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 …
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 …
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, …
SPAB John Betjeman Award 2020 Results
The SPAB [Alliance member] has announced the winner of their John Betjeman Award for 2020. Out of the four shortlisted projects, the judges declared Tenterden Methodist Church in Kent as the overall winner for their repair of the war memorial pipe organ. The winning projects …
Allchurches Trust Awards Over £1.25 million to COVID Projects
Allchurches Trust [Alliance member] has given over £1.25 million to 149 church and charity projects that give hope to communities facing coronavirus. Funded projects respond to loneliness and isolation, as well as promote community resilience, good mental health and improved use of technology.
AoHE Launches Sustainable Skills Network
The Association of Heritage Engineers (AoHE) [Alliance Member] has launched the Sustainable Skills Initiative (SSN). This project has been set up to combine and amplify the efforts of all the amazing hand skills, experience and talents of the UK’s heritage businesses and artisans as one movement. A broad …