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Free Online Course on How to Create Effective Video Content for Your Charity Using Your Phone

September 3, 2024September 2, 2024mikenevell

The Saltways are offering charities the opportunity to learn to create video content. Film and video have been used for many years to illustrate the processes and lives of industrial heritage sites and workers. Now smart phones have brought the use of video to a mass audience.

The Saltways team are offering a free 60 minute practical workshop for charities on the 10th or 31st October on how to create a video for your site using a smart phone. The training session will cover: learning how to plan your films to get the best results possible; learning technical tips on how to improve your footage and sound; and an introduction into editing and how to build a campaign around your film. There will also be a chance to ask questions and get feedback on your footage.

To book your free place follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-create-effective-video-content-using-your-phone-tickets-927311663147?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Saltways are specialists in charity films. They aim to help the charity sector produce more authentic, inspiring, compelling films ethically, openly, and collaboratively. For more details about The Saltways follow this link: https://thesaltways.com/ethical-storytelling/

ERIH 2024 Summer School “Shaping Sustainability in Industrial Heritage” Now Booking

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024mikenevell

For the second time, ERIH, the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage and the Department of Culture and Design at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin) are hosting the European Industrial Heritage Summer School from 10 to 25 August 2024 in Berlin. The intense 14-day programme, which was recognised with the “Best Practice Award” of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in 2023, is a unique combination of academic discussions, site visits and workshops and offers a holistic learning experience.

This year, the focus is on the question of how industrial heritage sites can become places of sustainable development. The programme is aimed at 18- to 30-year-old international students from various disciplines, including museum studies, cultural studies, history, industrial archaeology, cultural and tourism management, sociology, architecture and urban planning as well as conservation, sustainability and communication studies. Students from other disciplines are also welcome. Eligible are all bachelor, master or doctoral/PhD students who have completed at least their 2nd semester and who are enrolled at a university.

Applications are now open. From 5 April, admissions will be granted on a weekly basis until all 22 places have been filled. Follow this link for booking details:

European Industrial Heritage Summer School

ABTEM 2023 Annual Seminar to Look at Transport Collections & Climate Change

July 25, 2023mikenevell

The Association of British Transport & Engineering Museums (ABTEM) 2023 annual seminar will be held on the 4th October. It will focus on how transport collections are facing the challenge of climate change and sustainability, and how carbon reduction and environmental impacts are being tackled by museums large and small.

The emphasis of the day will be on best practice solutions that can inspire curators, volunteers, and others to help address climate change and embed environmental sustainability into their operation and work. The morning session of the seminar will be held at the LT Museum at Acton, London, followed by an afternoon walk and talk session at the nearby London Museum of Water & Steam based around the theme of ‘Sustainable Steam and Sustainable Communities’.

The seminar marks the relaunch of ABTEM and further events and activities are planned for 2024. For further details of the network, and how to join, please visit www.abtem.co.uk. A programme and full list of speakers will be announced shortly. To register an interest please contact: abtemseminar@gmail.com

SPAB Mills Section Autumn 2022 Online Event

October 12, 2022October 10, 2022mikenevell

*Sibsey Trader Mill cap being loaded into position. Image courtesy of SPAB.*

The SPAB Mills section is running an online event on the 18th and 19th November 2022, taking place on both Friday evening and Saturday morning. The focus will be on mill repair and the use of hydro-power. You can book either session or both: Friday only – £10, Saturday only – £20, Friday & Saturday – £25

To book for Friday and Saturday see here https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/events/autumn-event

To book for the Friday evening talk only see here https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/lectures/autumn-event-friday-18-november

To book for the Saturday morning talks only see here https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/lectures/autumn-event-saturday-19-november

Online Programme:

Friday 18^th November: 6pm-7.30pm

Talk by Geoff Wallis (Millwright and Consultant)

Is mill conservation sustainable?

• Ecological – use of energy/materials, energy-intensive

restoration, management of waste, etc

• Availability of resources to keep mills in good order:

traditional expertise/materials, cash, etc.

• Do people want mills anyway?

Saturday 19^th November: 9.40am-1.30pm

Mixture of talks on mill repair and watermills and hydro-power.

Luke Bonwick (Mill Consultant)

Steve Temple (Mill Owner)

Tim Whiting (Millwright)

Toby Slater (SPAB Millwright Fellow)

Stephen Bartlett (Hydro Specialist)

A recording of the talks will be available after the event for all registered bookings.

HTN 2021 Conference: Recovery, Sustainability, Wellbeing

November 10, 2021mikenevell

Join the Heritage Trust Network for their 2021 Conference in person as part of the Coventry City of Culture and online, on the 11^th, 19^th & 20^th November 2021. The Heritage Trust Network are a membership organisation for community heritage across the UK and their members come together once a year to discuss their projects. This year the speakers will focus on how sites and organisations can develop their projects and approaches to heritage regeneration whilst thinking about our environmental impact, our people, and our long term survival.

The event will include four elements, an online day of talks, an in-person day of workshops, the annual conference dinner, and a day of tours with site visits. You can join them for any and all parts of the conference. In order to provide a fully engaged experience for all attendees, the online event (11th November) will be 100% online, and the in-person events (19th to 20th November) will be 100% in-person. You will be contacted before the event to select your workshop and tour choices.

There are free tickets for students and apprentices and funded bursaries to help anyone who would find travel/accommodation costs prohibitive, particularly young people, those at the start of their career, changing career and those who are out of work. #HTNConf21

Details on how to book can be found here: https://htnconference.eventbrite.co.uk

Historic England Industrial Webinars

July 21, 2020mikenevell

As part of its training programme Historic England is running industrial heritage webinars. The second will take place on 29 July where Shane Gould will consider in greater depth some of the topics and issues being addressed in Historic England’s developing Industrial Heritage Strategy followed by Dr Mike Nevell, Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, describing his work which focusses on industrial sites preserved as heritage attractions.

The webinar will be particularly relevant for local authority planning officers, archaeological advisers, conservation officers and consultants/contractors working on industrial heritage sites and those involved in the ownership or management of industrial sites preserved as heritage attractions.

Details on how to sign up can be found here – https://lnkd.in/dyf47Js. – including the recording from the first webinar.

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