Salary: £35,078 during probation rising to £38,386 We encourage the sustainable use and development of church buildings and we need your skills as a caseworker. You will be representing us on site visits, producing reports and assessing the impact of proposed changes. You’ll provide guidance …
Historic Houses Association: Operations Officer
Contract: Permanent, Full Time Location: 2 Chester Street, London SW1X 7BB Salary: £25,000-£28,000 The Historic Houses Association (HHA) represents more than 1,600 historic houses, castles and gardens in independent ownership across the UK. These are listed buildings or designated gardens, usually Grade I or II*, …
Local Authority Heritage Services in the South West
Historic England is carrying out a survey on behalf of the South West Historic Environment Forum with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund South West. The survey will objectively study users’ perceptions of the quality of Local Authority Historic Environment Services, that is, services relating …
Review of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund launched
The Government has launched a call for evidence on the roles and responsibilities of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and Heritage Lottery Fund [Alliance Affiliate member]. The call for evidence forms part of a review on how the organisations carry out their roles in …
DCMS seeks views on impact of Business Rates
DCMS is seeking the views of the tourism sector on Business Rates revaluations. Heritage attractions are of course an important part of the tourism sector and we will be asking members for more information on how the increase will affect them. The Museums Association has written …
Share your educational content with schools
CENTURY is an innovative new solution in education being pioneered by over 10,000 students and teachers at secondary schools in the U.K. It is the first advanced platform to use artificial intelligence in education. CENTURY recommends learning topics for each individual student in order to …
Eleven areas bid to be UK City of Culture 2021
Eleven areas have registered bids to be UK City of Culture 2021, Minister of State for Digital and Culture Matt Hancock has announced. Coventry, Hereford, Paisley, Perth, Portsmouth, St David’s and the Hundred of Dewisland, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Swansea, Warrington and Wells have all formally entered …
Countryside Stewardship: woodland tree health grant manual 2017
The woodland tree health grant is a capital grant through which applicants can apply for one-off payments towards the: restoration and restocking of woodland after a tree health issue (payment for the trees themselves and any associated protection items) improvement of woodland due to tree health …
The Great Get Together
The Great Get Together is taking place on 17-18 June this summer. The event is being organised by the family and friends of Jo Cox and coincides with the anniversary of Jo’s death. The Great Get Together hopes to be a national moment of unity …
Public Land for Housing programme 2015-20
This annual report presents data for the first eighteen months of the Public Land for Housing programme to 30 September 2016. It shows that over 90% of land has been identified with departments carrying out strategic reviews to rationalise their estates. The Alliance will be …
Development on previously developed land falls
The Land use change statistics 2015 to 2016 show that only 28% of land changing to residential use was previously developed land, down from an estimated 36% in 2014-15. The main types of land changing to residential use, as measured by area, were: – Vacant land …
Pre 1919 housing stock more likely to be rented than owner occupied
The report on the findings of the survey is split into two sections. The first, on households, covers tenure etc. The second section, on page 24, is on homes and provides an overview of the housing stock in England including: the age, size, and type …