CEO @heritage_ngos lover of aged things, mother. Trustee @theEES ✍️ @culture_baby, advisory @CanalRiverTrust @HistEnvForum, lectures @UniofOxford Views my own.
Here with the @thefabians at the historic @theBluecoat for a session with Matthew Pennycook @mhclg minister on “Planning for Change” - looking at planning and housing 
We are hearing from mother & Autistic Rights advocate on challenges of international travel & huge importance of access to nature & space for children & families living with disabilities. @EnglishHeritage @nationaltrust @TheCCT noted as key positive partners to parents here 👏 
A key bit from the first session
A keynote from the Director of the National Trust for Canada. Not asset owning like our National Trust - more about connections, support, enabling. Engage in advocacy & celebration of outstanding work esp engagement with indigenous heritage & communities. 
A call for better storytelling about the history of smell & why olfactory heritage matters. We will be looking at the value of UK ‘smellscapes’ & importance of aroma in museums & heritage venues. We will be looking at perfume heritage in the U.K. #olfactoryheritage 
Dan says 1975 was an astonishing year for conservation. Council of Europe statement & @SAVEtoReuse report on state of architecture. There were student led riots demonstrating against politics & the established order, big business, big development. General strike. Age of protest. 
Our keynote, shadow Heritage Minister, Lord Parkinson reflects on the need for more sense of history in decision-making. The departure to America of the Blue Boy in the 20s led to public emotion & 90k visitors to its farewell - there was a need to tackle the issue: Waverley 
We chatted to a local charity group who work at Fairfield each fortnight, sewing bags to sell for good causes. A great example of heritage hosting creativity & wellbeing activities. Also on site is the Windrush Centre with an exhibition of community donated items. 
Next @The_Globe win best event with inclusive Anthony & Cleopatra. Best publication to @britishlibrary with @ShakespeareBT running up. Best venue hire is @glasgowlife & best ticketing initiative @FoundlingMuseum. Best licensing initiative @nationaltrust for collab w/ Craghoppers 
A place of patterns… 
Intros from Natasha Kaplinski, @EnglishHeritage Nick Merriman & @heritage_crafts Chair David Clarke - David welcomes @DCMS ratification of UNESCO convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Thanks also to @HeritageFundUK for resilience grant. 
An opening poll answered by 158 of our 400+ live attendees captured the main source of funding for organisations attending. 
Let the art breathe through time, communities engage & respond. Public art is bonding & inspiring but they are vulnerable. 
This is an event celebrating UN Sustainable Development Goals week with @2030hub. 
Some fascinating material about voter profiles & views on ‘culture war’ type issues. Voters see through it. 
A lovely start to the day celebrating young musicians from @IHLiverpool with stories of impact & performance. 
First up @durham_uni @DU_Collections Oriental Museum to see Head of Collections Craig Barclay. The museum & associated academic staff are doing some really exciting international partnership work. durham.ac.uk/things-to-do/v…
Firstly we visited the new - almost ready - heritage skills campus & centre. Stonemasonry will be taught on site & first year apprentices will live on site to support their first year in York. The centre will be sustainable with ground source heat pumps & solar panels. 2/5 
On @RachaelMaskell’s recommendation I used my lunch break to pop into the @YorkArtGallery to see their partnership with the @NationalGallery for #MonetinYork around #NG200 
Originally a Pugin designed church & friary, when it closed in the 90s, vandalism caused huge damage. 
