The Aviva Community Fund is now open!

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The Aviva Community Fund is back, offering support and funding to causes. To be eligible to apply, the project has to enrich the community, making positive changes to people’s lives in one of these four categories: •    Health and wellbeing •    Skills for life •    Community …

Planning for the right homes in the right places

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DCLG is consulting on a number of proposals to reform the planning system to increase the supply of new homes and increase local authority capacity to manage growth. Proposals include: a standard method for calculating local authorities’ housing need how neighbourhood planning groups can have greater …

Consultation on new homes bonus

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The Government is consulting on the local Government finance settlement 2018 to 2019.  This closes at 11:45pm on 26 October 2017. The consultation looks at the design of the new homes bonus for councils and considers an alternative approach. Instead of linking a reduction in the Bonus …

A Recipe for inclusion – Interpretation through Food

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The Association for Heritage Interpretation [Alliance member] is holding a workshop on 6th November on how food can provide the ‘Relate’ factor for visitors within many heritage interpretation experiences, and enhance long-lasting memories. The day will include presentations, activities and group work to entice your thinking and …

The next 50 years for conservation areas.

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In the 50th year since legislation was passed to allow the designation of conservation areas, it is appropriate for us to celebrate establishing these areas as a key part of our historic environment. However, we should also look at what lessons we have learned over …

The Churches Conservation Trust Symposium 28 September

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A one-day Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance member] symposium exploring the arts and crafts, architectural history and heritage of a Gloucestershire parish. At this inaugural symposium, a programme of talks from acclaimed experts in conservation, heritage and arts will provide a unique insight into the Arts …

Holme Pierrepont Hall: HLF project manager

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Closing date: September 29th  Interviews:  October 6th Holme Pierrepont Hall has been successful in obtaining a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to carry out certain repairs to the garden walls, to hold several related activities, supervise historic research & interpretation and recruit volunteer …

National Trust: Curator / Urban & social history specialist

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£36,880 pa Permanent f/t (37.5 hrs pw) Birmingham Ref: IRC56401 The National Trust is significantly investing in curatorship, increasing the number of curators and developing our capability and confidence across the organisation. Curators at the Trust are influential and collaborative, working with a wide range …

National Trust: Collections Conservation Documentation Officer

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£22,295 pa Fixed Term f/t (37.5 hrs pw to 12/12/17) Bodmin Ref: IRC56095 We are seeking an enthusiastic team of data input officers to work on and capture the National Trust’s collections conservation history and add it to our Collections Management System (CMS). In this …