Salary £25-35,000 a year, pro rata. Part time, permanent. Deadline: Friday 16 November 2018. The Trust is a not-for-profit charity that is passionate about the heritage of Derbyshire. Although the Trust was formed in 1974, it is currently relaunching itself. A new Board are looking …
Heritage of London Trust Operations Ltd (HOLTOP): consultant
Following the award of an HLF Resilient Heritage grant, the Heritage of London Trust Operations Ltd (HOLTOP) is seeking a consultant to lead, manage, and deliver project activities. The Resilience project aims to strengthen HOLTOP’s future, focus its direction, and share the organisation’s experience of …
Get your Heritage Debate 2018 tickets today!
Please join us for an evening of lively debate followed by drinks and a buffet reception in the Waldorf’s beautiful Palm Court. Tuesday 23 October 2018, 6-9:30pm This years’ debate, generously sponsored by Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, will be centred around the challenge ‘how do we get …
Apprenticeships #HeritageChat
October’s #HeritageChat will take place on 18th October, 13.00-14.00 on the theme of Apprenticeships and is being led by the Historic Environment Apprenticeship Trailblazer group tweeting as @HeritageChat. Our GoogleDoc is open for suggestions until Monday 15th October – please add questions relating to Apprenticeships …
Booking is now open: The Big Update on 12th December 2018 in Central London
The Historic Religious Buildings Alliance’s BIG UPDATE is your chance to keep up to date with what’s happening to secure the future of historic religious buildings, and to chat to others with similar interests and concerns. The only event of its kind, it’s friendly, lively, …
Book now for Heritage Day – Thu 6 December 2018!
Heritage Day 2018 will be held in London’s Grade-I listed Queen Mary Undercroft at the magnificent Old Royal Naval College [Alliance member]. Join us for Loyd Grossman CBE’s final event as our Chair and hear from DCMS and the new National Trust Director-General, Hilary McGrady. …
Response to the Brexit White Paper & MAC report
The Heritage Alliance has responded to the Brexit White Paper from a heritage perspective and set out the implications of the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) final report on EEA migration in the UK.
The Agriculture Bill: Ensuring it works for both the historic and natural environments
The Heritage Alliance’s rural heritage advocacy group has published a paper ‘The Agriculture Bill: Ensuring it works for both the historic and natural environments’ in advance of the second reading of the Agriculture Bill on 10 October 2018. This was also circulated to parliamentarians. The …
Action plan for museums/ partnership framework
DCMS has published an action plan for how it will support museums in England and also a partnership framework to guide national museums. The Mendoza Review: an independent review of museums in England sought to answer the question, how can government create an environment in …
SAVE wins landmark judgement against the Secretary of State on giving reasons for call-in decisions
The Court of Appeal has ruled that ministers must abide by a published Government policy and give reasons for call-in decisions on planning applications. This includes planning applications that were not called in – like the highly controversial Paddington Cube. SAVE [Alliance member] successfully argued …
British Army starts recruiting for revived Monuments Men unit to protect art and archaeology in war
The Telegraph has reported that ‘Lt Colonel Tim Purbrick, who took part in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 as a 26-year-old subaltern, has just taken up command of the newly-created Cultural Property Protection Unit. So far he is commander of one soldier – himself – …
The economic value of culture: a benefit transfer study
DCMS has published research to understand the visitor and non-visitor value of cultural engagement at 4 cultural institutions in England and to test whether economic values for cultural sites can be transferred to similar sites in England. This research by Nesta and Simetrica uses economic …