The Bright Ideas Fund, funded by Power to Change, supports new community business ideas through the start-up and planning stages with tailored business support, to the implementation stage with grants of up to £15,000. The Bright Ideas Fund application is now open and will close on Tuesday …
Gift Aid Small Donations Limit to Rise
The government recently published guidance on its Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS), offering top-up payments on small donations up to £20 for charities or community amateur sports clubs (CASCs). It has now been announced that from April 2019 the GASDS limit will increase from £20 to …
DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2017: Regional GVA
These statistics provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to each region in the UK, measured by GVA (gross value added).
DCMS Launches New Youth Voice Projects
The projects meet three commitments from the Civil Society Strategy to encourage young people to participate in making national policy and will include: A Youth Steering Group A Young Inspectors Group Digital Youth engagement research The projects will be delivered by a consortium of youth organisations …
Technical Conservation Guidance and Research Brochure 2nd Edition Now Available
Looking for a quick guide to Historic England’s technical conservation guidance and research? See the new edition of their brochure here for new advice on: • Insuring historic buildings • Reducing fire risks in thatched properties • Installing solar arrays on historic buildings, and • Carrying out …
English Heritage Receives Its Largest Ever Single Donation
This month, English Heritage has received its largest ever single donation. Tintagel Castle, a heritage site in Cornwall, has been raising funds to build a new footbridge that will increase access to the castle, ease congestion and help to preserve it. £2.5m, by far the largest …
Tourism Alliance Conference – Erratum
The last Heritage Update contained a paragraph from the Tourism Alliance stating that their conference would be used to launch the new Tourism Deal under the Government’s Industrial Strategy. This was in error, the proposed Tourism Sector Deal is currently under formal negotiation between industry …
Create a New ICOM Museum Definition
ICOM, the International Council of Museums, considers that over recent decades museums have radically transformed, adjusted and re-invented their principles, policies and practices, to the point where the ICOM museum definition no longer reflects the challenges and manifold visions and responsibilities. It is therefore inviting …
Revised National Planning Policy Framework
The revised National Planning Policy Framework was updated on 19 February 2019 and sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. This revised Framework replaces the previous National Planning Policy Framework published in March 2012, and revised in July …
Charity Commission and Partners Launch Fraud Resilience Survey
Earlier this week, the Charity Commission for England and Wales announced that it has launched a survey, in partnership with the Fraud Advisory Panel, aimed at gaining a better understanding of charities’ resilience to fraud as well as their levels of cyber security, This follows growing …
RPC Opinion on Proposed Regulation of the Sales, Distribution and Marketing of House Coal and Wet Wood.
The Regulatory Policy Commission (RPC) recently released its opinion on DEFRA’s impact assessment of the Proposed regulation of the sales, distribution and marketing of house coal and wet wood. The objective of the proposal is to meet international obligations and to reduce the negative impacts …
Government Response to The Technical Consultation on Updates to National Planning Policy and Guidance
Over the next 18 months the Government will review the formula and the way it is set using National Statistics data with a view to establish a new approach that balances the need for clarity, simplicity and transparency for local communities with the Government’s aspirations for the …