Transcript

Matthew

Communication with stakeholders varies greatly and can be quite a challenge. With local planning authorities, we’re very often writing formal letters which will appear in the public domain and so have to be phrased appropriately for that. But where possible, we’re putting on seminars and conferences, and drawing in those who we feel we would most like to speak to. Sometimes these are national events. Sometimes it involves going out to see people locally and talking to them face-to-face in that way.

One of the most difficult groups we find to communicate with and to involve are those builders who are actively involved in conservation work but often have little time to spare for the kind of training or discussion that other professionals might get involved with. So we’ve tried a range of initiatives, and our current hope is that we can have more involvement with building training colleges where people involved in building work tend to start their careers. And through this, to give them a sense of what building conservation is all about and how they might become more involved if they wish to.