38,077 PA, Permanent f/t (37.5 hrs pw) Chesterfield The National Trust is investing in curatorship by increasing the number of Curators and developing our capability and confidence across the organisation. We are looking for someone to use their creativity and innovation, coupled with knowledge and …
National Trust: Curator (Urban & social history)
The National Trust is significantly investing in curatorship, increasing the number of curators and developing our capability and confidence across the organisation. Curators at the Trust are influential and collaborative, working with a wide range of people and using their knowledge and understanding to …
Royal Museums Greenwich: SHTP Project Co-ordinator
To undertake the daily management of this HLF-funded scheme, including administration, recruitment, reporting, timetabling and budgeting. To co-ordinate between the eight host training sites to support, promote and evaluate the key aspects of the training programme. Essential: Experience of developing and delivering training programmes …
National Park Authority (NPA) and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Conservation Board (CB) members
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are seeking new members for the National Park Authority (NPA) and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Conservation Boards (CB). There are 13 vacancies across 7 boards: · Broads Authority · North York Moors NPA · …
ORNC: Heritage Regeneration and Property Development Trustee
The Old Royal Naval College is Sir Christopher Wren’s riverside masterpiece: a famous British landmark which encompasses some of the finest buildings in the world. Sitting by the Thames, in the heart of Greenwich it forms part of ‘Maritime Greenwich’, a World Heritage Site (WHS), …
New analysis shows creative digital exports worth £21bn
The UK’s creative exports are worth £21bn, according to new research on the value of digital trade. This means creative digital exports could be £6bn higher than the previous estimates. Other findings include: • creative industries export £46bn in goods and services, up by nearly £10bn • …
The National Trust’s Director-General is Hilary McGrady
Hilary officially took over the National Trust on 12 March. Hilary has worked for the National Trust for 12 years, the last four of which have been in the executive team role of Chief Operating Officer.
#Ode2Joy Challenge
The #Ode2Joy Challenge is a participatory creative and social media initiative celebrating Europe’s cultural heritage – both tangible and intangible – on the occasion of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. It seeks to unlock creativity and encourage participants to make an “#Ode2Europe” as a humanistic …
BBC: North West parks could be sold by councils
More than half of councils in the North West of England are considering selling parks or finding other organisations to maintain them within the next three years, a BBC investigation has found . The local authorities claim they are being forced to take these measures to counterbalance …
Centenary of the Appointment of Marshal Foch commemorative event on 26 March
On Monday 26 March, there will be a national event commemorating the Centenary of the Appointment of Marshal Foch as Supreme Allied Commander at the Statue of Marshal Foch in Lower Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London at 1pm. The event is ticketed for guests but the general …
Bill Bryson and Joanna Lumley celebrate Sir Christopher Wren’s beautiful London churches
Bill Bryson and Joanna Lumley have picked their favourite Sir Christopher Wren churches, in a feature for English Tourism Week (17-25 March 2018). Their choices are featured as part of a selection of the best of Sir Christopher Wren’s London churches published on the National …
National Trust exhibition celebrates the women’s suffrage anniversary in partnership with National Portrait Gallery
To mark the centenary of the People’s Representation Act which gave some women the right to vote, the National Trust is partnering with the National Portrait Gallery for a touring exhibition to three Trust places. The Workhouse, Nottinghamshire , 29 April – 22 July 2018 Killerton, …