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Chartingthe
Journey
January-March 2017
Physical Works
January 2017• A new drainage system was
installed in the South Precincts.• Scaffolding began to be
constructed on the Clerestory and around the West Towers.
• Scaffolding went up in the Nave in preparation for the safety deck.
February 2017• Construction of the works
compound began on the south side of the Precincts and will be in situ until the end of the project.
• Work on the safety deck construction continued.
• Scaffolding continued to go up around the West Towers and Clerestory.
• Canterbury Archaeological Trust excavated the sites for the drainage boreholes.
March 2017• The safety deck was completed
in the Nave.• The temporary Welcome
Centre began being built in the Precincts, along with a temporary shop store behind the Lodge.
• Work on construction of the compound continued.
• Stonemasons continued carving the first phase of stone which will be replaced in the summer months.
• Boreholes are being dug to finish off the new drainage system.
• Design is underway for graphics and information to go on the compound hoardings.
• Scaffolding continued to be built around West Towers.
We are pleased to report that the safety deck was completed in March 2017 and will remain in place until the end of the project in 2021.
While repairs take place to the Nave roof, the safety deck prevents any debris and plaster that has been dislodged falling onto anyone below, and therefore allows daily worship, and the life of the Cathedral, to continue with minimum disruption. It also enables internal works to take place.
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There has been lots of activity around the Cathedral as The Canterbury Journey continues - visit the website for regular updates atwww.canterbury-cathedral.org/physicalworks
CommunicationsPress CoverageThe Cathedral’s Public Relations Manager, Jane Walker, gathered the press and media together from BBC South East Today, ITV Meridian, the Kentish Gazette and the Press Association for a tour of the safety deck and interviews with the scaffolding team, All Access, Head of Conservation, Heather Newton and our Project Director, Mark Hosea. What’s On guide
For the first time, Canterbury Cathedral has produced a What’s On guide, collectively pulling together all its events in one handy booklet.
The first edition covers all events from April-June 2017, featuring everything from family days out and exhibitions, to music and special services.
At the time of Charting the Journey going to print, almost all the 5,000 copies from the first print run had been distributed!
Download a copy from the website, or pick up a copy from the Cathedral.
Press coverage of the safety deck was picked up by news sources up and down the country.Top-right: Yorkshire PostBelow left: Northern EchoBelow right: Eastern Daily Press
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Labour MPs have urged the Government to review its contracts with British security company G4S after one of its receptionists was fired for wearing a headscarf to work.
The case of Samira Achbita, who was sacked by G4S in June 2006 from one of their offices in Belgium, sparked a
landmark European Court of Justice ruling allowing employers to ban people from wearing any political or religious clothing or jewellery.
Muslim MP Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) said the ruling was “distressing” for British women and other faith communities, and called for British values to be upheld.
Ms Ali, speaking during an urgent question on the matter in the Commons, said: “I ask her to address the question about whether Government contracts will be reviewed for G4S because this is unacceptable and un-British what they have done.”
Her concerns were echoed by former shadow work and pensions secretary Helen
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Equalities minister Caroline Dinenage said that it was not a domestic issue as the case happened in Belgium but issues of religious tolerance were taken into consideration when selecting Government contracts.
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Network Rail projects likely to disrupt Easter travel plansBritons hoping for an Easter getaway by train could find their plans disrupted as Network Rail announced it is carrying out more than 200 engineering projects over the bank holiday weekend.
Services in London, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow are among those affected.
Network Rail said it is carrying out the work over Easter as fewer passengers use the railways during that period.
More than 13,000 rail workers will be deployed on projects between Good Friday and Easter Monday.
The schemes include London’s new east-west rail service Crossrail, the Ordsall Chord to boost connections in Manchester and the modernisation of Bath Spa
station in preparation for longer trains.
Network Rail’s managing director for England and Wales, Phil Hufton, said: “This Easter, thousands of rail workers will be working round the clock to deliver our Railway Upgrade Plan.
“This will provide faster, better services in the long run and help relieve overcrowding to respond to the huge growth on Britain’s railways.
