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 …
New Government data backs CPRE Green Belt figures
An analysis of the Government data by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) [Alliance member] shows that since 2012 almost 10,000 hectares of Green Belt land have been released from ‘protected’ Green Belt boundaries by local councils. Ten councils have together released more than …
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2019
The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards recognise the best conservation projects, the most impressive research; the most dedicated heritage professionals and volunteers; and the finest awareness raising, training and educational programmes. Up to 30 remarkable heritage achievements from all over Europe will be …
Fundraising fundamentals
CAF’s new toolkit is intended to help charities put the foundations in place for an effective fundraising strategy.
Historic England supported bursaries for Clore leadership courses
Bursaries supported by Historic England are available for heritage sector professionals in England on three residential ‘Clore’ leadership courses taking place between February and June 2019. Historic England is particularly keen to support applications from people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage and disabled …
2020 Watch nominations open
Nominations are now open for the 2020 World Monuments Watch—a program that uses cultural heritage conservation to empower communities and improve the sustainability of their cherished sites. Every two years, we partner with citizens, activists, and experts in the field to recognize and take action …
Free Gift Aid tools for charities released
The Charity Finance Group has published a package of free online resources and graphics to help charities promote Gift Aid to their donors. CFG published the resources today to coincide with its first Gift Aid Awareness Day, a national campaign to address the estimated £560m …
Register for Museums at Night festival
The Museums at Night festival, takes place from Thursday 25 – Saturday 27 October. Museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites across the UK open up for evening events. You can register events up to the festival dates. Add yours here.