2018: The Year of Northamptonshire Churches is organised by The Northamptonshire Britain’s Best Surprise campaign, an initiative launched in 2017 to promote the county’s significant tourism offering and to strengthen the local visitor economy and communities. The Year will create a lasting legacy in the …
Heritage Open Days 2018: Register NOW!
England’s biggest festival of heritage and culture is gearing up for a spectacular double bill this year; for the first time Heritage Open Days will take place across two weekends, 6-9th and 13-16th September. This year’s theme is Extraordinary Women, focusing on stories and achievements by women that history …
Alert for charities – watch out for CEO fraud
The Charity Commission has issued guidance on CEO fraud. This involves the impersonation of a senior figure (usually the Chief Executive Officer) with subsequent requests for transfers of funds. Action Fraud, the UK’s national fraud reporting centre, have reported an increase in this type of fraud.
Manufacturing better buildings: apply for funding
Innovate UK has up to £72 million to invest in establishing a core innovation hub to support collaboration between industry and academia and transform the construction sector. The funding is for UK-based research and technology organisations that already have substantive existing facilities and expertise to work with …
New COTAC Honorary Secretary.
The Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) has appointed Michael Netter to the role of Honorary Secretary. COTAC is also seeking to appoint two new voluntary Trustees to strengthen its governance, with one of the new appointees being invited to take on the role of …
CAF UK Giving 2018
The CAF 2018 UK Giving Report interviewed 12,000 people across the UK in 2017 in order to help you understand UK giving behaviour in much more detail. The report shows: how much the UK gave to charity last year the main ways that people give who engages in …
Arts Council funding changes
The Arts Council has closed its Grants for the Arts fund and opened a new fund in its place called Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants. The funds are very similar – the main difference is that we’ve expanded the eligibility criteria, so Project Grants supports a …
Heritage Railway Association appoints CEO
The Heritage Railway Association has appointed Stephen Oates as Chief Executive Officer, to help the company handle its increasingly busy role, supporting railways and members across the UK. Steve Oates said, ‘Heritage railways are important. They are important to the nation’s visitor economy attracting some 10 million …
First ever DCMS Diversity Forum
In the first event of its kind, Digital and Culture Secretary Matt Hancock, brought together more than 100 organisations from across the digital, culture, media and sporting worlds to address diversity concerns. The new forum will identify and share best practice for increasing diversity and social mobility, …
Intangible Cultural Heritage
In response to a motion by Fiona Hyslop the Scottish Parliament has noted the terms and purposes of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which was adopted by UNESCO in 2003, and called on the UK Government to ratify it.
New national alliance calls for “Government to get serious on design’’
A new alliance of national organisations aimed at raising awareness of the quality of design in the built environment will come together on April 11th at a joint event in London. Alliance members Civic Voice and IHBC are among organisations hosting a meeting to call on …
Bottle return and littering fines
A deposit return scheme to increase recycling rates and slash the amount of waste polluting our land and seas will be introduced subject to consultation later this year. Such a scheme has been long called for by Alliance member the CPRE, amongst others, and will improve the …