After having announced a programme for reducing loneliness on 15th October 2018 the DCMS published ‘A connected society. A strategy for tackling loneliness’, a report that sets out the approach to tackling loneliness in England. In the next few years the Government will introduce several …

The Royal Historical Society published on 18th October a report on racial and ethnic inequalities in the teaching and practice of History in the UK. The report draws on a survey of over 700 historians. Results show that, despite the popularity of history as a …

The Gwynedd quarrying landscapes and transport systemssubmitted the application to join the World Heritage List in 2012. Every country can support one site per year between those inscribed in the tentative list to become part of the World Heritage List. On 23rd October, heritage Minister Michael Ellis announced …

On 12th October 2018 a third batch of technical notes was published by the Government to prepare British citizens in case of a ‘no deal scenario’. Further guidance has been published on the following topics that may affect heritage sector: trade in goods, and business regulations. For …

The Government has launched a review on the delivery of funding for farmers, carried out by an independent advisory panel. It will provide recommendations on a fair split of funding between the four countries, without reallocating funds already committed. As stated by the Environment Secretary Michael …

Environment Secretary Michael Gove launched the draft Fisheries Bill on October 25th, to translate EU Common Fisheries Policy rules into UK law. The new Bill aims to promote a more sustainable policy, by controlling access to UK waters, proposing powers to ensure that the UK can set …

The newly published “Historic Environment Update” deals with the following issues: • The new Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Order 2018 (will come into force on 1 January 2019), which will make some important changes to the ecclesiastical exemption regime in Wales; …

The Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) is a UK-wide £10 million strategic initiative to enable up to eight local authorities and communities to develop and implement bold and innovative funding and management solutions for all their green spaces across their place. The initiative is funded by …

25 million people visited a church, chapel or meeting house in 2017-18, which is 49 percent of British adults, according to an opinion poll carried out by ComRes for the National Churches Trust [Alliance member] in September 2018. 24 percent said they had visited a church building, …

Historic Houses (HH) [Alliance member] have recently published research on Heritage Maintenance Funds, commissioned to an independent team of economists. The fund has existed since 1976 for maintenance and repair of significant buildings open to the public. The income generated within them is now however …

On October 26th, Sara Crofts was announced as the new Chief Executive of the Institute of Conservation (ICON) [Alliance member], starting in January 2019. Trained as architect, Sara has been working at HLF as Head of Historic Environment for the last three years and previously served as …

On October 10, English Heritage [Alliance member] marked an event at Wellington Arch to promote the Once & Future Fund, a fundraising effort to build and invest a £2 million endowment, to help conserve and revitalise those more than 300 places in English Heritage’s collection …