Creativity and Wellbeing Week is a partnership between London Arts in Health Forum and the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance. The festival has been running for eight years in London and this year we are thrilled to be making it national. Last year around 35,000 …
York: Planning for the Future with Heritage in mind – Historic Towns Forum
Thursday 27th June 2019 Friargate Meeting House, Lower Friargate, York YO1 9RL The seminar will hear from the City of York Council’s archaeology officer, officers leading the renovation of the major Guildhall and Caste Gateway schemes, the masterplanners of the Castle Gateway and York Central …
IIC 2020 Congress Extended Call for Abstracts
The 28th IIC biennial congress will take place in Edinburgh, UK, 2nd – 6th November 2020. The subject of the congress will be ‘Practices and Challenges in Built Heritage Conservation’. The closing date for proposals to be submitted has been extended to 14 June 2019. This …
IHBC’s 2019 Gus Astley Student Awards
The IHBC’s [Alliance member] annual Gus Astley Student Awards for 2019 closes on 31 July, so if you have relevant coursework from any UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2018 or 2019 – be sure to submit it online and on time to have a …
Prosper North – a new, free business support programme for cultural heritage organisations in the North
Creative United’s new business support programme for cultural heritage enterprises and organisations in the North of England – Prosper North – has launched, and the application process is now open. Information about eligibility, regions covered and a link to start an application form is here. Prosper …
The Flaxmill Crown: Save a Shrewsbury icon
This week, 200 years since Queen Victoria’s birth, Historic England is asking the public to help save the cast iron crown on top of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in Shropshire. The Flaxmill is one of the most important buildings in England’s industrial past and forerunner to …
Draft National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England
The Environment Agency wants your views on the draft strategy which aims to create a nation resilient to flooding and coastal change to the year 2100. The actual consultation (including all consultation documents and supporting products) is held on this website. Responding To The Consultation Please …
Guidelines for evaluating and recording England’s former gasworks and redundant gasholders
This Historic England’s publication outlines a framework for evaluating and recording former gasworks sites and gas industry heritage. It details a variety of approaches and good practice designed to collectively evaluate significance and to produce a lasting record. These guidelines are aimed at a wide audience including …
Improving the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down – NAO report
The Amesbury and Berwick Down project – which involves building a tunnel beneath the Stonehenge World Heritage Site – is at an early stage but there are risks and uncertainty around it being delivered on time and achieving the benefits government hopes it will bring, according to …
RIBA London Awards 2019 – Winners announced
The RIBA [Alliance member] London Awards ceremony was held on 20 May 2019, when it was revealed which of the shortlisted projects have scooped the awards. We are delighted that our member The Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College are one of the winners, with their project …
Expect the unexpected – planning preparation is key
Planning delays are a concern for many custodians of historic properties. Even the smallest project is likely to require Planning Permission, and/or Listed Building Consent, and the whole process can be more complicated, costly and time consuming than first thought. The length of time it …
Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster
We have informed you previously about the planned installation of the new Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens, as announced by Government. Since then, the Alliance members London Parks and Gardens Trust and The Gardens Trust have come forward and expressed their objections against this project and the …