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17-470: The AIBs recognise excellence in the international broadcasting industry with a focus on journalism and factual productions across TV, radio and digital platforms. The AIBs attract entries from broadcasters all over the world. In 2023, over 400 hours of content were entered into the AIBs by broadcasters and production companies in 23 countries and in multiple languages across 19 categories. In addition to programming,

34-727: A letter to The Times that the Church should construct a "Church House" as a memorial of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria . Accordingly, a charity called the Corporation of the Church House was founded by royal charter on 23 February 1888, with the aim of raising the necessary funds and executing the project. A site was selected in Dean's Yard, close to Westminster Abbey and Westminster School . In 1888, sufficient funds had been raised to purchase

51-697: A three-manual pipe-organ built by The John Compton Organ Company of London. After the building's Assembly Hall was directly hit during the Blitz and yet suffered little damage, apart from irreparably damging the pipe-organ, the building was requisitioned for use as a chamber for the House of Lords . The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was held in Westminster Central Hall , on 10 January 1946. The Security Council met for

68-821: Is the home of the headquarters of the Church of England , occupying the south end of Dean's Yard next to Westminster Abbey in London . Besides providing administrative offices for the Church Commissioners , the Archbishops' Council and the Church of England Pensions Board, and a chamber for the General Synod , the building also provided a meeting place for the Parliament of the United Kingdom during World War II , and for some of

85-473: The freehold on a block of buildings occupying the south side of Dean's Yard and bordered by Great Smith Street , Little Smith Street and Tufton Street. These buildings included the Westminster Free Library (which relocated to the other side of Great Smith Street) and a boarding house for pupils at Westminster School. The leases on 10 and 11 Dean's Yard could be purchased outright and these became

102-481: The organs of the newly formed United Nations afterwards, including the first meeting of the UN Security Council . It has more recently been the venue for several notable public inquiries . The idea of a central meeting and administrative building for the Church of England had been raised twice in the mid 19th century and was finally acted upon in 1886 when Harvey Goodwin , Bishop of Carlisle , suggested in

119-690: The AIBs regularly include award categories the reward organisations, such as Channel of the Year and News Agency of the Year. The AIBs are presented each November at a ceremony in London. In 2023, the AIBs will take place at Church House, Westminster on 10 November. Hosts of the AIBs over its 19 years include Mishal Husain , Francine Lacqua , Hala Gorani , Annabel Croft , Matthew Amroliwala and Rana Rahimpour . Church House, Westminster 51°29′52″N 0°7′46″W  /  51.49778°N 0.12944°W  / 51.49778; -0.12944 The Church House

136-527: The Church House hosted 2 boxing events organised by boxing promoter Frank Warren and headlined by Daniel Dubois v Joe Joyce and Anthony Yarde v Lyndon Arthur on the following weekend. There were no spectators due to the Coronavirus pandemic . Lewis %26 Co Lewis and Company was a firm of organ builders founded by Thomas Christopher Lewis (1833–1915), one of the leading organ builders of late 19th-century Britain. Born in London in 1833,

153-542: The Lewis name was dropped. T. C. Lewis continued to build organs for some time after leaving the firm that he had founded. Pre-1886 Lewis & Co had a well respected foreman, George Henry Adams (1843–1932), working for them, who worked on many of the Lewis organs, called. He had previously worked for around 20 years with J. W. Walker. A man called Thynne was dismissed (most likely) from Lewis's in 1881 and when he and Michell set up their short-lived company they managed to persuade

170-555: The building are available on a private hire basis for conferences and events. The Church House is also the meeting-place of the Annual Bond Solon Expert Witness Conference each November, which is the largest gathering of expert witnesses in the UK. The building was made a Grade II listed building in 1988, and is currently used as a conference centre when the general synod is not in session. In December 2020,

187-686: The first time a week later, 17 January 1946, in Church House. Today, the building is the headquarters of the Archbishops' Council , the Church Commissioners and all its boards and councils (since 2007), as well as of the Church of England Pensions Board and the National Society . It is the meeting-place of the General Synod of the Church of England each February (alternating with York in July) and for special and inaugural sessions, usually in November. Areas of

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204-406: The offices of several other Anglican societies, and were inaugurated as the first Church House on 21 July 1888. In November 1889, Sir Arthur Blomfield was selected to design the new building which was intended to occupy the whole site; the south façade of his plans bore some resemblance to Hampton Court Palace . Meanwhile, difficulties with fund raising and obtaining the leases of buildings on

221-533: The site caused a considerable delay. The first part of the project was the Great Hall on the south of the site, the foundation stone for which was laid on 24 June 1891 by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught , and was opened on 11 February 1896 by Prince George, Duke of York . From 1899 the Great Hall contained a fine 3-manual pipe-organ by the London firm of T. C. Lewis ; the gift of the Hon. Richard Strutt. Fund raising for

238-509: The son of Thomas Archdeacon Lewis (1780–1862), a secretary to Charles Blomfield , Bishop of London . Although trained as an architect , Lewis founded a firm of organ builders with John Tunstall and John Whitacker in about 1860. In 1866, the firm moved into premises in Shepherds Lane (now Ferndale Road), Brixton . Under Lewis's direction, the firm built instruments ranging from small chamber organs to major cathedral and concert organs. Lewis

255-534: The western block of the project was quickly under way; which was to include a library and a hall for meetings of the Convocation of Canterbury . This hall was to be named after Henry Hoare , who had been instrumental in the revival of the Convocation in 1852 (its first meeting since 1717). The hall was opened by Frederick Temple , Archbishop of Canterbury , on 28 January 1902. The rest of Blomfield's projected building

272-412: Was never completed. The current building, designed by Sir Herbert Baker , is a 1930s replacement of the original building. Its construction was authorised by an Act of Parliament . Though delayed at first by the depression of the early 1930s , the foundation stone was laid by Queen Mary on 26 June 1937, and the building was officially opened by King George VI on 10 June 1940. The Assembly Hall had

289-599: Was strongly inspired by the organs built in Germany by Edmund Schulze and in France by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll . He was renowned for instruments that had a bright, vibrant tone . Lewis left the firm before 1900, but it continued to maintain the standards set by its founder. In 1919, there was a merger with Henry Willis & Sons who moved into the Brixton works and traded as Henry Willis and Son and Lewis and Company Ltd until 1925 when

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