National charity, Plunkett Foundation, has received £200,000 funding from Allchurches Trust [Alliance member], to enable a specialist support service to provide the bespoke advice and support needed to encourage new community businesses to thrive in places of worship. Read more here. The Plunkett Foundation also published guidance on …

The Society of Antiquaries of London [Alliance Member] this week published their Future of Archaeology Manifesto. In it they propose that pre-development Archaeology can and should deliver more public goods than it currently does, because the system is process-driven and under-resourced. They instead promote a new …

The Media Trust has launched a competition for charities to win free digital marketing strategy training in early 2021. Charities can win a place on an expert-led marketing strategy workshop supported by The Marketing Trust. The full details can be found here. The Trust is also offering …

Centring on the theme of ‘Leadership in Times of Crisis’, the 2021 Oxford Cultural Leaders programme promises to help develop leadership and management skills during this challenging time for the cultural sector. Delivered by the University of Oxford’s [Alliance Member] Saïd Business School and its Gardens, Libraries, …

The SPAB [Alliance member] has announced the winner of their John Betjeman Award for 2020. Out of the four shortlisted projects, the judges declared Tenterden Methodist Church in Kent as the overall winner for their repair of the war memorial pipe organ. The winning projects …

Allchurches Trust [Alliance member] has given over £1.25 million to 149 church and charity projects that give hope to communities facing coronavirus. Funded projects respond to loneliness and isolation, as well as promote community resilience, good mental health and improved use of technology.

The Association of Heritage Engineers (AoHE) [Alliance Member] has launched the Sustainable Skills Initiative (SSN). This project has been set up to combine and amplify the efforts of all the amazing hand skills, experience and talents of the UK’s heritage businesses and artisans as one movement. A broad …

Since May 2019, The Inland Waterways Association [Alliance Member] has supported four organisations with waterways projects through their Waterways in Progress Grants. Providing up to £100,000 in funding and focusing on regeneration, physical wellbeing, communities, and enhancing heritage and habitats, the grants have enabled these organisations …

On 6 December, Icon [Alliance member] also celebrated the 15th anniversary of its first elected Board. In celebration of the pivotal event for conservation, Icon’s first Trustees shared their experiences of the time. “The creation of Icon was the coming of age of conservation in the UK,” Velson …

Icon [Alliance member] has begun welcoming applications for the Nigel Williams Prize. The prize seeks to recognise an outstanding professional project focusing on the conservation/restoration of ceramic, glass or a directly related material. Submissions are welcome from individuals or teams from the private or public sector, …

The AHI (Association for Heritage Interpretation) [Alliance member] awards are now open for 2021. They have a new name and some new categories this year, which respond to coronavirus and make the Awards more inclusive and diverse. The AHI 2021 Engaging People Awards, sponsored by …

Historic England has also released a summary of a forthcoming report it commissioned in 2018 on listing, with evidence particularly from amenity societies: ‘Saunders Report – Consulting with the Amenity Sector on the National Heritage list for England’. This report comes a decade after the …