The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings invites entries for a competition to honour the memory of Sir John Betjeman, and to mark his membership of The Society’s Committee from 1954 to 1977. The award will be made for repair to the fabric of buildings currently in religious use and which were built as churches, chapels or other places of worship in England and Wales. The work must have been completed during the previous 18 months.
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The ATF Training Award recognises and promotes best practice in training or professional development in archaeology. The award aims to recognise excellence in the fields of learning, training and professional development and is open to archaeological organisations, individuals, partnerships and collaborative projects throughout the United Kingdom, whether paid or voluntary.
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Engineering Heritage Skills Initiative. This project is a partnership between Tyne and Wear Museums &Archives and the North of England Civic Trust. Through the generosity of the Heritage Lottery Fund we are providing 1 year bursary placements in heritage engineering with heritage engineering organisations throughout the north east and Yorkshire.
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Our Building Skill in Craft Workers programme helps craftspeople develop their skills and understand how they fit into broader planning, design and building contexts.
Whilst all of our Craft apprentices have unique talent, every year we offer special recognition in the Hancocks Medal to the Apprentice who is judged to have excelled in technique and skill.
Successful applicants will be rewarded with an eight-month programme of courses and work placements, during which they will be given the opportunity to develop their craftsmanship and use their skills in a broad, holistic building context alongside other building professionals.
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Building Skills Apprenticeships
To tackle the shortage of building skills within the heritage sector, we have created a major new Apprenticeship Scheme. Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we want to recruit apprentices and trainees to join us in the conservation, repair and maintenance of some of our most prized places. The scheme, aimed primarily at 16–19 year olds but open to all, offers training in skills such as stone masonry, carpentry, joinery, lead work, plumbing, and painting/decorating.
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A partnership between English Heritage, The National Trust, Cadw, CITB-ConstructionSkills, National Heritage Training Group, with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
An innovative, flexible and inclusive work-based training scheme to help displaced apprentices complete their apprenticeships, gain a vocational qualification, and develop their building skills to work on older buildings.
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The Pendlebury Award is named after Bob Pendlebury OBE, a man who not only loved exploring the wilds of the North Pennines but one who also worked tirelessly to look after and promote its unique and stunning landscape.
The award will go to somebody who has made a significant contribution to looking after and protecting the area’s natural beauty, from its flora and fauna through to its geology and heritage. Or to someone who acts as a champion for the North Pennines, to either their local community or to visitors.
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Rome Prize
The prestigious Rome Prize in Architecture is an exciting opportunity for a young architect to spend three or six months in Rome, and be a member of a vibrant residential community of architects, artists and researchers. It provides an extraordinary opportunity to study the contemporary architecture of Rome, as well as its historic context..
Giles Worsley Travel Fellowship
Giles Worsley, the distinguished architectural historian and critic, died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 44. He was an enthusiastic visitor to Italy and a great believer in the importance of Italian architecture of all periods in understanding the development of Western architecture. He was concerned that architecture schools do not give adequate emphasis to the teaching of architectural history and that architectural historians should be encouraged to experience the reality of influential Italian buildings.
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The Sustainable City Awards were established by the City of London Corporation in 2000 and are run in partnership with a consortium of 23 organisations.
Awards are given across 12 categories (124kb), which between them represent the three pillars of sustainable development, The Economy, Society and the Environment.
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Each year the Construction History Society awards a book prize to a student for a dissertation or thesis with a strong construction history theme or topic. These should be submitted by the student’s tutor or department and universities and colleges should apply to the Secretary for details.
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The Presidents’ Award
The award will be presented by Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association inconjunction with the Incorporated Church Building Society at the EASA AGM. The award will be given for new design in re-ordering, alterations, extensions or new buildings which are specifically for liturgical use.
King of Prussia’s Gold Medal Award
The medal is awarded to the Architect, Chartered Surveyor or Practice responsible for that scheme of church repair which is judged to have most successfully overcome the greatest aesthetic or technical challenge. The judges, at their discretion, may nominate a “Runner-up”.
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Each year, Europa Nostra and the European Union reward the best of cultural heritage achievements. Through the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Europa Nostra celebrates excellence and dedication by architects, craftsmen, volunteers, schools, local communities, heritage owners and media.
The awards celebrate exemplary restorations and initiatives of the many facets of Europe’s cultural heritage in categories ranging from the restoration of monuments and buildings, their adaptation to new uses, to urban and rural landscape rehabilitation, archaeological site interpretations, and care for art collections. Also awarded are research and education projects, dedicated service to heritage conservation by individuals and organisations, and education and awareness raising initiatives related to cultural heritage.
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These Architectural Awards, sponsored by international estate agents Savills, recognise exemplary conservation and restoration projects in the United Kingdom and reward those who have shown the vision and commitment to restore Georgian buildings and landscapes. Awards are also given for high-quality new buildings in Georgian contexts and new architecture in the Classical tradition.
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The Heritage Funding Directory is a comprehensive guide to sources of financial support (and more) for anyone seeking to undertake creative projects connected with the UK’s heritage. It includes details of the majority of substantive sources of funding from central and local government, non-governmental agencies and grant-making trusts which specialise in supporting heritage projects, as well as many which provide such funding within a wider remit.’
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The HGF decided to award this prize in order to celebrate the guidebook in all its forms, recognising that to enjoy a historic park or garden to the full, the visitor needs to know not only the whereabouts of the toilets and tearoom, but also the garden’s history and the significance of its design. We wanted something that could be informative but also that could be held in the hand and read with easy enjoyment.
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