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News and (own) views from INTO Secretary-General.

United Kingdom
Joined May 2016
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Ahead of #COP29 we’re launching ‘We are INTO’ - our new film on who we are and the power of international collaboration. Huge thanks to our stars, to our hosts and locations and especially to #SomersetFilm, who made this story come to life 🙌#intoheritage tinyurl.com/mve6cs5h
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HRH Princess @DanaFiras1 and the UK Ambassador to Jordan visited As-Salt to inspect the restoration work at Bayt Al-Jaghbeer as a part of #Withstanding_Change Project. @BritishCouncil @intoheritage @UKinJordan #climatechange #restoration #PNT
زيارة سمو الأميرة دانا فراس وسعادة السفير البريطاني لدى الأردن فيليب هول إلى #مدينة_السلط للاطلاع على عملية ترميم #بيت_الجغبير ضمن مشروع الجمعية #دعم_صمود_التراث_أمام_التغير_المناخي الذي تم تنفيذه بالشراكة مع مركز الخضر وبالتعاون مع @intoheritage وبتمويل من @BritishCouncil
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People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵
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Over 1,500 years ago, this church was hewn into a vertical cliff face 650 feet above ground - and it's still in use today. A thread of churches in astonishing places... 🧵
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Lovely piece in today’s ⁦@Countrylifemag⁩ about ⁦@intoheritage⁩ - the charity I’m proud to chair for a little while longer. With (now) 100 members we are global force for good ⁦@nationaltrust⁩ ⁦@Leonard_Write⁩
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Are you in the #UKOverseasTerritories & have an idea for a small #environmental project that needs up to £50k funding? 💭Would your project help #BuildLocalCapacity?🤝 Great news – our #DarwinPlus Local scheme has JUST opened loom.ly/Qa7tqoM Apply now! Deadline: 29 Nov
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A MUST-WATCH from @DavidOlusoga, connecting climate crisis with lack of access - or welcome - to the British countryside. This lecture counts the wider environmental costs of racism in rural places & much more #BlueEarthSummit 2023 #RuralRacismProject m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qEANN…
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21 September is International Day of Peace Over 3 years, international volunteers have restored a remote Georgian monument in the name of #peacebuilding through #heritage. Tsiskarauli Tower, in the Khevsureti region of Georgia, was damaged in 2001 by missile fire 1/2 🧵
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1/3 We’re delighted to share a new toolkit, along with our partners @CzechTrust 12 case studies from participants in the SEECHT project form the kit. Under 4 themes, the studies give practical tips for opening heritage to wider audiences #broadeningaccess 🧵@Fondoambiente @N_T_S
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1/3 Today we mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Many INTO member organisations care for sites with a connection to slavery, from the slaving fort on Bunce Island in Sierra Leone 🧵
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1/3 Blickling Estate, 14 August The @BritishArts funded #WithstandingChange project creates links between international partners and @NationalTrust based on the challenges of adapting to #climatechange. These relationships are an opportunity to share best practice and new ideas🧵
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Hello from Prague! We’re delighted to be joining our hosts @CzechTrust and participants in the SEECHT project, supported by @EUErasmusPlus 🧵 1/4 #intoheritage #sharinglearning #erasmus+ #Herita #NarodnyTrust @Fondoambiente @N_T_S @nationaltrustca
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Elizabeth has answered the question, 'where will your membership take you?' here in Malaysia! 🙏🏼@BadanWarisan Check out into.org/places/ to find out more 🌎 #intoplaces #intoheritage #wherewillyourmembershiptakeyou
We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth, who is a lifetime member of National Trust (UK), as our first INTO Places visitor to the Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman. #INTOPlaces #intoheritage #RumahPenghuluAbuSeman #heritagemalaysia #BadanWarisanMalaysia
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🗓️Celebrate Islands - free webinar 🗓️ When: 11 May, 13:00 BST (GMT +1) Chair: Clea Warner, National Trust for Scotland Speakers: • Farah Mukhida, Anguilla National Trust • Cynthia Dittbrenner, The Trustees (USA) • Angela Cott, Brownsea Island, National Trust 🧵
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Feels great to be back in Europe after nearly 4 years. On an @intoheritage study visit to the National Trust (of England, Wales and Northern Ireland) properties to understand the impact of climate change on built heritage. 1/2
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For #EarthDay2023, learn more about how one of our members is leading the way for #sustainability and #heritage On a visit to Gibson Mill, you’ll see how a pioneering project led to the building becoming the first fully sustainable place cared for by the @nationaltrust 🧵1/6
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It's a beautiful day for a #gardenheritage conference! 🌹🌷🌺🌱INTO's @Leonard_Write joins our friends at the Hungarian Garden Heritage Foundation, discussing communications in heritage gardens #intoheritage magyarkertorokseg.hu/en/
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Culture in Crisis is launching a new webinar series for 2023, in partnership w @intoheritage Heritage Now: Relevance and Community We'll discuss 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Community Ownership 💡[Re]Interpreting Relevance 🌍Youth-led Climate Action 🧱Making Places & more... cultureincrisis.org/news-and…
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Join us next week for the next #CultureinCrisis online event: The War on Ukrainian Heritage. Dr Kateryna Goncharova, Ukrainian Heritage Crisis Specialist at @WorldMonuments, speaks about the invasion & its impact on Ukrainian Heritage today 🇺🇦 Sign up 👇 cultureincrisis.org/news-and…