Twelve grants of between £500,000 and £1m have been allocated to projects across the UK that will involve more young people in heritage. The grants have been awarded through Kick the Dust, HLF’s [Alliance affiliate member] pioneering new funding programme. John Glen, Minister for Arts, …

Every time members buy Co-op own-branded products and services, 1% of what they spend goes into the fund to be shared amongst local causes. Applications for the fund are now open until the 8th August. The selected causes will then be live for 11 months …

Culture& [Alliance member] works to open up who makes and enjoys arts and heritage and is crowdfunding support for its New Museum School project. The School builds on a previous HLF funded Skills for the Future programme which has trained nearly 90 young people from …

This interactive webinar on how the heritage sector can engage the mainstream public on climate change includes Alliance members the National Trust and the International National Trusts. The webinar will look at how can we use our resources and skills to play a useful, educational …

The Inland Waterways Association [Alliance member] has launched a new campaign to encourage everyone to get involved in controlling invasive Himalayan balsam. In addition to its series of work parties organised by various IWA branches around the country, IWA wants to see more individuals helping …

Rethinking Relationships is a report from the first phase of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations. The report, which was produced following extensive research and collaboration with those working within the arts sector, highlights the extent and diversity of …

Historic England raised £15,000 to restore Peter Lazlo Peri’s Festival of Britain sculpture ‘The Sunbathers’. Historic England thanks its backers for giving so generously, including the Heritage Lottery Fund [Affiliate member], Nesta and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport who provided match-funding. The Sunbathers …

Theatres Trust Conference 17: Theatres & Placemaking will take place on Tuesday 17 October at the Lyric Hammersmith, London, discussing the role of theatres and wider cultural infrastructure within placemaking. The conference will examine and debate a number of issues around this vital topic, including …

The Scottish Government has published an analysis of responses ​to the consultation on Place, People and Planning, the review of the Scottish planning system, accompanied by a position statement on proposals it plans on taking forward. The Scottish Government is consulting on elements to be …

A new story by Michael Morpurgo, the author of War Horse, will be performed to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley announced. The work has been specially written for the national commemorations on Sunday 30 July. His live reading …

The Canal and Rivers Trust [Alliance member] protects our waterways’ heritage and has launched Seven Wonders of the Waterways. These include Thomas Telford and William Jessop’s awe-inspiring Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (a Scheduled Ancient Monument; a Grade I Listed structure and a World Heritage Site), Caen Hill …

Civic Voice [Alliance member] volunteers in Altrincham have produced the video below as a simple, effective, way to demonstrate how we can all play a part in celebrating conservation areas. It is a celebration of Altrincham’s 9 conservation areas as part of National Civic Day.