The Government has published Taking Part October 2017: “Focus On…” reports.
Taking Part focus on: Heritage revealed among other things that:
- In 2016/17, 74.8% of adults had visited a heritage site;
- 1.6% of adults had volunteered in the heritage sector in the last 12 months, which is 4.9% of all volunteers
- 2.5% of adults had been involved in planning decisions that affected heritage sites in the last 12 months;
- Engagement with heritage for adults living in rural areas was significantly higher than for adults living in urban areas in 2016/17 across all types of heritage sites except sites connected with sports heritage; and
- 94.2% respondents agreed with the statement “It is important to me that heritage buildings or places are well looked after”.