Nominate a Heritage Hero!

Policy News

Nominations are open for Ecclesiastical’s Heritage Heroes Awards 2021, which celebrate the incredible contribution of volunteers across the sector. You can download this form to nominate someone you think has made an especially positive impact this year. In addition to our yearly Heritage Hero award, there …

‘Levelling Up’: What Does it Mean for Heritage?

Policy Events

The Heritage Alliance’s 2021 Heritage Debate will be taking place on 30 November from 10am-12pm and will tackle the topic of ‘levelling up’ and what it means for heritage. This event will provide an opportunity for heritage professionals to discuss the role that the sector can help play in …

Blog: Culture & Heritage at COP26

Policy News

A blog from the Deputy Chair of the Heritage Alliance and Historic Environment Director at the National Trust, Ingrid Samuel, on her experiences at COP26. “How was your COP?” is the question you get asked with increasing frequency as the second and final week of …

Backing the Bedrock: Our Fiscal & Funding Manifesto for 2021

Policy News

Backing the Bedrock sets out the fiscal and funding priorities of The Heritage Alliance, as the voice of the independent heritage movement in England. We recently submitted our key asks to HM Treasury in line with the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 (SR21). Download …

Diversity & Accessibility in the Heritage Sector – Share Your Views

Policy News

We are working to better understand Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility in the Heritage sector through two UK-wide surveys (linked below). We encourage as many organisations as possible to complete both surveys and ask that you please pass the details on to your colleagues and contacts across the sector- we …

Heritage-led Regeneration and Cultural Placemaking

Policy News

This blog has been written by Jason Jones-Hall, Project Director of Pioneering Places – the largest of the Great Place Schemes, jointly funded by Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund. Levelling-up and Pioneering Places Through both emerging national policy and complementary public funding …

Our Summary of the Recent Planning Announcements

Policy News

At a ‘Building Beautiful Places’ event on 20 July, the Government launched new planning measures, through which it aims to improve local infrastructure, help the environment, champion neighbourhood design and boost health and wellbeing among communities. Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, launched the Office for …

Advice & Guidance from Historic England

Editor News

Historic England is working to update and collate its wide-ranging advice and guidance for the sector. It recently updated its page: ‘Latest Advice and Guidance‘, which includes new guidance on Peatlands and the Historic Environment and Purbeck Marble, as well as guidance on Graffiti on Historic Buildings and Local Heritage Listing.