Kellogg College, Oxford University [Alliance member] and the Historic Towns Forum are hosting two webinars exploring how climate change and historic places interact, as well as the new charter Heritage Declares. They will ask if the sector is doing enough to promote the sustainability of reuse, how …
AIM – Hallmarks at Home Lecture Series 2021
AIM [Heritage member] are pleased to announce the first Hallmarks at Home webinars of 2021, covering a range of brand new topics. The topics are as follows: Tackling inequalities – 11am Tuesday 5 January – this workshop supports AIM’s new Tackling Inequalities Hallmark and looks at how …
The Big Christmas Carol Service
The Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance member], in association with the Royal School of Church Music, is excited to present “The Big Christmas Carol Service” with a very special introduction from their President, HRH the Prince of Wales. Recorded in the beautiful All Saints’ church, Cambridge, …
Thames Historic Places Lectures
Nine Historic Places, linked by the Thames, have joined together to celebrate their landscape, history and luminaries. Marble Hill House has joined with Pope’s Grotto, Hogarth’s House, Turners House, Chiswick House, Strawberry Hill, Boston Manor, Orleans Gallery, Ham House to present a series of lectures, which will …
Supporting Housing Delivery and Public Service Infrastructure
MHCLG is seeking views on a series of proposed technical changes to the planning system. The changes include a new permitted development right for a change of use to residential; expanded permitted development rights and a new streamlined planning application process for hospitals, schools and prisons; …
Proposed Changes to SSSI Condition Reporting
Natural England is seeking views on their proposal to changes the measurement used when condition reporting on SSSIs. The new proposal moves away from a unit or area-based assessment towards one which measures the condition of a particular feature across the whole site. You can view …
RAF Halton
The MOD and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation are consulting on their strategy to invest £4 billion to modernise and improve this RAF base. The base currently hosts two museums and the proposals aim to celebrate and incorporate the site’s military heritage. You can see the …
Stonehenge Illuminated to Honour Eight Heritage Heroes
This week Stonehenge, part of English Heritage [Alliance Member], was illuminated with projections of eight individuals from heritage organisations across the UK. Each person selected has been recognised as going above and beyond to keep heritage projects running during the pandemic, with their work supported …
Support for Community Businesses in Churches
National charity, Plunkett Foundation, has received £200,000 funding from Allchurches Trust [Alliance member], to enable a specialist support service to provide the bespoke advice and support needed to encourage new community businesses to thrive in places of worship. Read more here. The Plunkett Foundation also published guidance on …
On the ‘Future of Archaeology’
The Society of Antiquaries of London [Alliance Member] this week published their Future of Archaeology Manifesto. In it they propose that pre-development Archaeology can and should deliver more public goods than it currently does, because the system is process-driven and under-resourced. They instead promote a new …
Get Expert Digital Mentoring & Digital Marketing Strategy Training
The Media Trust has launched a competition for charities to win free digital marketing strategy training in early 2021. Charities can win a place on an expert-led marketing strategy workshop supported by The Marketing Trust. The full details can be found here. The Trust is also offering …
Applications Open for the Oxford Cultural Leaders Programme 2021 – ‘Leadership in Times of Crisis’
Centring on the theme of ‘Leadership in Times of Crisis’, the 2021 Oxford Cultural Leaders programme promises to help develop leadership and management skills during this challenging time for the cultural sector. Delivered by the University of Oxford’s [Alliance Member] Saïd Business School and its Gardens, Libraries, …