The new scheme aims to provide grants of up to £3,000 to small museums to fund projects that ‘tell the stories of science and scientists relevant to communities across the UK’. It is open for applications and will close at 3pm on Wednesday 26th September 2018.

A 12th century statue of a Buddha stolen from India in 1961 is to be returned to the country after a police investigation. The bronze effigy is one of 14 statues that were taken from a museum in Nalanda, Eastern India. The Buddha had several owners before …

In September a new trial will be launched for Advice for the Non-Profit / Charity Sector (AFVS) members – a legal helpline offering a free 30-minute telephone consultation to discuss any legal queries or matters affecting their charity. Prepare a charity annual return: Reminder that …

Following strong support and funding, the Kedleston Voice campaign has submitted an application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. They are seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision on building 400 new homes which would affect the setting of a listed building. A decision from …

Otherworld festival of night-time events at museums, galleries, historic houses, archives and libraries at 50 venues across London takes place from Friday 21st – Saturday 22nd June 2019. It seeks to inspire new generations to fall in love with heritage and museums by turning notions of …

The third and final round of the AIM [Alliance member] Biffa Award History Makers Programme is now open for applications from AIM member museums in England. Grants of up to £90,000 are available to support museums by creating new exhibitions featuring the lives and achievements of extraordinary, …

As part of the Heritage Lottery Funded project ‘Hidden Histories, Hidden Historians’, Manchester Histories has launched a new set of toolkits to guide users through historical research projects. The toolkits include ‘doing your historical research project’, ‘doing your oral history project’, ‘evaluating your project’ and ‘creating …

Environment Minister, Thérèse Coffey, announced on 15th August that over £300,000 is available to community projects that tackle litter. The first round of funding saw councils, charities, businesses and public projects awarded close to £125,000 to prevent littering in their local communities.  Litter can affect the setting …

The Guardian has reported that a planning  application to relocate a statue of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst from its site near the Houses of Parliament to the private Regent’s University in Regent’s Park has been met with anger and condemnation. The proposal was submitted to Westminster Council from …

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright has given a speech at the Edinburgh International Culture Summit. He set out how post-Brexit Britain will seek to use its rich vein of creativity and culture to demonstrate to the world that it will remain …

The European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage (EFAITH) have announced that, as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, it is establishing a new web-database for historic harbour cranes in Europe. It aims to develop a list of cranes used at maritime as …

DEFRA received 43,356 responses and 127,183 signatures across 3 petitions to this consultation. This coincided with regional events and policy roundtable-sessions across England, in which the views of over 1,250 land managers and other stakeholders were hears. DEFRA plans to publish a report on the consultation …