War Memorials Trust Conservation Administrator

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War Memorials Trust works for the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK. The charity is seeking a Conservation Administrator with initiative and enthusiasm to join its Conservation Team which delivers and develops WMT’s conservation, advisory and grant-making activities. The post is full-time …

War Memorials Trust Learning Officer

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War Memorials Trust works for the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK. The charity is seeking a Learning Officer with initiative, enthusiasm and experience to deliver our Learning Programme. The Programme educates young people about the history and importance of war memorials …

Historic England: Heritage at Risk Projects Officer

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Circa £26,658, Permanent Location: 10 Holliday St, Birmingham, B1 1TG Historic England is the Government`s adviser on the historic environment. One of our primary objectives is to save heritage assets which are at risk, for the benefit of present and future generations. Our local Heritage …

Housing White Paper consultation

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As mentioned at the start of this edition of Heritage Update the Alliance will be responding to the Housing White Paper to ensure that heritage issues are emphasised and more general plans do not inadvertently damage our sector.  You can read our initial reaction here. …

Northern Powerhouse Stakeholder engagement

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The Northern Powerhouse Strategy was launched by the Chancellor at the 2016 Autumn Statement. To support this the Government is undertaking a series of stakeholder engagements on the Northern Powerhouse to help it consider what more can be done to ‘unleash the North’s economic potential’. …

Overseas travel and tourism figures

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The ONS has published the December 2016 figures for overseas travel and tourism. Overseas residents made 9.2 million visits to the UK in the 3 months to December 2016. This was 6% higher than the same 3 months in 2015. The amount spent on these …

Theatres Trust announce UK Theatres Small Grants Scheme recipients

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Theatres Trust [Alliance member] has announced that it is awarding six small capital grants to a range of theatres across the country from its UK Small Grants Scheme. Grants are awarded to: The Place Theatre, Bedford Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington Leatherhead Theatre Market Theatre, Ledbury …

National Lottery Awards 2017

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Enter your chosen project into this year’s National Lottery Awards, the annual search to find the nation’s favourite Lottery-funded projects. There are seven categories, reflecting the different types of projects to benefit from National Lottery funding: Art, Education, Environment, Health, Heritage, Sport and Charity/Voluntary. Winners …

Robert Logan Award for those under 30 in the heritage sector

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The BAFM [Alliance member] Robert Logan Award is open to candidates under 30 years of age working in the heritage sector. Applicants should be engaged on a project which fulfils the following criteria; made an outstanding contribution to your Museum or Institute improved the Museum experience …