“We know that many people want to use the railway during the Easter holidays and the good news is that over 95% of the network is unaffected by this work. But there will be some services that are impacted and so we strongly
advise passengers to plan their journeys in advance.”
Here are examples of services impacted by work over Easter:� London Cannon Street: No Southeastern services arriving or departing on April 14 and 15. On April 16 and 17, trains will start and terminate at New Cross.� London Charing Cross: No Southeastern services arriving or departing on April 14 and 15. On April 17, there will be reduced services to London Bridge.� London Liverpool Street: No trains to/from Ingatestone or Billericay from April 14 to 17.� London Paddington: Reduced services to Heathrow Airport on April 15. Services to and from Bristol Temple Meads will be diverted and will not stop at Bath Spa or Chippenham.
� London Victoria: No Southern or Gatwick Express services on April 16.� London Waterloo: Reduced and diverted services from April 14 to 16.� Carlisle: No services to/from Glasgow Central or Edinburgh from April 15 to 17.� Bristol Temple Meads: Buses will replace trains to and from Chippenham, Frome, Westbury and Castle Cary from April 14 to 17.� York: A reduced TransPennine Express service will run to and from Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester from April 14 to 17. � Scotland: CrossCountry and Virgin Trains East Coast services will not run between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central,Scotrail trains will be diverted between Motherwell and Glasgow Central. Bus services will be in place.
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Scaffolding engineers continue to construct a 53-metre-long safety deck high above the nave of Canterbury cathedral which has been built for a conservation team to work from and to catch any dislodged stone and plaster. Picture: PA
Cathedral construction
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Poorestchildrenmost likelyto entercaresystemTHE POOREST children in soci-ety are 10 times more likely to betaken into care or on a child pro-tection plan than the least de-prived, amajor studyhas found.
Theproject,which involved ex-perts at seven universities – in-cluding two in Yorkshire, lookedat data on 35,000 children.
The ChildWelfare InequalitiesProject discovered that young-sters in the most deprived 10 percentofneighbourhoods in theUKare 10 times more likely to be incare than children in the least de-prived 10per cent.
Other findings included thateach step increase in deprivationbrings a rise of around a third ina child’s chances of being in careand in the poorest areas, the rateof being care for white childrenwas five times higher than forAsian youngsters and 75 per centhigher than for black children.
The researchers, led by Pro-fessor Paul Bywaters of Coven-try University, also discoveredthat children living in equivalentneighbourhoods – whether high-ly deprived or not – run by differ-ent local authorities have starklydifferentchancesofbeing incare,with those with low deprivationlevels around 50 per cent morelikely to intervene.
Professor Bywaters said:“We’ve known for years that childabuse and neglect is linked topoverty, but there’s been a funda-mental gap in our understandingof how a child’s family circum-stances, andneighbourhooddep-rivation or locality impacts theirchances of the state interven-ing to improve their life chances.This is partly because, extraordi-narily, no data is systematicallycollected and published aboutthe socio-economic backgroundof the familieswhosechildrenareinvolved with the child welfaresystem. Our study puts in placesome strong foundations to buildonand change that.”
TeammemberProfBridFeath-erstone, the University of Hud-dersfield’s Professor of SocialWork, said: “This data confirmswhat people have been saying an-ecdotally. Most importantly, theresults say to the Government,‘don’t you think we should belooking at this?’”
Prof Featherstone had the leadrole on ensuring the findingshave maximum impact, by work-ing with stakeholders and publi-cising the results.
Easter railworks tohit servicesin regionBRITONS HOPING for an Eastergetaway by train could find theirplans disrupted as Network Railhas announced it will be carry-ing out more than 200 engineer-ingprojectsover thebankholidayweekend.
Services in Yorkshire, London,Manchester, Bristol, Edinburghand Glasgow are among those af-fected.
Network Rail said it is carryingout thework over Easter as fewerpassengers use the railways dur-ing that period.
