Conference history
In 2009, War Memorials Trust introduced a conference programme targeting war memorial custodians and contractors who work on war memorials. This page details where and when events have been held since that year. See the conferences page for upcoming event details.
Bristol: Thursday 9th September 2010
In Bristol's Armada Conference Centre the Trust hosted a session of the Looking After War Memorials conference. The session was aimed at war memorial custodians or organisations with a local war memorial role. The issues covered included ownership and responsibility issues, conservation issues, funding and help available.
A War Memorial Conservation session scheduled for the afternoon was cancelled due to a lack of interest.
This event was free to attend but a place had to be reserved.
Liverpool: Thursday 10th June 2010
Both conferences were run. Free to attend but a place had to be reserved.
- Looking After War Memorials: The morning session was aimed at war memorial custodians or organisations with a local war memorial role. The issues covered included ownership and responsibility issues, conservation issues, funding and help available.
- War Memorial Conservation: The afternoon session was aimed at those who quote for or undertake work on war memorials. The event outlined the Trust's approach to conservation and provided an opportunity to discuss conservation issues. A guest speaker who specialises in letter carving spoke about their work.
Cambridge: Thursday 4th March 2010
In Cambridge's Guildhall the Trust hosted two sessions of the Looking After War Memorials conference. Originally just planned as a morning session the high demand lead to a second event being offered with exactly the same content. The sessions were aimed at war memorial custodians or organisations with a local war memorial role. The issues covered included ownership and responsibility issues, conservation issues, funding and help available.
This event was free to attend but a place had to be reserved.
Newcastle: Wednesday 2nd December 2009
The second pair of conferences. Free to attend but a place had to be reserved.
- Looking After War Memorials: The morning session was aimed at war memorial custodians or organisations with a local war memorial role. The issues covered included ownership and responsibility issues, conservation issues, funding and help available. A guest speaker from Newcastle City Council discussed their approach to war memorial custodianship.
- War Memorial Conservation: The afternoon session was aimed at those who quote for or undertake work on war memorials. The event outlined the Trust's approach to conservation and provided an opportunity to discuss conservation issues. A guest speaker who has worked on a war memorial project grant funded by the Trust spoke about their project.
Aylesbury: Wednesday 15th July 2009
The first pair of conferences. Free to attend but a place had to be reserved.
Looking After War Memorials: The morning session was aimed at war memorial custodians or organisations with a local war memorial role. The issues covered included ownership and responsibility issues, conservation issues to consider, funding and help available.- War Memorial Conservation: The afternoon session was aimed at those who quote for or undertake work on war memorials. The event outlined the Trust's approach to conservation and provided an opportunity to discuss conservation issues. A guest speaker who has worked on war memorials grant funded by the Trust spoke about their experiences.
