Making the Model Village: Heritage Skills Day
Date and time
Location
Bainbridge Hall
Chapel Road Chesterfield S44 United KingdomDescription
This Heritage Skills day is aimed at industry professionals looking to try their hand at traditional skills that have been used on the restoration of New Bolsover Model Village.
The hands on workshops will give participants an understanding of:
- Traditional Roofing Skills and Leadwork
- Lime Pointing and Black Mortar
- Heritage Joinery Skills
- Sustainable Refurbishment of Listed Buildings and Hard Hat Tour
The event will also provide an insight into the community engagement activities undertaken on the project as part of the HLF Activity Plan.
Intinerary:
09:30-10:00
Start of the day, arrival with tea/coffee and biscuits
10:00-10:30
An introduction to the Model Village covering the background and historic context of the model village, the architectural challenges/design ethos and the works and construction delivery challenges.
10:30-12:30
Participate in the heritage skills workshops*
12.30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:30
Participate in the heritage skills workshops*
15:30
Q&A
*Skills workshops are taken in 4 groups as above, timings of which will depend on which group you are assigned to.
Organised by
Following on from the initial multi award winning Good to Gold Leadership and Management Programme, which benefitted over 85 business by providing 476 training places we are rolling out a second programme.
What participants said last time:
“Workshops have been addressing so many of the challenges we’ve been facing as a growing business, and have inspired me to get back to the office and put things into practice. I can’t speak highly enough of this programme, and I hope it’s having the same positive impact on the other businesses taking part.” Mechanical and Electrical Contractors.