More than 13,000 rail work-ers will be deployed on projectsbetween Good Friday and EasterMonday.
As a consquence there will bea reduced TransPennine Expressservice running toand fromYork,Leeds, Huddersfield and Man-chester fromApril 14 to 17.
Other engineering schemestaking place will include work onLondon’s new east-west rail serv-iceCrossrail, theOrdsallChord toboost connections inManchesterand the modernisation of BathSpa station in preparation forlonger trains.
Network Rail’s managing di-rector for England and Wales,Phil Hufton, said: “This Easter,thousands of rail workers will beworking round the clock to deliv-er ourRailwayUpgradePlan.
“Thiswill provide faster, betterservices in the long run and helprelieve overcrowding to respondto the huge growth on Britain’srailways.
“We know that many peoplewant to use the railway duringthe Easter holidays and the goodnews is that over 95 per cent ofthe network is unaffected by thiswork.
“But there will be some serv-ices that are impacted and so westrongly advise passengers toplan their journeys in advance.”
It follows major disruption toa number of train services acrossYorkshire on Monday this weekdue to industrial action.
Authoritychair facescalls toresign fordevolutionattackFrom Page 1motives are uncertain but cer-tainly not constructive.”
Coun Cooke described CounBox’s statement as not “remote-ly helpful in securing a deal forWestYorkshire”.
He added: “Coun Box’s angryrants should be made in his own
name or that of Wakefield Coun-cil and I am calling for him to re-sign, in order that a major obsta-cle to devolution can be removedandwecanmoveforwardwithse-curing adeal forYorkshire.”
Coun Box’s attack came afterMr Percy rejected a proposal tocreate a Yorkshire mayor as part
of a single devolution deal for thewhole region.
WYCAhasalsoyet toreceiveanofficial response to its alternativeproposal for a deal covering theLeedsCityRegion.
Coun Box said he was “disap-pointed” by Coun Cooke’s com-ments.
He added: “This is a smoke-screen to hide the fact that theGovernment is not prepared tomatch the ambitious devolutionproposals put forward by theWest Yorkshire Combined Au-thority.”
The Sheffield City Region -made up of South Yorkshire,
Chesterfield and Bassetlaw - areso far the only part of Yorkshireto agree a devolution deal withgovernmentalthough it isonholdfollowing a legal ruling.
Voters will go to the polls inMay to elect ‘metro-mayors’ inother areas including GreaterManchester andTeesValley.
Scaffolding offers heavenly view ofcathedral as repairers get to workAVASTscaffolding constructionbuilt insideCanterburyCathedral has openedup strikingnewviewsof themother churchof theworldwideAnglicancommunion.
A 53-metre-long safety deckhigh above thenave of thecathedral inKenthasbeenbuiltfor a conservation teamtoworkfromand to catch anydislodgedstone andplaster.
The 33-tonneplatform–whichis the size of three tennis courts– sits 52ftabove thenavefloor,and is supportedby aluminium
beamsandmore thanamile ofscaffold tubes.
The constructionof theplatformmarks the start ofphysicalworks of a £24.7mdevelopment knownas theCanterbury Journey, fundedby theHeritageLotteryFundanddonations fromprivate andcharitable sources.
Over thenextfive years,the cathedral’sWestTowers,the leakingnave roof, and thecathedralmain entrance, theChrist ChurchGate,will berepaired and restored.
In addition, thePrecinctswillbe landscaped to create betteraccess and to improve theirappearance, and anewwelcomecentre is also beingbuilt.
Thehugedeckhas givencathedral conservators the type
of access to stained glass and theinterior vaulting of thenave roofnot seen forhundreds of years.
MarkHosea,who is theprojectdirector of theCanterburyJourney, said: “Thedeckhasbecomequite the talkingpointfor visitors and thoseworking inthe cathedral.
“It has beenamazingwatchingit beingbuilt and theheight hasafforded stunningnewviewsofthebuilding.
“I know that everyone involvedis feeling a real sense that historyis beingmade.”
