(7-month freelance contract – home-based) The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) provides advice, grants and loans to facilitate historic building projects led by charities, social enterprises and not-for-private-profit organisations. We are focussed particularly on helping develop projects involving the transfer of heritage assets from the public …

Liverpool Council, together with government and Historic England, has drafted a Desired State of Conservation Report (DSOCR) which describes the corrective measures Liverpool is proposing to protect the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the site which the city hopes will persuade UNESCO to remove the site from …

The Architecture Schools Database is a new free-to-access digital platform designed to showcase the work of architecture schools from across the world. It provides a searchable aggregator of the design studios and research projects being undertaken in schools where architecture is taught in English. The database allows …

Historic England has published ‘The British Mosque’ which presents the first overview of Muslim architecture in Britain, from the earliest examples in the late 19th century, to the mosques being built today. Key architectural stages are identified and explained alongside the social history of Muslim …

Arts Minister, Michael Ellis, has placed a temporary export bar on The Destruction of Pharaoh’s Host, by the British artist John Martin (1789-1854), to provide an opportunity to keep it in the country. The watercolour is at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer …

The Charity Commission has updated its guidance on how charities can protect themselves from fraud to update the cyber-security section with a link to the new National Cyber Security Centre guidance for charities.

The Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance member] is planning a £4.3 million project to restore Sunderland’s 1719, Grade I listed, Holy Trinity The CCT has already secured nearly £1 million of match funding and will soon hear the outcome of a bid to the Heritage Lottery …

Buzzfeed has revealed that Queer Britain: The National LGBTQ+ Museum is being planned for London.  According to those behind the plans, it will dwarf existing museums devoted to queer history elsewhere– most notably Berlin’s Schwules Museum – and draw together an unprecedented collection of historical, artistic, political, …

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, has announced Waltham Forest as London Borough of Culture 2019 and Brent as London Borough of Culture 2020. The London Borough of Culture award is a major new initiative launched by the Mayor Sadiq Khan in June 2017 – inspired by the …

Great Exhibition of the North is a free, summer-long celebration of the North of England’s pioneering spirit. The country’s biggest event in 2018, it will pack a programme of amazing exhibits, live performances, displays of innovation, new artworks and unforgettable experiences into 80 days. Heritage events are …

Libraries Deliver: Ambition sets out the Government’s and Libraries Taskforce’s vision for, and commitment to, public libraries in England. It sets out how library services in England can help transform people, communities and society as a whole. It also provides a confirmation of how libraries support …

The statistics published by DCMS note that, among other things, GVA from Creative Industries, Cultural Sector and Digital sectors is largely concentrated in London and the South East regions. However, the statistics are of limited use for the heritage sector as they recognise ‘that the published estimates …