As noted by the Charity Tax Group, HMRC has published the minutes of the Charity Tax Forum meeting held on 7th June 2018 which can be found here. Points of interest include: discussion of the Corporate Criminal Offences legislation – HMRC officials encouraged charities to …

DCMS have added new information to their Community Life Survey released in July, this includes fact sheets for charitable giving and formal volunteering. This may be of interest to heritage organisations when determining the direction of their fundraising and volunteering activities. The full report can …

The Liberal Democrats have published a report calling for the abolition of business rates in favour of a tax on land value. The report sets out proposals for a new “Commercial Landowner Levy”, under which businesses would only be taxed for the land they own …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has released a set of Model Byelaws as guidance for local authorities. Of particular interest to the heritage sector are those relating to Promenades, Seashores, Markets and Pleasure Grounds. For the full list and details click here.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has released a report summarising the current state of the place-based giving movement in England. The research is intended to help paint a clearer picture of the broad range of place-based giving schemes in England, as well …

Historic England has launched its new book Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places at an event at the V&A which the Alliance was delighted to attend. The launch, generously sponsored by Ecclesiastical, saw speeches from Tristram Hunt of the V&A, Sir Laurie Magnus …

Organised by the National Trust and University of Oxford [Alliance members], the ‘Women & Power: Redressing the Balance’ conference has invited submissions for papers on a number of topics. This two day conference due to be held on the 6th and 7th March, 2019 will …

The Government has announced that 16 ‘fast track’ coastal projects ready to start this year will receive over £6 million in investment creating around 1100 jobs. The announcement by the Coastal Communities Fund includes a range of coastal heritage projects from boat tours in Falmouth’s …

Tracey Crouch, Minister for Loneliness, has addressed the Public Health England Annual Conference on the problem of loneliness. In her speech she details £20 million in funding already available for projects designed to bring people together and aims to “expand the national conversation taking place …

The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, looks after over 550 historic vehicle clubs covering cars, motorcycles, buses, coaches, lorries, military, agricultural and steam vehicles. Historic vehicles embrace those created in the late 19th century up to …

According to the report The Next Generation of UK Giving, published by Blackbaud, 11 million millennial donors (born between 1981 and 1995) gave £2.7bn to over 5,000 different charities in 2017 making them the largest donating cohort in the UK. The report stresses that “If …

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Michael Ellis, has placed a temporary export bar on the painting ‘The Spanish Armada in the Year 1588’, by an unknown artist, to provide an opportunity to keep it in the country. The paining is currently at risk …