Last week we introduced Sally and Katie, our newly recruited trustees. This week it is the turn of the men! We are delighted to introduce Andy Moody, Kenneth Fisher and Shane Kelleher to the team. Here is a little bit about them… 1. ...
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After more than 10 years of fundraising and development, Birmingham Conservation Trust has announced that work is starting on the city’s newest heritage attraction. On Monday 29th July, the keys of the Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works on Fleet Street in the Jewellery ...
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Appropriately enough, the very last pre-conservation visitors to the Coffin Works, on the afternoon of Wednesday 24 July, were members of the Conservation Course Directors Forum. The forum comprises the course directors from all the leading institutions, mainly universities, offering courses in building ...
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Birmingham Conservation Trust wishes to appoint a consultant to design the branding and website for the Coffin Works, a heritage attraction incorporating workshop/office units in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, which will be opening in summer 2014. Time-scale Repair and conservation work on the building is ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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