CEO @heritage_ngos lover of aged things, mother. Trustee @theEES ✍️ @culture_baby, advisory @CanalRiverTrust @HistEnvForum, lectures @UniofOxford Views my own.
We are welcomed by @OliverJWCox talking about the @V_and_A history with being part of conversations about conservation & preservation. Inspiration from discussion at @Historic_Houses AGM around the role of the V&A 1970s exhibition on the Destruction of the English Country House. 
We need to remember to look down at floors! Boris Anrep included many muses in mosaic art. Some private art of past is now public art. Public art piques interest - allows us to pull threads & see where they go. Defiance for eg is shape of a swastika & wears a papal crown. Why? 
First up the best museum youth project for social justice - shortlisted are @WiltshireMuseum, @bcaheritage & @GlasgowMuseums with the winners this year the @bcaheritage 👏 
What is local community in this context - v local… neighbourhoods, those living and working in and around the site. 6-7 weeks into a project on this. Started by looking at periodic review data. 79% reported positive impact through tourism but also 47% negative - a balance. 
Lord Wallace of Saltaire outlines some of the history of why Saltaire is so special. Sir Titus Salt’s vision for workers when the child mortality in Bradford was one of the worst in the country & life expectancy of millworkers was 18. bradford.gov.uk/environment/sa…
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. 
