Recent statistics published early this month show that Britain’s creative and arts sectors flourished last year owing to £1.1 billion of support from the Government. Films, TV productions, video games as well as museums and gallery exhibitions benefitted from government tax reliefs. For more information …
Brexit Preparedness Guidance for Local Governments
The Government has recently updated its guidance to assist local authority preparedness for leaving the European Union. They have so far pledged £20 million extra funding for local authorities to support their Brexit preparations as of 3 August 2019 and a network of 9 local …
Guest Editors
This week’s edition of Update was jointly edited by Karen Muperere, Janée Gagnon and Eve Farah who are all interning with the Heritage Alliance over the summer. Karen is currently studying History at St John’s College, Oxford, Janée is a student of Asian Studies and Classical …
Giving To Heritage
Giving to Heritage was The Heritage Alliance’s exciting training programme for fundraisers in the heritage sector, which ended in 2017, but its legacy led to many successful heritage projects and initiatives (see the full report on Giving to Heritage programme here). Working in partnership with the …
Alliance Members – Send Us Your Beautiful Heritage Photos!
As we are in the process of developing a new website, we would like to include more images that showcase the work of our 130+ members and all the heritage they represent across the country, from historic buildings to steam trains. We are therefore asking …
What Would You Like To See On Our New Website?
As you may know, we are developing a new website for the Heritage Alliance. This will ensure that our work and the work of our members is shared in a more helpful and user-friendly way. The new website will also contribute to our future work …
THA – British Council Travel Grant Scheme: Travel Reports
The 2018-19 Heritage Alliance and British Council Travel Grant Scheme enabled recipients to undertake an international visit to meet with colleagues and share skills, expertise and experience. The Travel Grant Scheme also supported UK heritage organisations who are starting to develop mutually beneficial international projects …
Join Us At Our Upcoming Events!
The Heritage Alliance is running an number of events this year. 17 September: Creative Industries Event: Celebrating the launch of our Heritage and the Creative Industries Report, this event will showcase successful collaborations between heritage sites and organisations in the creative industries, sharing best practice …
#HeritageChat
July’s #HeritageChat provided an opportunity for Heritage 2020 to gather feedback on their newly published scoping study into the nature and strength of collaboration between the heritage sector and UK higher education institutions. It asked participants to respond to the findings but also share their …
Let’s Get Digital! – Digital Skills Survey of the Heritage Sector
In light of The National Lottery Heritage Fund recently starting a Digital Campaign to support organisations in the Heritage sector, the Heritage Alliance is conducting a survey in partnership with Media Trust, Charity Digital and Naomi Korn Associates to understand the current digital skills needs …
Call for Case Studies – International Work
Have you or your organisation carried out work internationally? The Heritage Alliance is keen to hear about it. We are currently looking for written case studies from our members to showcase during our International Event. If you are interested in being involved or if you …
Share Your Views on Heritage and Immigration with the Home Office
Members of the Heritage Alliance are reminded that the Alliance, joined by a group of our members representing heritage organisations from across the sector, will be sitting down with the Home Office in due course to discuss proposed changes to the immigration system. We also …