Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring who painted her west London house in red and white stripes has successfully challenged the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s use of a S.215 notice requiring her to repaint it. The court concluded that Parliament has not sought to prevent landowners, including those in …

The Taking Part survey results for April 2017 on diversity trends and museums and galleries have been published. Diversity Trends, 2005/06 to 2015/16 reveals significant increases in heritage engagement across almost all demographic groups. Engagement levels are higher for white people, the upper socio-economic group and for those without …

The museums and galleries tax relief was due to be legislated in the Finance (No.2) Bill 2016-17. Due to the election the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has announced that, as is usual at this stage before an election to allow it to pass Parliament …

Since 2011, the Historic England Angel Awards have recognised the efforts of local people and groups who go to great lengths to preserve their heritage. The 2017 Angel Awards are now open for applications. You can apply for yourself, or you can nominate another person or group. There …

The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) [Alliance member] has launched a new website with free resources and publications, including a section for heritage trustees and event listings. The website includes AIM’s own online content combined with new and useful sections such as case studies from …

The Government has published Guidance for local authorities in their implementation of new brownfield registers of land suitable for housing. Sites entered on Part 2 of the new brownfield registers will be granted permission in principle. The proposals came in to force in mid April 2017 and local …

A charity commission report has found that while three quarters of a sample of charity accounts provided basic information on charitable activities, a quarter of charities failed to provide this information and fell well short of the standard the public should expect. The main reasons these sets …

The Giving to Heritage programme is drawing to a close and we need you to take our short survey to assess the impact of the entire programme on the individuals and heritage organisations participating in the training. Gathering this evidence is crucial for supporting future programmes, to …

With just one full time member of staff we are looking for a volunteer to help support our administrative work at least one day a week at our Westminster office. To find out more please email policy@theheritagealliance.org.uk.

The lease on our Westminster office expires in a few months. Can you find us a new home? Currently our rent takes up funding that could be better spent on our work and staff. We need to be as close to Westminster as possible – …

We would like to welcome to the newest Heritage Alliance member, the Scottish Confucius Institute for Business & Communication (SCIBC at Heriot-Watt University. The SCIBC is part of a global family of Confucius Institutes (broadly equivalent to a Chinese version of the British Council, and …

The Heritage Alliance has responded to the Fundraising Regulator’s consultation on Code of Fundraising Practice. The Code of Fundraising Practice and its associated Rulebooks for Street and Door Fundraising outline the standards expected of all charitable fundraising organisations across the UK. The standards were developed by the fundraising community through …