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DISCUSS YOUR HERITAGE - ENGLISH HERITAGE INVITES THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST MIDLANDS TO REGIONAL OPEN MEETING -
Heritage enthusiasts from the East Midlands are invited to the fourth English Heritage Open Meeting at Lincoln University next week (5 March 2003) to give their views, comments and suggestions.
TIME: DATE: PLACE:
5 pm - 8.30pm Wednesday 5 March 2003 University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS
Regional Director Humphrey Welfare will be encouraging lively debate about the work of the Government agency at the meeting, chaired by English Heritage Commissioner Mr Les Sparks OBE. Public views can help it to plan its priorities.
A presentation will be given on the changing face of the historic environment, and its importance to the quality of life for people in the East Midlands. This will be followed by an open forum and a question and answer session on issues in the region.
Humphrey Welfare, English Heritage''s Regional Director, said: "The past year has seen further development of the regional heritage agenda. The Regional Heritage Forum published Viewpoints on the Historic Environment of the East Midlands, which was followed by the first State of the Historic Environment Report. Both documents
[MORE] are essential in our campaign to demonstrate the value of the historic environment to people in the region.
"Our towns, cities and countryside represent a sequence of human activity and every generation has made its mark. People recognise that the historic environment is not just a few isolated icons protected by law, it represents the fabric of their everyday existence. We look forward to receiving ideas, thoughts and opinions from members of the public to help us develop our regional plan for heritage in the East Midlands."
English Heritage is the lead body for the historic environment. Its purpose is to help people to understand how the cities, villages and countryside in which we live and work benefit from an accumulated diverse and distinctive cultural past. Its work is designed to enable communities to enjoy and protect the historic environment as their common inheritance and responsibility, and to appreciate how conservation of the past contributes to their quality of life today and to a sustainable future.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
1. Media opportunities can be arranged prior to the event on request. 2. English Heritage is the lead body for England''s historic environment. On behalf of the nation, English Heritage manages over 400 historic monuments and properties, and has a national membership of 400,000, as well as making the National Monuments Record available to all. English Heritage is concerned with the conservation and understanding of every building, monument or site in the country which is of historic or architectural significance; from Stonehenge to a 1960''s tower block; from archaeological sites to Capability Brown landscapes. 3.Further information on SHER can be found at http://www.historicenvironment.org.uk. Printed copies can be ordered from 0870 33 1181 4. The Viewpoints on the Historic Environment of the East Midlands report can be found at http://www.eastmidlandsassembly.org.uk in the Publications section, or can be ordered from English Heritage, 44 Derngate, Northampton, NN1 1UH, TEL: 01604 735 400.
