The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) [Alliance member], to celebrate its 50th year, is inviting friends to join them for their Anniversary Debate at the V&A Museum. There are 16,000 parish churches in England, many of them representing a great legacy of England’s local culture. However, …
Prince’s Foundation Craft Workshops
The Prince’s Foundation [Alliance Member] will be holding a series of craft workshops over the coming months. The details for these workshops are: 24 August 2019: ‘Introduction to Letter Carving in Stone’ 7 September 2019: ‘Introduction to Stonemasonry’ 12 October 2019: ‘Introduction to Woodcarving’ For more …
Sea Change Conference September 2019
Find out how climate change is impacting the world’s coastal heritage sites and how communities are responding. Sea Change: Coastal Heritage and Climate Change, is taking place on September 4-6 in Blackpool, alongside partners World Monuments Fund [Alliance member], ICOMOS UK, [Alliance member], Blackpool Council, …
York: Keyhole Surgery Increasing the Capacity and Performance of Historic Centres.
The Historic Towns and Villages Forum [Alliance Members] will be holding a seminar and walking tour exploring the measures the city is taking to plan for the future. The seminar and tour will be held on Thursday 21st November from 09:30 – 16:30 in York. …
Taylor Review Pilot Workshops
The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) [Alliance Member] will be holding 2 workshops in Manchester and Suffolk both regarding: ‘Places of Worship and the Wider Community: How to consult and build strong local partnerships’. Both events will take place on Saturday 14th September 2019 from 10:00 …
The Victorian Society Publishes, ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Manchester Architects, 1800-1940’
The Manchester Group of the Victorian Society [Alliance Member] has recently released ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Greater Manchester Architects, 1800-1940’. This online source provides details of over 1,000 architects, 400 buildings and 10,000 buildings. The resource is searchable by name or location of architect, practice, …
Help the NCT Choose a Church to Award a Special Grant of £10,000.
The National Churches Trust (NCT) [Alliance Member] has invited churches whom it had awarded a Repair or Community Grant in 2018 to inform them if they needed any additional funding to commence work in their project. Four have been shortlisted and now Friends of the …
RIBA Issues Response to MHCLG Building a Safer Future
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) [Alliance Member] has issued its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)’s ‘Building a Safer Future’ document. In this response, RIBA recognised the limitations of the government’s proposals and also urged the government to …
NCT Warns of Danger to Historic Churches Amidst Heritage Funding Cutbacks.
In its Annual Review for 2018, The National Churches Trust [Alliance Member] has expressed concerns about insufficient funding for church buildings’ repairs, following the end of the NHLF’s Grants to Places of Worship scheme, as well as the Government backed Listed Places of Worship Roof …
British Library Led Scheme Helps Create 12,000 New Businesses
Figures released from the British Library show that over a 3 year period the library’s National Network of 12 Businesses& IP Centres located in major UK libraries helped to create: 12,288 new businesses, an average of 15 new businesses every working day 7,843 additional jobs …
Whaley Bridge Dilemma
The Canal and River Trust [Alliance Member] have begun work to plan the repair and restoration of Toddbrook Reservoir. This comes after the Reservoir had to have its water levels significantly reduced to prevent the dam from collapsing. The organisation hopes to begin investigations into …
Collaborative Research Opportunities
Historic England and English Heritage [Alliance Member] are inviting proposals from universities to co-supervise one of the three new PhD studentships with Historic England or English Heritage. The organisations are looking for proposals from universities and other Higher Education institutes to work with them to …