We are delighted to welcome Spires Heritage as our newest affiliate members. Spires Heritage is passionate about ensuring the future of churches, historic buildings and charities. Based in East London it is a small but dedicated team with significant experience and expertise in heritage project management. Spires …
Help us find an office
Earlier this year we secured an extension for our lease. Our office is now being sold. We would be very grateful for any leads on affordable London office spaces. Thank you to those who have already contacted us with ideas.
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee membership agreed
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee membership for the 2017 Parliament has been agreed. The Alliance will be writing to committee members to welcome them to their posts.
Housing minister speech on housing white paper, NPPF and fees
Housing and Planning Minister, Alok Sharma, has given a speech at the RESI Conference 2017 on ‘fixing the broken housing market. The Minister stressed the Government’s clear manifesto commitment to delivering the White Paper. The Government has now followed this with a new consultation on ‘proposals to …
£22.8 million to support communities to develop Neighbourhood Plans
Housing Minister, Alok Sharma, has announced £22.8 million of funding, which will be around £5.5 million per year until 2022, to provide communities with specialist support to help develop a Neighbourhood Plan. Neighbourhood Plans are intended to give local communities a real say in the development of …
HLF Grants for places of worship
The Heritage Lottery Fund [Alliance member] has circulated pdfs documents on Grants for Places of Worship scheme. The Historic Religious Buildings Alliance [a group within the Heritage Alliance] has put these pdfs on its website placing them in context, with further advice on applying for HLF Grants for …
Number of local authority historic advice specialists continues to fall
Research has been published by Historic England showing that the number of historic advice specialists in local authorities has continued to fall over the previous 12 months, whilst the workload in terms of number of planning application decisions and Listed Building Consent decisions had grown. The number …
Data Protection Bill published
The Government has published The Data Protection Bill which is intended to make data protection laws fit for the digital age and empower people to take control of their data. The Government considers that, as far as possible, existing lawful data processing should be allowed to continue. …
Government ratifies Hague Convention on protecting cultural property
The Government has formalised its commitment to protecting cultural property in times of war by ratifying the 1954 Hague Convention and acceding to its two Protocols. Subject to confirmation by UNESCO, the Convention and Protocols will come into force in the UK on December 12, 2017.
Historic England National Capacity Building Programme 2018-2020 – Call for Applications
On 25 September 2017 the window opens for applications to Historic England‘s National Capacity Building grants programme, for projects that run for a maximum of 2 years. Funding will begin from 1 April 2018, and total grant budgets for each year are: • 2018/19 £307,696 …
Converting to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
In 2013, the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO) was introduced as a new legal structure to meet the needs of small charities in England and Wales. Secondary Legislation to enable charitable companies and Community Interest Companies to convert into CIOs has been laid in Parliament. Subject to …
Government pledges £500,000 for a new Parks Action Group
The new Parks Action Group will include experts from the world of horticulture, leisure, heritage and tourism, and will be tasked with bringing forward proposals to address some of the issues faced by public parks and other green spaces across England. To support them, Government is providing …