IHBC’s latest issue of Membership Matters update from the IHBC’s Board and National Office outlines support for the pandemic recovery across our Branch and voluntary network and how we plan to test the infrastructure for our new governance.
… the IHBC has been planning arrangements for support to help volunteers and Branches move beyond the pandemic, as well as for the full implementation of the Articles…
The IHBC writes in Issue 40:
The IHBC’s ‘Membership Matters’ circular updates members on recent work of the IHBC’s Board of Trustees and Directors, while this issue covers the period from February to September 2021.
Membership Matters provides member-focussed context to developments often already announced, and with more detail, on our NewsBlog news service.
The delay is a consequence both of the pandemic and our need to devise the next stage of our governance planning under new Articles of Association while also responding to our updated Corporate Plan for 2020-25 (‘CP25’).
Board: Outline activities
… Over the period we have had four board meetings (February, April, June and September); hosted both a General Meeting and Council; held the hugely successful 2021 Annual School – including the innovative CPD-led Heritage MarketPlace – and initiated the first session of the first Inquiry by the Conservation, Places and People All Party Parliamentary Group (‘CPPAPPG’), while also seeing an incoming new Chair. James Grundy MP has happily agreed to follow the remarkable Layla Moran in that role. Layla, the APPG’s first Chair, has had to step down due to capacity, including responsibility for the Coronavirus APPG! James is a new MP, both passionately and sensibly enthusiastic about the diverse values in our historic places.
Alongside all that, the IHBC has been planning arrangements for support to help volunteers and Branches move beyond the pandemic, as well as for the full implementation of the Articles, which we are finally ready to announce. We have also announced our primary preliminary engagement with COP26, from 31 October to 12 November, in the form of an IHBC@COP26 built and historic environment ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’, in line with our message to the COP: ‘Conserving our Places Conserves our Planet’.
Understandably, with our ordinary operations continuing alongside that recent rollercoaster of activity – ranging from financial oversight advised by the Finance Working, the regular Contexts and our new sustainability position statement to our partner outreach(including a new award with the SAHGB), NewsBlog services, and member support and advocacy – officers and other volunteers have been so busy it is only now that your Membership Matters update is appearing. Clearly, as before, your patience is appreciated.
The issue also reports on:
- Additional business
- New and newly accredited members
- Branch updates
- Getting involved
See the issue HERE
See previous Membership Matters
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