{"id":2662,"date":"2023-06-26T12:29:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/?page_id=2662"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:59:39","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/about-us\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\t     class=\"block-columns  no-m lpb  \"\n>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n            \n    \n\n        \t\t            \n        <div class=\"grid\" style=\"grid-template-columns:repeat(1, 1fr);\">\n                            <div class=\"col \">\n                    <h2>Who&#8217;s who on our buildings and events committees?<\/h2>\n<p>The London and Regional Events Committees plan and organise our programme of events. Each committee meets three or four times a year, either in London or online. Ideas for events and potential leaders are always welcome.<\/p>\n<h3>Events Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Plans and organises our programme of events. Ideas for events are always welcome. Meets three times a year in London.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Hall, Chair<\/li>\n<li>Julie Ashdown OBE<\/li>\n<li>Joanna Banham<\/li>\n<li>Dr Steven Brindle<\/li>\n<li>Maya Donelan MBE<\/li>\n<li>Professor Neil Jackson RIBA, FSA<\/li>\n<li>June Lawrence<\/li>\n<li>Henry Sainty<\/li>\n<li>Sophie Sainty<\/li>\n<li>Paul Waite<\/li>\n<li>Kit Wedd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Regional Events Committee<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Ellis (Leicester)<\/li>\n<li>Nina Hatch (Birmingham &amp; West Midlands)<\/li>\n<li>June Diamond (West Yorkshire)<\/li>\n<li>Lucia Contrino (South Yorkshire)<\/li>\n<li>Elaine Davey (Wales)<\/li>\n<li>Rowena Beighton-Dykes (Liverpool)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publications Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Plans and organises the Society&#8217;s commissioning and production of books, and our member&#8217;s magazine, <em>The Victorian<\/em>. Meets four times a year on Zoom and in person in London.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Kathryn Ferry, Chair<\/li>\n<li>Dr Simon Bradley<\/li>\n<li>Dr Steven Brindle<\/li>\n<li>Dr Joshua Mardell<\/li>\n<li>John Seaton<\/li>\n<li>Dr Matthew Wells<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Northern Buildings Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Formulates the Society\u2019s view on listed building consent applications in the North. Meets on Zoom monthly and in person in Manchester.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Davies, Chair<\/li>\n<li>Neil Darlington<\/li>\n<li>Christine Davis<\/li>\n<li>Alexandra Fairclough<\/li>\n<li>Andy Foster<\/li>\n<li>Emily Greenaway<\/li>\n<li>Becky Mills<\/li>\n<li>Ken Moth<\/li>\n<li>John Prichard<\/li>\n<li>Dominic Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Kathryn Sather<\/li>\n<li>Nigel Slack<\/li>\n<li>Mark Watson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Southern Buildings Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Formulates the Society\u2019s view on listed building consent applications in the South. Meets monthly in London.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Scott, Chair<\/li>\n<li>Tom Ashley<\/li>\n<li>Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin<\/li>\n<li>Dr Edward Diestelkamp<\/li>\n<li>Dr Brent Elliott<\/li>\n<li>Alec Forshaw<\/li>\n<li>Maggie Goodall<\/li>\n<li>Michael Hill<\/li>\n<li>Peter Howell<\/li>\n<li>Charles Lawrence<\/li>\n<li>Edward Lewis<\/li>\n<li>David McDonald<\/li>\n<li>Benedict O\u2019Looney<\/li>\n<li>Heloise Palin<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Parham<\/li>\n<li>Mark Price<\/li>\n<li>Dr Aileen Reid<\/li>\n<li>Teresa Sladen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Young Victorians Committee<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ben Byfield<\/li>\n<li>Felicia El Kholi<\/li>\n<li>Nick Leigh<\/li>\n<li>Hadden White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Birmingham and West Midlands Casework Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Examines planning matters in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton; Warwick District including Leamington; Redditch and Bromsgrove).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joe Holyoak, Chair<\/li>\n<li>Rob Allan (Volunteer Caseworker for Sandwell &amp; Dudley)<\/li>\n<li>Andy Foster (Volunteer Caseworker for churches)<\/li>\n<li>Jasna Jaksic<\/li>\n<li>Eva Ling<\/li>\n<li>David Low<\/li>\n<li>Angus Kaye (Society Representative on Warwick DC Conservation Advisory Forum)<\/li>\n<li>Gillian Roberts (Volunteer Caseworker for Wolverhampton)<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Shackley (Volunteer Caseworker for Solihull)<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Vaughan<\/li>\n<li>Mary Worsfold<\/li>\n<li>Tim Bridges (Conservation Adviser)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Regional Group Committees<\/h3>\n<p>Our regional groups each have their own committees. For details, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-groups\/\">Regional Groups<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3703,"parent":2659,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2662","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Committees - The Victorian Society<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The London and Regional Events Committees plan our programme of events- ideas for events and potential leaders are always welcome.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/about-us\/committees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Committees - 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