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Best Maintenance of a Historic Building or Place

This award recognises volunteers, professionals, individuals and groups who have maintained a historic building, place, landscape or site. This awards does not recognise dramatic restoration projects, rather the hard work, day-to-day commitment to prevent buildings or places falling into disrepair.

The type of building or place does not matter as long as it is historic – that is, over 30 years old. Ideally we ask that the building or place appears on a recognised heritage register. The building or place does not have to be listed or scheduled; it could be part of a conservation area or a local building of significant interest. This award will also recognise archaeological sites, projects involving parks and gardens. It may recognise buildings removed from the Heritage at Risk register, though prior inclusion on the register is not essential. All sizes and types of rescue project are eligible, as long as the maintenance has been ongoing for at least 5 years.

Best Rescue of an Historic Building or Place - Under £1million

This award recognises volunteers, professionals, individuals and groups who have rescued a historic building, place, landscape or site. The type of building or place does not matter as long as it is historic – that is, over 30 years old, located in Northern Ireland. Ideally we ask that the building or place appears on a recognised heritage register. The building or place does not have to be listed or scheduled; it could be part of a conservation area or a local building of significant interest. This award will also recognise archaeological sites, projects involving parks and gardens.

This award may recognise buildings removed from the Heritage at Risk register, though prior inclusion on the register is not essential. All sizes and types of rescue project are eligible, as long as the total value does not exceed £1 million, and the project has been completed within the last 10 years.

Best Major Regeneration of an Historic Building or Place - Over £1million

This award recognises projects that have seen large scale investment, put into saving, rescuing or regenerating a building or place. This is to award best practice and could be awarded to a team that has given a new lease of life to a building by innovative or sympathetic reuse.

The type of building or place does not matter as long as it is historic – that is, over 30 years old, located in Northern Ireland. Ideally we ask that the building or place appears on a recognised heritage register. The building or place does not have to be listed or scheduled; it could be part of a conservation area or a local building of significant interest. This award will also recognise archaeological sites, projects involving parks and gardens. This award may recognise buildings removed from the Heritage at Risk register, though prior inclusion on the register is not essential.

This may be awarded to an individual who has led on a project within a large organisation or the organisation as a whole. Applications are open to private firms, local authorities, building practices, planners, developers and architects. All sizes and types of rescue projects are eligible, as long as the total value is in excess of £1 million, and the project has been completed within the last 10 years.

Best Contribution to a Heritage Project by Young People

This award recognises the contribution to heritage projects by young people up to the age of 25. The award can be for individuals or groups. Groups may include projects led by school or volunteer groups, social clubs or historical societies. Individuals, including young volunteers, university students and young apprentices are also eligible to apply. The ‘contribution’ should be towards a heritage project or place.

Adults may enter an application on behalf of under 16s. The project must have been completed within the last 5 years.

Best Craftsmanship or Apprentice on a Heritage Rescue or Repair Project

This award recognises volunteers or professionals, including individuals and groups, who have demonstrated the application of craft skills that have been key in repairing or rescuing a historic site. For example, it could be someone who has carved stone gargoyles for a church, repaired a historic window, or learned how to recreate bricks for a particular rescue.

The craft can be from any discipline, for example, woodwork, masonry, metalwork or thatching. It is also an opportunity to award apprentices where work has made a significant contribution to a restoration. This award also looks at those individuals who have trained apprentices to carry on their work. The project must have been carried out in the last 10 years.

Best Research, Interpretation or Recording of a Historic Building or Place

This award recognises those who have helped people better understand and engage with an historic building or place. It is open to everyone who has researched, or recorded heritage and also those who have worked to better present information relating to historic buildings or places to widen audience engagement. This may be an individual or group.

It may be a project that has engaged a local community, school or group by teaching them about the buildings and spaces around them or that has created an archive or unique way of interpreting a historic building or place. For example, it could be a group of local people identifying and promoting areas of improvement in their local conservation area, an individual who has helped to restore a historic public place, or a team who have helped research archaeological site. The project must have been carried out in the last 5 years.