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Scaffolders construct a 53-metre-long safety deck high above the nave of Canterbury cathedral. PICTURES: PA WIRE.
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Mark Hosea, who is the project director of theCanterbury Journey
Police forces sendfiles toCPSonConservative expenses inquiryPOLICE FORCES in at least12 areas including WestYorkshire have passed files to theCrown Prosecution Service (CPS)as part of a probe into the Con-servatives’ 2015 election expens-es.
The investigations into theConservative Party’s battle buscampaign in the 2015 contesthave examined whether strictspending limits in target seatswerebreached.
Meanwhile, Colchester’s WillQuince revealed that he had beeninterviewed by police – the sec-ondToryMPknown to have been
quizzed by officers investigatingelection expenses.
Mr Quince said he had beentold by Essex Police he faced nofurther action after voluntar-ily attending an interview undercaution last January. EssexPoliceis not one of the forces that hassubmittedfiles to theCPS.
But a CPS spokesman said ithad received files from: Avon &Somerset, Cumbria, Derbyshire,Devon & Cornwall, Gloucester-shire, Greater Manchester, Lin-colnshire, the MetropolitanPolice, Northamptonshire, Not-tinghamshire and West York-shire police.
Once it has received a file,the CPS will decide whether tocharge anyone. The files were “all
under consideration”, a spokes-man said.
A 12th force – Staffordshire –said it had also sent a file to theCPS. In a statement posted onhis Twitter feed, Mr Quince wel-comed the decision by EssexPolice but said the complaintagainst him had been “vexatiousandpoliticallymotivated”.
The disclosure follows reportsthat Craig Mackinlay, who foughtoff a challenge from former Ukipleader Nigel Farage to hold Than-et South for the Tories, had beenquestioned for six hours lastweekbyKentPolice.
The latest moves come amidgrowing anger among Conserva-tive MPs still facing investigationby the police and the Electoral
Commission in relation to spend-ingduring the 2015 election.
In his statement, Mr Quinceacknowledged that once a formalcomplainthadbeenmade inJune2016, police had a duty to carryout a thorough investigation.
However, he said that the in-quiryhascausedstress tohisstaffand family and he had suffered“reputational damage” while itwas carried out.
“Moving on to the allegation it-self, I consider this to have beenvexatious and politically motivat-ed,” he said.
“Politics is not a game. I wouldask those individuals to thinkabout the cost of this investiga-tion, the important work thosepolice officers could have insteadbeen doing over this lengthy pe-riod, the stress that it putme, myfamily and my team under andthe reputational damage to mepersonally.”
Other MPs have directed theiranger at Conservative Cam-paign Headquarters, complain-ing that they had been cut adriftby the party’s high commandeven though the complaints re-late to the busing of activists to
campaign in key marginal seats,which was organised centrally.The allegations centre on wheth-er the “battle bus” tour shouldhave been recorded as countingtowards individual candidates’spending limits, rather than aspart of the larger national spend-ing return.
In a leaked email to Conserva-tive Party chairman Sir PatrickMcLoughlin, Lincoln MP KarlMcCartney complained theyfelt “completely cast adrift” andhad been “left to fend for them-selves”. In a statement, MrMcCartney said he had madeclear his “forthright views” pri-vately to anumberof seniorpartyfigures on behalf of backbench-ers.
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Dramatic U-turn over budget THE Government was ac-cused of being in “chaos” last night after Chancellor Philip Hammond commit-ted a dramatic U-turn over his planned Budget hike in National Insurance Contri-butions (NICs) for the self-employed.
In a letter to Conservative MPs, the Chancellor said he would not proceed with the planned two per cent in-crease in Class 4 NICs which he announced just a week ago.
“There will be no increases in NICs rates in this Parlia-ment,” he said.
Labour leader Jeremy Cor-byn said the climbdown on a measure intended to raise £2bn over the coming years, had left “a black hole in the Budget” and said Prime Min-ister Theresa May should apologise to the country, tell-ing the House of Commons: “It seems to me like a Gov-ernment in a bit of chaos.”
