The Inland Waterways Association [Alliance member] has launched a new campaign to encourage everyone to get involved in controlling invasive Himalayan balsam. In addition to its series of work parties organised by various IWA branches around the country, IWA wants to see more individuals helping …

Rethinking Relationships is a report from the first phase of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations. The report, which was produced following extensive research and collaboration with those working within the arts sector, highlights the extent and diversity of …

Historic England raised £15,000 to restore Peter Lazlo Peri’s Festival of Britain sculpture ‘The Sunbathers’. Historic England thanks its backers for giving so generously, including the Heritage Lottery Fund [Affiliate member], Nesta and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport who provided match-funding. The Sunbathers …

Theatres Trust Conference 17: Theatres & Placemaking will take place on Tuesday 17 October at the Lyric Hammersmith, London, discussing the role of theatres and wider cultural infrastructure within placemaking. The conference will examine and debate a number of issues around this vital topic, including …

The Scottish Government has published an analysis of responses ​to the consultation on Place, People and Planning, the review of the Scottish planning system, accompanied by a position statement on proposals it plans on taking forward. The Scottish Government is consulting on elements to be …

A new story by Michael Morpurgo, the author of War Horse, will be performed to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley announced. The work has been specially written for the national commemorations on Sunday 30 July. His live reading …

The Canal and Rivers Trust [Alliance member] protects our waterways’ heritage and has launched Seven Wonders of the Waterways. These include Thomas Telford and William Jessop’s awe-inspiring Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (a Scheduled Ancient Monument; a Grade I Listed structure and a World Heritage Site), Caen Hill …

Civic Voice [Alliance member] volunteers in Altrincham have produced the video below as a simple, effective, way to demonstrate how we can all play a part in celebrating conservation areas. It is a celebration of Altrincham’s 9 conservation areas as part of National Civic Day.

Arts Minister John Glen has placed a temporary export bar on a drawing of the Schmadribach Waterfall, by Austrian Romantic artist Joseph Anton Koch. This provides an opportunity to keep it in the country if a buyer can match the asking price of £68,750. Dating …

New Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund will unlock over £1 billion for full fibre broadband across the country. The Government’s £400 million Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund (DIIF) will unlock over £1 billion for full fibre broadband, and kick-start better broadband connections across the country. Ministers seek …

New garden cities, towns and villages have been proposed as one way to meet the housing shortfall. A new garden city is under development at Ebbsfleet and the Government has offered support for a number of further garden town and village sites across the country. …

Kevin Brennan, Shadow Minister for Arts and Heritage, posed a written question asking the Secretary of State for DCMS, what recent discussions she has had with heritage sector representatives on establishing a budget for collaborative research projects on conservation issues between the UK and other …