The next Heritage Chat will take place on 21 February, between 1 and 2pm (UK time). The theme is ‘sharing heritage with communities’ which follows on nicely from last month’s chat which discussed how infrastructure projects can be used to connect communities with place (summary …
Government Commits £500m to Affordable Housing, and Kicks off Building-up Projects in the Capital.
The Government has announced it will invest nearly £500 million in more than 11,000 affordable properties across the country, including properties for social rent. The Government has also backed a project to build rooftop properties in London on the top of existing buildings. The funding boost, which …
Government Reviews Treasure Act
On 1 February, Heritage Minister Michael Ellis announced the first major review of the Treasure Act in 20 years following a ‘record-breaking’ year of discoveries in 2017 (with a total of 1,267 items unearthed). The review will include proposals that would allow more artefacts to …
DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates, Business Demographics Released
The release, covering 2017, shows that the number of businesses in DCMS sectors (excluding Civil Society) accounted for more than a quarter of the total number of businesses in the UK non-financial business economy and these grew at a faster rate (2.4% increase since 2016) …
Cultural Cities Enquiry – Report Published
The Cultural Cities Enquiry, which came together in March 2018 to develop a new model to help culture flourish in cities in the context of diminishing public funding in UK, has published its final report. The enquiry aimed to consider how we can radically increase …
Government Advice on Travel in a Brexit No-Deal Situation
Changes at the UK border in 60 seconds (video) provides an overview of actions that organisations need to take to prepare in the event of a no deal scenario. Here’s the Culture version. UK nationals travelling to the EU: essential information If the UK leaves the …
Help to Diversify the Heritage Workforce
Historic England is inviting historic environment sector organisations to participate in their annual programme to help diversify the heritage workforce in England so that it is more representative of the wider population. Historic England has been been running a training placement scheme for university students …
Apply for a Heritage Alliance travel grant by 15 February!
The Heritage Alliance, with support from the British Council, is delighted to offer travel grants to support UK heritage professionals to develop mutually beneficial international projects and partnerships for their organisations. This welcome scheme was one of the recommendations in the Heritage Alliance’s 2018 international report. …
Heritage bespoke legal advice and training day with BWB LLP
Join us for this unique opportunity to learn about heritage specific legal issues with the Heritage Alliance Legal Partner BWB LLP. Topics will depend on attendees but could include: Gift Aid issues – can you gift aid memberships or tickets? Donations to heritage organisations and …
Heritage Alliance writes to Michael Gove
The Heritage Alliance has written to the Secretary of State Michael Gove with a paper setting out how a positive Environment Bill might deliver for heritage.
The Honor Frost Foundation Steering Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage joins the Alliance
The Heritage Alliance is delighted to announce that the Honor Frost Foundation Steering Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage has joined the Alliance. The Steering Group provides advice to the Honor Frost Foundation (HFF) and helps to shape its policy towards Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH). The Steering Committee …
Help us to improve our Website!
Our website update is gathering speed this year so we would like to hear from our website users on how they use our current website and what they would like to see in a new version. We have created a simple survey to allow visitors …