Current Projects

A salesman's case Newman Bros Coffin Works Birmingham
We often have a number of projects on the go at once, all of various shapes and ... Read more

Finished Projects

At anyone time we may be working on a number of projects but we are also very proud of our finished work. They show ... Read more

Support Us

There are three main ways you can help: Donate, Volunteer or Shop!
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Events

  • Educating the Trustees

    Posted December 7th, 2011 by billhoule with 1 Comment

    This evenings podnosh session is a real eye opener. BCT has a website cross linked to all forms of social media. These posts link to Facebook and Twitter where they get retweeted or ‘liked’ by the followers. Reminding people to use the web site to access Amazon (see link above) and on line shopping is important since it costs them nothing and benefits the Trust. This December we are taking part the ...

  • Watch out, there’s a thief about.

    Posted November 30th, 2011 by Lucie Thacker with No Comments

     
    Pendant brooch designed by C.R.Ashbee and made by the Guild of Handicraft (image from Cotswold Journal)
    We have heard disturbing news of a robbery at Court Barn Museum in Chipping Camden on the night of Monday November 14th when thieves smashed their way into the museum and broke into museum grade cases, stealing more than 30 items of irreplaceable silver and jewellery.
    Read a description of the story here
    Court Barn Museum are re-opening this Saturday, 3rd ...

  • Industrial Heritage at Risk – theme of APT Midlands event

    Posted November 10th, 2011 by Lucie Thacker with No Comments

    Audience at the APT Midlands region event at Coalbrookdale on 4th November 2011
    The Midlands Area meeting of the UK Association of Preservation Trusts held a meeting in the west of the region last Friday, November 4th in the Glass Classroom at Coalbrookdale. The theme of the day was Industrial Heritage at Risk and the scene was set by Dr. Anthony Streeten, Planning Director, English Heritage (East Midlands), who mapped the Midlands historic ...

  • Visit the John Henry Newman Exhibition, Birmingham

    Posted November 3rd, 2011 by Lucie Thacker with No Comments

    Drills and Habits - Visit the Exhibition in Birmingham

  • Free City Walk – Birmingham’s Voting History

    Posted October 27th, 2011 by Lucie Thacker with No Comments

    Free Heritage Event - Right to Vote Walk

Ways to support us

  • Over the last few years our volunteers have helped us with everything from cataloguing the artefacts in Newman Brothers to transcribing oral history interviews.  We appreciate every moment you spend helping us but we don’t always have a huge list of task to be done.

    Volunteering

  • The simplest way to donate is by post or online.  Use  Justgiving and UK tax payers can automatically add 28% to their donation using Gift Aid.  Of course, it also works if you don’t pay tax. Please use the link below:

    www.justgiving.com/birminghamct

    Just Giving

  • Its easy to raise funds for Birmingham Conservation Trust if you shop online!  Everything from books to bathrooms, holidays to homeware.

    Simply shop online through this link: www.buy.at/birminghamconservation then a percentage of what you spend is donated to our charity.

     

    Buy-at!