Value of contract: £50k As part of our planning for the period of our next strategic plan (2019 onwards), we would like to commission consultants with experience of social research and the culture sector to help us with the delivery of a public consultation on …
Church of England: Funding and Project Adviser
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 …
Old Royal Naval College: Prospect Research Manager
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), …
Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust: 3 new trustees
The Board of Trustees of the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust is seeking 3 new trustees to join the Board of what is arguably Britain’s biggest and most exciting heritage regeneration project. The Trust is seeking trustees with specific skills in the areas of finance, architecture …
Night of Heritage Light 2017
The Night of Heritage Light took place in Oxford on the 29th September and was organised by the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) in partnership with Oxford University’s Curiosity Carnival. The event saw the illumination the iconic eighteenth-century Radcliffe Observatory [see the header of …
International conference Participation in cultural heritage for mental health recovery – Call For Contributions
This conference wants to bring together, on 29 and 30 November 2018 in Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent (Belgium), individuals from the public, academic, third sector and voluntary sectors to promote learning, discussion and debate around interventions with cultural heritage with the aim of improving …
Workshop: How to Edit Wikipedia, 17 November 2017, Edinburgh
The National Heritage Science Forum is partnering with Wikimedia UK to provide a series of free training sessions around the UK, to develop the skills to work with Wikipedia. The next session will be held at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh on the …
C20 Lost Modern Campaign
Some of Britain’s most dynamic and expressive buildings are being lost to the developers’ wrecking ball because the speed of demolition increasingly outpaces heritage recognition, says Catherine Croft, Director of the Twentieth Century Society [Alliance member]. She made the claims as the Society publishes a …
World War I HLF projects
In response to a written question, Heritage Minister John Glen, has stated that the Government has committed funds to support the National Commemorative events delivered by DCMS – to commemorate the Gallipoli Campaign, the battles of Jutland, the Somme and Passchendaele, and a variety of …
Moving Image Fund for Museums
The second round of the Moving Image Fund is open for applications. The deadline is midday on Monday 30 October 2017. The Moving Image Fund was created in 2015 to address the challenges that UK museums face when building their collections of moving-image works. The …
40 Years of Sussex Heritage Trust celebrated
Sussex Heritage Trust [Alliance member] celebrated its 40th Anniversary at a black-tie dinner at Petworth House on Friday 6th October. Hosted by the Trust’s President, The Rt. Hon. Lord Egremont and Lady Egremont, the dinner, attended by over 150 guests from across Sussex, highlighted the …
AHI announce winners of 2017 Discover Heritage Awards
The winners of the AHI [Alliance member] 2017 Discover Heritage Awards have been announced. The finalists and winners represent the visitor centres, museums, historic houses, gardens and landscapes which demonstrate best-practice in heritage interpretation. The award-winners were announced at a ceremony in Inverness in front …