National heritage charity The Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance member] is running Church Tourism Week, an annual celebration of historic churches, takes place nationwide this week. The week-long programme of events and activities for all ages is a celebration of our outstanding architectural heritage and an invitation …

A five point plan to secure the future of the UK’s church buildings has been set out by the National Churches Trust [Alliance member]. The main features of the National Churches Trust’s plan, published in its Annual Review are: 1. Prioritise the maintenance of church buildings. It …

The AHRC Heritage Priority Area is organising a three day “residency” at the British Academy on the 4-6th of October: a PGR/ECR Heritage Researchers Workshop on the 4th, with an evening Public Lecture and Reception to mark the Formal Launch of the Priority Area; a …

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPGAHW) was formed in 2014 and aims to improve awareness of the benefits that the arts can bring to health and wellbeing. During 2015–17, the APPGAHW conducted an Inquiry into practice and research in the arts …

The soft power 30, a global ranking of soft power has been published by Portland and USC Center on public diplomacy. It can take many generations to build soft power. So it is no surprise that the results of the 2017 Soft Power 30 index are …

Applications are now open for the Art Fund’s Weston Loan Programme. The majority of grants will likely be for between £5,000 and £25,000, although applications for smaller and larger amounts will also be considered. The programme, which is supported by the Garfield Weston Foundation, aims to help …

Arts Council England has published four research reports that explore the impact of public libraries, many of which are heritage assets. The series of reports, commissioned by the Arts Council, show the important contribution libraries make to a range of national and local policy areas, including place-shaping …

Creative Freelancers, draws on evidence from 700 freelancers and around 50 organisations that use them to demonstrate who these workers are and what they do for the fastest growing sector of the British economy. Nearly half of the creative workers in the creative industries – …

Between 1914 and 1919, 1,634 babies born in England and Wales were named in memory of the First World War. DCMS and The National Archives have revealed the forgotten stories of those given the name “Passchendaele” to encourage others to look into their own family connection to …

Arts Minister John Glen has placed a temporary export bar on an exceptionally rare bronze Roman figurine to provide an opportunity to raise £550 to keep it in the country. The figure may be wearing a hooded woollen cloak known as the birrus Britannicus, which is specifically …

The Government has published a number of housing statistics as part of the English Housing Survey. These include: Energy performance by age of home Whether homes meet the decent homes standard by age Information on Potential stock improvements, which reveals that: In 2015, about a million homes (4%) …

The Private Members Bill, introduced by Lord Faulkner of Worcester, is intended to permit young persons to carry out voluntary work on a heritage railway or tramway, has had its first reading. An amendment to the National Citizen Service Bill was unsuccessfully tabled to address concerns over youth …