The #Ode2Joy Challenge is a participatory creative and social media initiative celebrating Europe’s cultural heritage – both tangible and intangible – on the occasion of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. It seeks to unlock creativity and encourage participants to make an “#Ode2Europe” as a humanistic …

More than half of councils in the North West of England are considering selling parks or finding other organisations to maintain them within the next three years, a BBC investigation has found . The local authorities claim they are being forced to take these measures to counterbalance …

On Monday 26 March, there will be a national event commemorating the Centenary of the Appointment of Marshal Foch as Supreme Allied Commander at the Statue of Marshal Foch in Lower Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London at 1pm. The event is ticketed for guests but the general …

Bill Bryson and Joanna Lumley have picked their favourite Sir Christopher Wren churches, in a feature for English Tourism Week (17-25 March 2018). Their choices are featured as part of a selection of the best of Sir Christopher Wren’s London churches published on the National …

To mark the centenary of the People’s Representation Act which gave some women the right to vote, the National Trust is partnering with the National Portrait Gallery for a touring exhibition to three Trust places. The Workhouse, Nottinghamshire , 29 April – 22 July 2018 Killerton, …

The Libraries Taskforce  (with contributions from community managed libraries) has produced a good practice guide for people who are running or considering establishing community libraries, many of which will be heritage assets.

Charities in the UK received more than £10bn worth of donations during 2017, despite the fact that the number of people giving actually fell, according to the Charities Aid Foundation. The UK Giving report, published by CAF, showed that the total amount given to charity …

Europa Nostra [Alliance member] and the European Investment Bank Institute have announced the most threatened heritage sites in Europe for 2018: the Post-Byzantine Churches in Voskopoja and Vithkuqi in Albania, the Historic Centre of Vienna in Austria, the Buzludzha Monument in Bulgaria, the David Gareji Monasteries and …

In association with Santander Universities, UCL provides a subsidised funding for a number of internships across its Summer Internships Scheme which supports the training allowance for a UCL student or graduate intern to work with organisations during the summer. Places for organisations to take part in this scheme …

The Canal & River Trust [Alliance member] has collected their Heritage Reports for the past five years in a new page to summarise and reflect on their ongoing heritage activity and performance. Richard Parry, chief executive at the Canal & River Trust, said: “Championing and …

As part of the Immortalised season, Historic England has launched a design ideas competition to explore new approaches to memorialisation. The competition aims to challenge architects, designers, and artists to think about what monuments and memorials they would want to leave for the future. Individuals and teams …

The Nanomatch project has developed nano-structured compounds for the preservation of stone, glass and wood in historical buildings. These products consist of nanoparticles suspended or dissolved in solvents that evaporate once applied. The substances deposited this way then react with ambient air and moisture, transforming into a …