But Mrs May insisted the Budget announcement was “consistent” with the lock on tax rises put into legisla-tion shortly after the General Election, when the Conserva-tive manifesto promised there would be no rises in National Insurance, VAT or income tax for the next five years.
Mr Hammond had faced a furious backlash by Con-servative backbenchers, who accused him of breaking the manifesto pledge while hitting traditional Tory sup-
porters.In his letter, the Chancellor
said: “It is very important both to me and to the Prime Minister that we are compli-ant not just with the letter, but also the spirit of the com-mitments that were made.
“In the light of what has emerged as a clear view among colleagues and a sig-nificant section of the public, I have decided not to proceed with the Class 4 NIC measure set out in the Budget.”
At Prime Minister’s Ques-tions in the Commons, Mrs May faced uproar from op-position MPs as she said: “We made a commitment not to raise tax, and we put our commitment into the tax law. The measures we put for-ward in the Budget last week were consistent with those locks.”
She continued: “As a num-ber of my parliamentary col-leagues have been pointing out in recent days, the trend towards greater self-employ-ment does create a struc-tural issue in the tax base on which we will have to act. We want to ensure we maintain fairness in the tax system.”
Mrs May said she would await the publication of the Taylor Report on the future of employment and consider the Government’s overall ap-proach to employment sta-tus, rights and entitlements before deciding what to do next.
“We will bring forward fur-ther proposals but we will not bring forward increases in NICs later in this Parlia-ment.”
However, Mr Hammond – who sat alongside Mrs May in the House of Commons – said that he would still go ahead with the abolition of Class 2 NICs for the self-em-ployed from April 2018.
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PM slams Euro scarves rulingTHERESA MAY has insisted women should be free to choose to wear what they want after a European court ruled that workers can be banned from wearing head-scarves and other religious symbols.
The Prime Minister said “it is not for Government” to dictate what people can wear and stressed her commit-ment to freedom of expres-sion.
Her comments come after the ruling by the European Court of Justice sparked a fierce backlash, with politi-cians warning that political correctness is undermining long-held values of freedom of expression.
Speaking in the Commons during PMQs, Mrs May said: “We have a strong tradition in this country of freedom of expression, and it is the right of all women to choose how they dress and we don’t in-tend to legislate on this issue.
“You have raised the broad-er issue of symbols, but of course this case came up particularly in relation to the wearing of the veil.
“There will be times when it is right for a veil to be asked to be removed, such as border security or perhaps in courts, and individual insti-tutions can make their own policies. But it is not for Gov-ernment to tell women what they can and cannot wear.”
Maria Miller, who chairs the Women and Equalities Select Committee, said: “At what point did the law decide that expression of religious belief was a threat to organi-sational neutrality?”
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One-eyed dog needs a home A ONE-EYED rottweiler-cross which looks like a “pi-rate” has been looking for a home for nearly 300 days.
Tyson had his eye removed after a cat scratched it and ended up in RSPCA care in May last year.
He is nearing his 300-day anniversary at the home in Aylesbury, Buckingham-shire, and still needs some-one to take him in.
Paula Flitney, deputy man-ager at RSPCA Blackberry Farm, said: “Poor Tyson is now officially our longest stay dog.”
VIEW: Scaffolding engineers constructing a 53m safety deck high above the nave of Canterbury cathedral Picture: GARETH FULLER/PA WIRE
Striking new views of cathedralA VAST scaffolding construction built inside Canterbury Cathedral has opened up striking new views of the mother church of the worldwide Anglican communion.
A 53m-long safety deck high above the Kent cathedral’s nave has been built for a conservation team to work from and to catch any dislodged stone and plaster.
The 33-tonne platform sits 52ft (16m) above the nave floor, supported by aluminium beams and 1.9km of scaffold tubes.
Its construction marks the start of a £24.7m development known as the Canterbury Journey, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and donations.
Over the next five years, the cathedral’s West Towers, the leaking nave roof, and the cathedral main entrance, the Christ Church Gate, will be repaired and restored.
