Civil Society has reported on how the local group that failed to buy Hastings pier has launched a campaign to scrutinise the laws around community assets that have been sold off without consideration for local community interests, to prevent future community assets being sold off cheaply to …

The Co-op Community Wellbeing Index is “the first measure of community wellbeing at a neighbourhood level across all four nations of the UK” – it maps wellbeing in over 28,000 communities across the UK. The index is based on data in 9 domains including a Culture, …

The British Council is leading on an exciting bilateral season of culture taking place in autumn 2020 in the UK and in Italy, called UK-IT 2020. With this aim the British Council is organising a series of cultural delegations to Italy. The first, in the …

In the report, the NCC welcomes the 25 YEP and has provided advice on how best to meet its ten goals. Our single most important recommendation is that the 25-year plan must be placed on a meaningful statutory basis in the forthcoming Environment Bill promised …

The housing monitoring and evaluation strategy sets out the framework used by MHCLG for monitoring and evaluation activities related to housing policy interventions. This doesn’t attempt to address the heritage impacts of housing policy.

The Government has published advice on preparing for checks on timber as part of contingency planning. This may affect heritage projects and businesses using imported timber.

English Tourism Week (ETW) is being held from 30th March – 7th April 2017 and is the key advocacy event the tourism calendar. As heritage is the bedrock of the tourism industry, ETW is a great way for the heritage sector to show the revenue …

Our heritage is made up of extraordinary buildings, treasures and people. These historic sites are an asset to the UK’s economy. They create employment, links to our past, a sense of pride and place for communities and impact positively on the wellbeing of individuals. However, …

85% of people believe visiting a garden is good for their soul and the National Trust [Alliance Member] teams are out conducting their annual Valentine’s Flower Count. The stats are in from the garden teams who declare that the swingometer is definitely pointing to spring …

The What Works Centre for Wellbeing has announced that it will be making up to £300,000 available for data analysis that leads to insights on improving wellbeing in the UK. The Centre is interested in projects that answer policy and practice relevant questions on wellbeing, …

The 2019 Sussex Heritage Trust Awards [Alliance Member] were launched at the Award-winning Weald & Downland Living Museum [Alliance Member] on Thursday 7th February 2019. The Gateway Project, a new 850sqm visitor reception facility for the museum, has received a total of five Awards from …

Entries are now open for the Association of Heritage Interpretation [Alliance Member] awards 2019. Discover Heritage Awards, the biennial AHI Awards scheme, recognises and rewards the best practice in heritage interpretation across the UK and Ireland, and are the only awards to recognise excellence in …