Environment Minister, Thérèse Coffey, announced on 15th August that over £300,000 is available to community projects that tackle litter. The first round of funding saw councils, charities, businesses and public projects awarded close to £125,000 to prevent littering in their local communities.  Litter can affect the setting …

The Guardian has reported that a planning  application to relocate a statue of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst from its site near the Houses of Parliament to the private Regent’s University in Regent’s Park has been met with anger and condemnation. The proposal was submitted to Westminster Council from …

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright has given a speech at the Edinburgh International Culture Summit. He set out how post-Brexit Britain will seek to use its rich vein of creativity and culture to demonstrate to the world that it will remain …

The European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage (EFAITH) have announced that, as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, it is establishing a new web-database for historic harbour cranes in Europe. It aims to develop a list of cranes used at maritime as …

DEFRA received 43,356 responses and 127,183 signatures across 3 petitions to this consultation. This coincided with regional events and policy roundtable-sessions across England, in which the views of over 1,250 land managers and other stakeholders were hears. DEFRA plans to publish a report on the consultation …

A DCMS report evaluating the economic impacts and public value of the Superfast Broadband Programme highlights the benefits and importance of a superfast broadband programme to rural sites, the home of many heritage attractions and businesses. Indeed, new research shows faster broadband has created a £9 billion increase for …

DCMS has published the results of its Community Life Survey 2017-2018. The survey included a range of interesting statistics such as: 22% of those surveyed volunteered formally at least once a month, 75% gave to charity in the 4 weeks before completing the survey, 38% …

The Government has launched a £200 million Pilot Right to Buy scheme in the Midlands to allow thousands of social housing association tenants to own their home.  Money from the discounted sales will then be used to fund replacement homes. The Heritage Sector’s concern is that the …

Three Egyptian curators who were invited to present research at an international museum conference in Swansea have had their visa applications rejected by the Home Office.Despite having been given grants from Icom to cover their flights, accommodation and living expenses while in the UK, their applications …

On 15th August, Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, launched a new garden communities programme aiming to create high-quality homes and green spaces , expanding on Government’s plans for more locally-led developments. English Councils and private developers who have secured support from local authorities can apply …

The British Council has announced that it has opened a final one-off funding round for Cultural Protection Fund applications to deliver project activity between April – December 2019. The £30m fund, in partnership with DCMS, was established to protect cultural heritage at risk in twelve conflict-afflicted countries …

The Government has released a number of papers detailing how to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. Amongst the papers most relevant to the Heritage Sector if there’s no Brexit deal are: The Government’s guarantee for EU-funded programmes, Horizon 2020 funding, Farm payments, Receiving rural development …