Following the positive reception of this year’s debate, we’re looking to produce a report on how heritage supports health. We want to hear your experiences with health and heritage whether or not you were able to attend the debate.  If you were unable to attend, …

Booking is now open for the biggest event in the heritage calendar – The Heritage Alliance’s annual Heritage Day on 5th December 2017. Heritage Day 2017 will be held in London’s spectacular Grade-I listed RSA House built by the Adam brothers in 1774. Join our Chairman …

Contract Type: Permanent Salary/Stipend: £30000 – £40000 Working Hours: 35 hours per week The Adviser will assist with the assembling of professional teams. In the vast majority of projects, the Adviser’s involvement will be planting seed ideas, encouraging, monitoring, and give advice but not direct …

Loyd Grossman and our CEO, Lizzie Glithero- West, recently met with Secretary of State, Karen Bradley, and Heritage Minister, John Glen to discuss the asks in our Heritage Manifesto. Ministers reiterated that they had heard the concerns raised by the sector around Brexit, and on fiscal measures, …

Booking is now open for the biggest event in the heritage calendar – The Heritage Alliance’s annual Heritage Day on 5th December 2017. Heritage Day 2017 will be held in London’s spectacular Grade-I listed RSA House built by the Adam brothers in 1774. Join our Chairman …

The Heritage Alliance would again like to thank all of those who attended our 2017 heritage debate ‘Is heritage good for your health’. If you were unable to attend, you can now listen to the audio and view the slides here. The debate raised some good …

The Alliance recently met with the team working on heritage within the Department for Communities and Local Government. We raised many of the issues set out in our Heritage Manifesto and elsewhere, including interim protection – see below for the latest on this. We stressed …

We have responded to the Raynsford Review of the planning system. In our response, we highlighted the importance and long history of heritage protection within the planning system and some areas where the operation of the existing system could be improved. The Alliance agrees that there are …

The Alliance has responded to the 2018-19 Local Government Finance Settlement Technical consultation in relation to proposals to reform the operation of the new homes bonus. The proposals would reduce the New Homes Bonus payment in relation to the number of homes allowed on appeal which may …

The Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill, a private member’s bill introduced by Lord Holmes of Richmond (Conservative), had its second reading on 27 October 2017. The Bill as currently drafted could bring heritage volunteering within its scope. The numbers of heritage volunteers rose from 575,300 in 2014/15 …

The first #HeritageChat will run on 16 November 2017, 13.00-14.00 (UK time). #HeritageChat is a new monthly TwitterChat being coordinated by Heritage 2020 on behalf of the historic environment sector. The first session is being led by the Historic Houses Association, tweeting as @HeritageChat, and …

The Historic Religious Buildings Alliance and the Diocese of Hereford are pleased to announce that the new edition of Crossing the Threshold: a step by step guide to developing your place of worship for wider community use and managing successful building projects goes online from Friday 3rd November. …