Hands-on Heritage: SPAB Fellows roll up their Sleeves at Wightwick Manor
Today we welcomed the 2024 SPAB William Morris Craft Fellows to our ongoing project at Wightwick Manor.
Continuing Efforts to Promote Heritage Crafts
The recent Heritage Careers Fair, organised by the West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust, was an event aimed at promoting heritage skills and careers within the heritage sector.
Hands on at Stamford College
Friday 17th March saw the Messenger team attend Stamford College in support of the Construction Skills Event.
Lincoln Medieval Bishops’ Palace
We are currently working on a major restoration project for English Heritage to safeguard what remains of the former bishops’ home at Lincoln Medieval Bishops’ Palace.
An away day at Lord Leycester Hospital!
Last month, several members of the Messenger team headed to Lord Leycester Hospital to deliver a series of traditional workshops for Donald Insall Associates away day. There’s only one rule for their away days – the venue has to be one of their current or past projects, and fortunately LLH was the chosen one!
Stamford and Peterborough College Construction Events
For several years Roger, our Plumbing Manager, has assisted The South Lincolnshire Group Training Associate at both Peterborough and Stamford Colleges.
SPAB Scholars visit to Messenger
The SPAB scholarship is an advanced training programme for architects, engineers and surveyors in building conservation. Travelling around the country for nine months, the scholars are exposed to a wide variety of projects, conservation issues, philosophies and crafts.
Our Commitment to Training Continues through Covid
“The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave, is not training them and having them stay.” Henry Ford.
CITB Construction Ambassadors Programme
Back in 2018 we took the decision to enrol two of the Messenger team onto the CITB Construction Ambassadors programme.
