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Websites

Websites have come to play such a crucial role in marketing and managing CGT activities. Share your experiences, good and bad, here. There are plenty of questions seeking answers on this one!

PR and Marketing

How can we make sure that we are really getting our messages out there? Our information needs to reach members and non-members in a way which is stimulating and engaging.

Recruitment and Management

Recruiting new members and then identifying ways in which to engage them enjoyably and fruitfully in the work of the Trusts continues to be a topic provoking much soul searching and teeth gnashing! Please use this section to share ideas, thoughts, useful information and links on this topic. Of course, this Forum category has many overlaps with Volunteer Training and Websites and Marketing, among others, so do have a look for inspiration there too.

Researching a Site for Local Listing

Supporting documents and discussion on taking this training forward and applying it in very practical ways to help conserve landscapes which haven't quite made it on to the English Heritage 'Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England' but still have considerable local significance.

Responding to Planning Applications Affecting Historic Designed Landscapes

Documentation and links from the training delivered in July 2011 on this topic.

Understanding Conservation Management Plans

We have developed this training in order that CGT volunteers might play a full role in consultations on these plans which underpin planned conservation of our important historic landscapes. We've run it once - and are running it again on 18 May 2012 - places are still available (see web page).

Country Parks

Here you can download a short presentation on Country Parks - it is offered as an introduction to these valuable sites which often have historic elements which are overlooked. This presentation suggests ways in which CGTs might increase their involvement in their conservation.

Heritage Lottery Funding

Flagging up useful funding initiatives from HLF with links and tips.

Legislation and how it might affect us

Plenty of changes are afoot in the world of planning. Whilst there are lots of generic websites on planning, here we can highlight ways in which CGTs' work might be particularly affected and discuss local goings-on!

English Heritage Guidance

Highlighting new and useful guidance - thoughts on how this might work in practice for CGTs

Evaluating the Historic Landscape Project

Over the course of the final year of the project, April 2012 to March 2013, we have to evaluate the activities and value of the project for the development of CGTs. This Forum can help in thinking about what has and hasn't worked and what might be useful to draw on in such projects in the future.

Regional Forum Papers

This section contains papers relating to the CGT Southeast Regional Forum meetings held in 2011.

Strategic Issues

An overview of the key areas that CGT Committees might wish to consider in developing conservation initiatives with their members.

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