The winners of the annual RIBA [Alliance member] National Awards were announced on 27th June. Prize winners included Alliance Members: Alexandra Palace, The University of Oxford and The Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College. The Stirling Prize, awarded to the best new building …
New Museum for Blackpool Receives £4m Heritage Lottery Fund Grant
A project to create Blackpool’s first museum has been awarded a £4 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund [Alliance Member] as part of a wider £10 million package of grants to heritage-lead regeneration across the North of England. The Blackpool Museum will combine …
Arts Council Draft Strategy 2020-2030 – open for consultation
The Arts Council England has released its draft Strategy for the next 10 years. The final strategy, which will shape how ACE deliver their development, advocacy and investment approach for the next decade, is planned to be published in December 2019 and to come into …
Vacancies at Wessex Archaeology
Wessex Archaeology [Alliance Member] are currently advertising several paid positions with their team. A trusted provider of high quality archaeological and heritage services, they work across several sectors in the UK and abroad. They are currently seeking a Marketing and Communications Intern to work in their Salisbury …
“Interpreting History: what works? what’s next?” – a one-day conference at Alexandra Palace on 19 September
“Interpreting History: what works? what’s next?” is a one-day conference at Alexandra Palace on 19 September, curated by the England’s Historic Cities consortium. Games of Thrones, Horrible Histories, Assassins Creed – history is being constantly reinvented and successfully reinterpreted for new generations on TV, in books …
Civic Voice – Seminar: Civic Movement Design Review
Civic Voice [Alliance member] is hosting a seminar on a Civic Movement Design Review, which will provide an opportunity for local Civic Society committees to share their views on proposed developments and join forces to create a positive and scalable way of engaging and influencing proposed new developments for …
Weald & Downland Museum – Building Conservation conference
The Weald & Downland Museum [Alliance member] is holding their 2019 building conservation conference on Tuesday 24 September at the Museum (located in Singleton, Chichester). This conference will focus on Stone in historic buildings: conservation, materiality and skills. There will be plenty of time for discussion, a …
Heritage of London Trust – Annual Conservation Conference
Heritage of London Trust [Alliance member] will be holding its annual Conservation Conference this year, entitled ‘London’s Anatomy: Victorian Buildings from Top to Toe’ on Thursday 4 July from 9.30am – 7pm. This conference will look at the fabrication of London’s Victorian buildings in brick, terracotta, glass …
Nominate Your Top Charity Digital BAME Leaders
Charity Digital News has opened nominations for the most inspiring BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) digital leaders in the charity sector. The ‘Top 10 charity digital BAME leaders list’ has been created to celebrate and recognise the diversity of digital talent in the charity sector, following …
Museum visitors ‘less likely to develop dementia’, claim researchers
Regularly visiting museums is associated with a lower likelihood of developing dementia, according to new research from University College London (UCL). Analysis of a decade’s worth of data from 4,000 people aged over 52 found that in a given year up to ten out of every …
Arts Council England launches Private Investment in Culture Survey 2019
The Private Investment in Culture Survey, commissioned from research consultancy MTM, investigates the role individual giving, business investment and trusts and foundations play in funding arts and culture in England. The report uses latest available figures from 2015-18. You can download the report here.
Sir Michael Palin Warns of Deathwatch Beetle Threat to UK Churches
The actor Sir Michael Palin is the narrator of a new 80 second animation, produced for the National Churches Trust (NCT) [Alliance member], which highlights why churches are some of the nation’s best loved buildings. This clip also explores some of the dangers facing church …