In addition, the Precincts will be landscaped to create better access and to improve their appearance, and a new welcome centre is also being built.
The huge deck has given cathedral conservators the type of access to stained glass and the interior vaulting of the nave roof not seen for hundreds of years.
Mark Hosea, the project director, said: “The deck has become quite the talking point for visitors and those working in the cathedral.
BUDGET: The Govern-ment will not proceed with an increase in National Insurance
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You can see a timelapse video of the deck construction on the website:www.canterbury-cathedral/physical-works
PeopleMeet the apprentice stonemasons!Apprentice stonemasons, Laura Kingston and Jordan Cliffe embarked on The Canterbury Journey in December 2016. Laura and Jordan will spend the next five years learning this specialised trade in partnership with the Building Crafts College, based in Stratford.
LauraAge: 33Grew up: DurhamWhat made you want to become a stonemason?‘I used to work in medical communications but went on conservation and historical building courses on the side and decided that’s what I wanted to do. I saw the apprenticeship come up and never looked back.’What’s been your favourite part so far?‘For me it’s college: seeing my progress and learning the theory - it’s not just hitting stone!’What’s one thing you want to learn/achieve?‘I’d like to do some work with the Cathedral Workshop Fellowship, and I can’t wait to try out some intricate stone carving.’
Stonemasonry is hard work. Is there anything you do to take care of your hands?‘Palmer’s solid cocoa butter! My hands are never going to be soft in this job but at least they smell like chocolate. Though it’s the limestone getting in our hair that can be the worst part.’
JordanAge: 16Grew up: RamsgateWhat made you want to become a stonemason?‘I went to Broad Oak to do my school work experience in Year 10 and loved it. I saw myself doing this for a job so now here I am.’What’s been your favourite part so far?‘Seeing the progress of my work and how I’ve improved my timing, accuracy and the satisfaction of seeing completed work.’What’s one thing you want to learn/achieve?‘I’d like to achieve my City & Guilds, do some in-depth carving, make plaster models and eventually see my work on the
building someday.’Stonemasonry is hard work. Is there anything you do to take care of your hands?‘Not especially, but I might try some of Laura’s cocoa butter!’
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Laura and Jordan have also been working with the Learning and Participation team and Schools Department to develop and create content for the new Loan Box Scheme which will be available to schools, community groups and events in 2018.
Both apprentices have attended meetings with our education partners, Canterbury Christ Church University Faculty of Education, to share ideas.
They have now produced a miniature set of arches using authentic materials and methods to help describe the architectural evolution of the stone arch which is now being tested with teachers and schools across south east Kent.
CommunityWe work with many community groups and other organisations across south east Kent, specifically within areas of deprivation, to engage new and hard-to-reach audiences with the Cathedral’s heritage.
Audience PanelsThe Learning and Participation team hosted a Canterbury Journey presentation and project update with the Cathedral’s audience panels and Canterbury Journey volunteers.
Our audience panels have been instrumental in helping develop the project’s plans and include a broad section of people within the local community.
The panels include the Access Panel, Diversity Panel, Youth Panel and Teachers’ Panel. Their role is to represent the community’s wants and needs, and continue to input ideas and give feedback on our activities.
Diversity HouseOver the past months, we have been forging links with Diversity House which aims to promote community integration, re-integration, social inclusion and cohesion within Swale (one of our priority areas) and Kent communities.
In February we welcomed 17 members of their Youth Group who took part in an introductory highlights tour of the Cathedral.
Diversity House is keen to explore the Cathedral’s collections to learn about their cultural and heritage links to Africa and we look forward to developing some exciting projects with them over the coming years.
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Artist in ResidenceThe Canterbury Journey provides an annual Artist in Residence opportunity at the Cathedral for the duration of the project.
The first appointee is artist, print maker and archivist, Dawn Cole, who will be working with the Learning and Participation team and Schools Department. Dawn will produce a body of work for wider learning through talks, creative workshops and exhibition.
