel good factor.

#thread Definitely in the UK, and definitely in my work, volunteers form the backbone of sector and are highly prized.

You’d be surprised how many volunteering opportunities are out there...

I started by volunteering with my local authority, updating their buildings at risk records.
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Feb 24, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Hello all! Who’s ready for the final instalment?! 😅

As part of my column for the county magazine, I began visiting churches. Lots of churches. They were everywhere. Almost all open daily for visitors, mostly ancient, and stuffed with interesting art and architecture.

#thread Image I began to look for church heritage jobs, and applied to be the estate officer, managing maintenance and minor repair for 129 (!!) churches at the Churches Conservation Trust. This was useful as it taught me a lot about working in a big organisation.

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