Are you a business leader? Are you passionate about accessibility? Do you want to encourage culture change within UK business? If your answer to these questions is yes, you could be one of the next disability sector champions. The DWP is issuing a call for business …
ORNC: Recruitment of Trustee to the Board
The Greenwich Foundation wishes to appoint a new trustee to join the Board. This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the charity. The Painted Hall reopening in the Spring of 2019 with a greatly enhanced interpretation means our expectations are high; we want …
The Heritage Alliance travel grant scheme: apply for your grant!
The Heritage Alliance, with support from the British Council, is delighted to offer travel grants to support UK heritage professionals to develop mutually beneficial international projects and partnerships for their organisations. This welcome scheme was one of the recommendations in the Heritage Alliance’s 2018 international report. The …
Secure Your Ticket for the Heritage Day – 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]. Reduced price tickets are £40 for members, £25 for students and £65 for non-members. Limited places remain and last year’s event sold out early, …
Book your stand at Heritage Day!
Are you interested in advertising at Heritage Day, the major annual event for the heritage sector? As Alliance members, we are able to offer space down the side of the main room Heritage Day is taking place in, with a table and the ability to …
Help us to improve our Website!
We are in the process of updating our website and would like to hear from our website users on how they use our current website and what they would like to see in a new version. We have created a simple survey to allow visitors …
Health, Wellbeing and the Historic Environment – Heritage Chat summary
November’s #HeritageChat explored the relationship between the Historic Environment, health and wellbeing, and in particular how the sector can help to address current health and wellbeing concerns. Participants used their insight from past experiences to discuss the issues that the sector will need to collectively …
Legal corner: Historic buildings and reasonable adjustments – requirements and best practice
If you’re running a historic building or heritage site, you’ll want the widest cross-section of the public to be able to visit and enjoy your property. When it comes to accommodating visitors with disabilities, the Equality Act also imposes a legal duty on employers and …
Guest editor
This edition of Heritage Update has been edited by the Alliance’s intern Francesca Benetti. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Padua (Italy). Her research focuses on public participation in the heritage sector, particularly in archaeology, by comparing legislation and policies in UK …
Giving to Heritage project referenced in evaluation of HLF Catalyst grants
A new report has revealed that HLF catalyst grants boosted fundraising skills across UK heritage organisations. UK heritage will be more resilient and less reliant on public funding after almost 20,000 people across 4,100 organisations received specialist fundraising training, mentoring, and business support, according to a …
Britain’s creative industries break the £100 billion barrier
New figures reveal Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s sectors are now worth £268 billion. The value of the creative industries to the UK is up from £94.8 billion in 2016 to £101.5 billion, and has grown at nearly twice the rate of the …
DCMS publishes new ‘Principles of selection for listing buildings’
The DCMS has recently published the updated ‘Principles of selection for listed buildings‘ which sets out the statutory criteria and general principles applied by the Secretary of State when deciding whether a building is of special architectural or historic interest. The selected buildings will be …