During her residency, Dawn will also be working alongside Cathedral Conservator, Ariane Langreder; the Librarian, Karen Brayshaw; Archivist, Ashleigh Hawkins and the Collections Manager, Sarah Turner to research and curate a ‘Loan Book’ as part of the Cathedral’s new Loan Box Scheme currently being tested with schools across south east Kent.
Dawn exhibits widely and has participated in exhibitions in Japan, France and throughout the UK. Her work is held in the permanent print collection at the V&A and in private collections in the UK, USA and China.
At the International Print Biennale 2011 Dawn was awarded the V&A Print Prize and in January
2013 was shortlisted for and was a finalist for the prestigious Arts Foundation Fellowship Award: Printmaking.
In 2009, Dawn founded ‘Pushing Print’, an arts organisation based in Margate dedicated to printmaking. Dawn has developed this organisation in collaboration with businesses and artists based in Margate Old Town.
Find out more about Dawn from her website: www.dawncole.co.uk
Learning for All
Cathedral in the ClassroomIn March, the Learning and Participation team, together with the Schools Department, presented the first of four Cathedral in the Classroom events.
Twenty teachers from schools across Canterbury came to the Cathedral to find out more about the new Loan Box scheme and how they could use and incorporate the scheme into their teaching.
To get a feel of how interactive the boxes can be, the teachers had a go at making their own herb prints - it was clear this was much enjoyed!
The Loan Boxes are due to be ready for testing in Autumn 2017 and will then be available for schools, community groups and outreach events for engaging a wide range of learners with the Cathedral’s historic collections, themes and stories in 2018.
The next Cathedral in the Classroom event is on 3 May at the Turner Contemporary, Margate. Spaces are limited so booking is essential. Please email: [email protected]
Creative Professional DevelopmentThe Cathedral’s Head of Learning and Participation, Jan Leandro, works with colleges and universities to provide professional development opportunities for students, support their coursework and develop collaborative projects
University of KentStage-2 fine art students at the University of Kent have been given a theoretical ‘client brief’ to create a public realm artwork for the Precincts to enhance the visitor experience during the physical works of The Canterbury Journey.The project might be theoretical
but the process is a realistic one and contributes towards the students’ final degree mark.
Canterbury Christ Church University, Faculty of EducationThe Learning and Participation team and Schools Department have been working in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University to develop the new Loan Box Scheme.
The group has been researching the Cathedral’s historic collections and traditional craft to broaden the learning offered across the curriculum to include STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, as well as art, design and literature.
The Loan Boxes will include authentic objects created by the Cathedral’s stonemasons and stained glass artists as well as high-quality replica objects from the collections.
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Student VolunteersSixty volunteer hours were completed by Francesca and Phoebe, Primary Education students from Canterbury Christ Church University Faculty of Education, who were on placement in the Schools Department as part of their Alternative Learning Experience module.
Francesca and Phoebe investigated loan box schemes, outreach resources and online resources at a wide range of heritage sites across the UK, including cathedrals, museums and art galleries. They made recommendations as to some of the best resources/ideas to include in our thinking in
creating an outstanding schools outreach offer here. They also looked at charging and how loan box schemes are managed, as we look to create a simple, sustainable model that best meets the needs of both school and community groups.
Schools volunteerJane has joined the Cathedral as a Volunteer Schools Liaison contact in the Schools department. She will be promoting the Loan Box and Outreach teachers’ events in Canterbury, Swale, Thanet and Shepway – Canterbury and Thanet are now full (with Canterbury’s event now having taken place - see page 11).
New role coming soonWe will soon be advertising on the website for a voluntary Volunteer Manager. The post-holder will be a valuable member of The Canterbury Journey team. Do keep an eye on the website and social media posts.
Volunteering
Collections CareSeven new volunteers have joined the Collections Care team since January across a range of departments including research, archives, paper conservation, textiles and the library.
Cassie, Jason and Alyson joined in January, and are researching historic artworks and objects together with The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral to create an arts trail to celebrate the Friends’ 90th Anniversary.
