The government recently published guidance on its Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS), offering top-up payments on small donations up to £20 for charities or community amateur sports clubs (CASCs). It has now been announced that from April 2019 the GASDS limit will increase from £20 to …

These statistics provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to each region in the UK, measured by GVA (gross value added).

The projects meet three commitments from the Civil Society Strategy to encourage young people to participate in making national policy and will include: A Youth Steering Group A Young Inspectors Group Digital Youth engagement research The projects will be delivered by a consortium of youth organisations …

Looking for a quick guide to Historic England’s technical conservation guidance and research? See the new edition of their brochure here for new advice on: •          Insuring historic buildings •          Reducing fire risks in thatched properties •          Installing solar arrays on historic buildings, and •          Carrying out …

This month, English Heritage has received its largest ever single donation. Tintagel Castle, a heritage site in Cornwall, has been raising funds to build a new footbridge that will increase access to the castle, ease congestion and help to preserve it. £2.5m, by far the largest …

The last Heritage Update contained a paragraph from the Tourism Alliance stating that their conference would be used to launch the new Tourism Deal under the Government’s Industrial Strategy. This was in error, the proposed Tourism Sector Deal is currently under formal negotiation between industry …

ICOM, the International Council of Museums, considers that over recent decades museums have radically transformed, adjusted and re-invented their principles, policies and practices, to the point where the ICOM museum definition no longer reflects the challenges and manifold visions and responsibilities. It is therefore inviting …

The revised National Planning Policy Framework was updated on 19 February 2019 and sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. This revised Framework replaces the previous National Planning Policy Framework published in March 2012, and revised in July …

Earlier this week, the Charity Commission for England and Wales announced that it has launched a survey, in partnership with the Fraud Advisory Panel, aimed at gaining a better understanding of charities’ resilience to fraud as well as their levels of cyber security, This follows growing …

The Regulatory Policy Commission (RPC) recently released its opinion on DEFRA’s impact assessment of the Proposed regulation of the sales, distribution and marketing of house coal and wet wood. The objective of the proposal is to meet international obligations and to reduce the negative impacts …

Over the next 18 months the Government will review the formula and the way it is set using National Statistics data with a view to establish a new approach that balances the need for clarity, simplicity and transparency for local communities with the Government’s aspirations for the …

On 18th February it was announced that the government is launching a series of consultations to overhaul the waste system, cut plastic pollution, and move towards a more circular economy. The new proposals that will see large-scale changes to the way that households, businesses and manufacturers deal …