Speakers
Session 1: Positive Resilience in Conservation
During the first lockdown Ian Watson, Ruth Stevens, Anne-Marie Miller and Victoria Stevens decided to meet on Zoom as a mutual support group. We knew each other from either working together or meeting in the course of our work and becoming friends. At the time working was becoming very isolated and sometimes stressful – some were busy, others not so. We thought if we could share work, inspiration and ideas we could get through the difficulties with our minds and businesses intact. This regular contact led to the realisation that we all wanted to work more collaboratively, and the CIC grew from that desire.
Each conservator has brought a different talent and personality to the group, which we think has made the CIC more robust and resilient. Our roles reflect our different strengths and we are also supportive of each other.
We will discuss our individual journeys through the process of initial contact to setting up a business together, our motivations, how inspiring that has been for us individually, and why we think we can achieve more as a group of conservators working together with a single focus.
We’ve had our ups and downs, had to tackle some difficult decisions and learnt new ways of working. But, despite the many distractions we all have to cope with, we have found time and energy to bring to this new collaborative project because we think it is an important and meaningful endeavour.