Colin has been developing his research into silverware in the collections and he was joined in February by Evie, Rose, Alison and Rachel. They are condition-reporting the church silverware held here at the Cathedral.
Peter and Nikki are researching the Black Prince and will present their findings at the Black Prince conference in November.
In January & February the volunteers gave 351 hours to The Canterbury Journey
Community ArchivePlanning work is underway to create the Community Archive at the Cathedral.
This will include people’s memories, personal histories, photographs and memorabilia relating to the Cathedral, and will involve the recruitment and training of oral history volunteers.
The Learning and Participation team are working in partnership with the University of Kent’s School of History, whose staff and students may be involved in recording and transcribing memories.
This will provide valuable content for wider learning through interpretation and exhibitions.
The launch of the Cathedral’s oral history project will take place on Saturday 8 July 2017 as part of Friends’ Day.
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CollectionsCollections ManagementThe Cathedral’s Collections Manager, Dr Sarah Turner, has written the Cathedral’s policies which will underpin the production of the Collections Management Plan.
The plan will set out best practice in accordance with national standards for caring for the collections which include archive material, library content, objects and artwork. The policies will also be used to support the Cathedral’s application to gain museums accreditation of the archive which is being managed by Head of Archives, Cressida Williams.
The policies are due to be available on the Cathedral’s website.
Cathedral InventoriesOver the past months, we have been working with the Cathedrals’ Fabric Commission England (CFCE), and other cathedrals towards developing revised guidelines for putting together inventories of historic collections.
This significant piece of work will help cathedrals across the UK further develop and manage their inventories.
Exhibition and interpretation plansExhibition designers, Event Communications, have been working with the Cathedral to finalise the list of objects and material for the new exhibition displays in the Crypt, Water Tower and Water Tower Corridor, Library Undercroft and Welcome Centre which will tell the story of the Cathedral.
Event is also refining the exhibition designs and now looking at the finer detail such as colour palate, lighting and interpretation.
The exhibition will be one of the most significant displays of historic collections within the south east (outside of London) and the opening in 2019 will be a major event for this region.
LoansThe Black Prince’s Jupon and Shield and Hubert Walter’s slippers and buskins loaned to the V&A for its Opus Anglicanum exhibition have been returned to the Cathedral. The exhibition has been critically acclaimed and the four items loaned by the Cathedral were important pieces. We are awaiting final visitor numbers for the exhibition, which closed on 5 February, but 38,200 had visited by mid-January 2017.
Now, one of the 17th century Italian pilgrim’s ribbons from the Bargrave Cabinets of Curiosity went on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, for its exhibition, Madonnas and Miracles (7 March 2017 – 4 June 2017). Although it is just a small component of a large exhibition, it is important from the Cathedral’s perspective as it is believed to be the first time it has left the Precincts since Bargrave’s time. It may also be the first time it has left the relative sanctuary of the Cathedral safe store.
The ribbon was apparently purchased in Rome by John Bargrave, a former Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, on his travels around Europe.
It is one of three such ribbons in his collection and is part of his Cabinet of Curiosities. It is made of a peachy-orange ribbon printed with black ink:
ALTEZA DELLA BV M CINTA DELLA B V CAPO DELLA B V M BAMBINO GIESV
This translates as:HEIGHT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF LORETO; GIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN; HEAD OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN; MEASURE OF THE BABY JESUS
This type of ribbon would have been collected from the final destination of a pilgrim’s journey as a memento of the experience.
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Things to come...
Here’s what will happen in the next few months of The Journey...
• Completion of the works compound in the Precincts.• Completion of the new relief drain system and boreholes.• Scaffolding around the West Towers and Clerestory will continue.• Interpretation will be installed on all hoarding on site.• Completion of the temporary shop store and temporary Welcome
Centre.• Restoration and conservation of stonework will begin.• The old Welcome Centre will start to be demolished.
As more works gets underway, your continued support is hugely appreciated. If you have questions about the project and want to find out more, please email The Canterbury Journey team:[email protected] or visit the Journey webpages
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Email: [email protected]