New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

A warm welcome and introduction to two of our new six Trustees

Posted July 23rd, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 1 Comment

We are delighted to announce we have appointed five new Trustees to the Board of Directors here at BCT, and also been joined by a new Councillor. Our trustees are volunteers who work with us to steer the direction of the Trust ...

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Join Birmingham Conservation Trust at Big Give Party

Posted July 17th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 1 Comment

The Big Give have organised a super garden party at The Manor, Little Compton in Warwickshire and the Birmingham Conservation Trust is going in force!  Please come along and join us for the fun.  We certainly have something to celebrate: the party ...

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Building Preservation Trust Project needs your vote in the National Lottery Awards

Posted July 11th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Before and after of Gartnavel Chapel, Glasgow   A heritage project to restore  a small and rare Arts and Crafts chapel in Glasgow  and reuse it as a Cancer Therapy Centre has become a finalist in the National Lottery Awards. This is a fantastic ...

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Young actors to play the character roles of Joyce Green and Dr Allen

Posted July 8th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Sunnah and Oliver at Crescent Theatre Wardrobe Department For anyone who has visited The Coffin Works, you’ll remember the names of Joyce Green and Dr Allen. Miss Green was of course the final managing director and owner of Newman Brothers, after starting work ...

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Private tour for Prize Draw winner

Posted July 2nd, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

In the evening of Friday 28 June, family and friends of Helga Henry had a private tour of the Coffin Works. Helga won the tour because she was one of 64 people who responded to our questionnaire about setting up a Birmingham Conservation ...

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#Going digital @CoffinWorks; Using technology to bring 1892 factory to life

Posted June 17th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 1 Comment

BCT volunteers, bITjAM and TigerFeatures, pupils from Holyhead and James Brindley Schools Thanks to a successful AIM Biffa award last year we have been able to commission the creation of four different iPad tours of the factory and two films to enhance the ...

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We are recruiting for a volunteer to lend admin support to our Volunteering Programme

Posted June 12th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

The office at J W Evans – ours is slightly tidier! Since we launched our volunteering programme almost 12 months ago we have recruited over 50 volunteers to work with us. It is without a doubt due to our wonderful volunteers that we can ...

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BCT seek more Education Volunteers to join the team as exciting learning programme develops!

Posted June 12th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Over the last six months we have been making real progress with developing our education programme at BCT. Our wonderful volunteers Kris and Rachel have been working with teachers from key stage 2 & 3 to devise and pilot classroom based sessions ...

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Will the Stirchley Baths HLF bid sink or swim?

Posted June 9th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 3 Comments

The round 2 Heritage Lottery bid to restore the former Stirchley Baths and re-purpose it as a community ‘hub’  is due to be submitted by the 17 June. This poignant moment was marked on Saturday by over 200 people on the former ...

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Win a private tour of The Coffin Works for family and friends; and support Jahyun’s research for BCT

Posted May 24th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

We will be setting up a Supporters Group for BCT in the near future and Jahyun, who is on a six-month work placement with us from Warwick University, is currently doing some research into what we might offer to our supporters and ...

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