John Orna-Ornstein has been appointed Director of Curation and Experience at the National Trust [Alliance member]. John joins the Trust from Arts Council England, where he has been the national Director of Museums and regional director for arts and culture in the East of England. During that …
Export of Objects of Cultural Interest Report 2015/16
The 62nd annual report on the Export of Objects of Cultural Interest has been published. Between 1 May 2015 and 30 April 2016, 25 cases were considered by the Reviewing Committee. 21 were deferred by the Secretary of State following the recommendation of the Committee. …
Crowdfunding workshop for heritage projects
Heritage Lottery Fund [Alliance affiliate member], Crowdfunder and Nesta, the UK’s innovation Foundation, are delighted to invite you to this ½ day workshop on crowdfunding for heritage projects. This free workshop will be split into two parts. In part one you will get an introduction …
Charitable giving and grant in aid received by DCMS funded cultural institutions
The report notes that: Total fundraising income for DCMS funded cultural institutions in 2015/16 (including donated objects) was £439 million, a 15.6% decrease from £520 million in 2014/15. When donated objects are excluded, their total fundraising was £418 million in 2015/16, a 0.9% decrease from …
Literary Trail launched by Historic Houses Association
The Historic Houses Association [Alliance member] has launched a new online Literary Trail. The trail features over 40 HHA Member houses, all around the UK, that have links to literary figures, books and plays. 2017 has been named the “Year of Literary Heroes” by Visit …
Environment Secretary sets out her post Brexit vision
Andrea Leadsom set out her priorities for a post Brexit sector at the National Farmers’ Union Conference. The environment is one of the Secretary of State’s priorities set out in the speech. She notes that ‘ British farmers don’t only produce world-class food, but as …
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act receives Royal Assent
The Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act has now received Royal Assent. DCMS has now informed us of the process for formal ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention and accession to the Protocols: 1. The Second Protocol was laid before Parliament on 6th February under a …
Neighbourhood Planning Bill amended
Peers have passed an amendment to the Neighbourhood Planning Bill that would ensure that the government cannot prevent local authorities from attaching conditions to planning permission where those conditions meet the policy tests in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The amendment, moved by former Lib …
Housing Minister Gavin Barwell speaks at CPRE Annual Lecture
The CPRE [Alliance member] Annual Lecture was given by Housing Minister Gavin Barwell on 20 February 2017. The Minister’s speech was followed by responses from Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) Chief Executive Kate Henderson, Shelter UK Head of Policy Toby Lloyd and CPRE Chief …
Seasonal Workers Apprenticeship Pilot
The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is running a pilot for businesses that wish to employ apprentices who work on seasonal contracts. All tourism and hospitality businesses interested in participating, including those with a direct funding contract, or those without an existing arrangement with a training …
APPG for Civic Societies debates the Housing White Paper
Civic Voice [Alliance member] last week hosted its second APPG for Civic Societies event of the year, which debated the Housing White Paper. Joan Humble, Civic Voice chair finished by stating our stance on the Housing White Paper. She was pleased to see the focus …
Lords Select committee examines EU data protection rules
The Committee took evidence on the EU data protection Directive and Regulation, the EU-US Privacy Shield and the EU-US Umbrella Agreement. The Committee asked questions such as, ‘assuming that the UK will be treated as a third country on data protection issues once the UK …