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Grass
Roots Online Issue
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The Civic
Trust - creating better places for
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Last Chance to book on Free Training for
Civic Trust members!
The 2009 Civic Society Training
programme, jointly funded by English
Heritage is designed to demonstrate how civic
societies can widen community involvement in the
historic built environment by developing projects that
will make it more relevant and attractive to young
people and BME community members. We will be offering a
number of training events where you will: �
Learn from examples of innovative best practice up and
down the country � Consider the challenges and
opportunities being faced by us all within our built
environment
To book onto these events please click here
or for further information please call 0151 231 6900 or
email here
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Chairman of Civic Trust
awarded
Philip Kolvin, Chairman of the Civic Trust will take
silk after a formal swearing-in ceremony before the Lord
Chancellor at a ceremony at Westminster Hall.
Philip has been Chairman of the Civic Trust since
2007 and is a practising barrister and Head of Licensing
at the Chambers of Mark Lowe QC, Grays Inn Square,
London. Philip is also Chairman of the Institute of
Licensing, and has a particular interest in the night
time economy and how it impacts on local communities.
Philip has been instrumental in the development of the
Civic Trust's Purple Flag Accreditation, which will be
launched in 2009, and which is awarded to town and city
centres that have achieved a safe, vibrant and inclusive
evening economy.
Philip has a long standing interest in the
environment, and has served as a national Trustee of the
Campaign to Protect Rural England. He has been involved
in a number of campaigns, including the Crystal Palace
Campaign whcih successfully prevented the building of a
multiplex cinema on an historic park.
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Griff Rhys Jones Fundraising
Appeal
The Civic Trust is delighted to announce that
another 15 civic societies have pledged support in the
past two weeks to the Griff Rhys Jones Fundraising
Appeal. If your civic society would like to support the
appeal please contact Ian Harvey at helpdesk@civictrust.org.uk or on
0151 231 6908. Money raised through this
fundraising appeal will enable the Civic Trust to
provide better support to your civic society and will
allow us to recruit policy and campaign staff dedicated
to the civic society movement. To see a list of civic societies who have so far
pledged commitment to the appeal, please click
here or if you would like to get involved
please click
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The Civic Trust's inaugural conference at Lambeth
Palace in July 1957
Hear Duncan Sandys giving his vision for the
Civic Trust back in 1957.
The people in the video are:
Mr Duncan Sandys,
President of the Civic Trust
The RT. HON. Herbert
Morrison
Lord Justice Pearce
Archibishop of
Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher
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Civic Trust Awards 40th
Anniversary
In 2009, the Civic Trust Awards is celebrating
the 50th Anniversary and to commemorate this, we have
published a video celebrating the 40th Anniversary
winner, Cornmill Gardens, Tower Hamlets.
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Share your videos, walks and
talks!
The Civic Trust would like to make Civic
Trust TV into a true one stop shop for videos that can
be accessed by all civic societies, so whether you have
recorded a question time session or have a video
highlighting your town, why not send it to us and we
will upload if for you!
If you would like to share your videos contact us
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Civic Trust Annual Review
2008
The Civic Trust has launched its Review of Activities
2008, which highlights the successes of the Trust and
our members. From the Civic Trust Awards scheme to
Heritage Open Days, the Civic Trust and its members have
worked hard to create and celebrate better places for
people.
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Sincerely,
Civic Societies Team
The Civic Trust
T: 0151 231 6908
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