We were delighted to welcome over 300 attendees on Monday afternoon to this year’s Heritage Debate, sponsored by Ecclesiastical Insurance. We use this annual event as a springboard for discussion on topics currently affecting the sector. It was fitting that as we adapted to new …
Become a Trustee for The Heritage Alliance
The Heritage Alliance is currently looking for new Trustees to join our dynamic organisation in February 2021. We are a charity, who represent some very large organisations and many smaller ones; the unifying factor between them is a love of our diverse built, natural and created …
The Heritage Alliance – Heritage, Brexit and Immigration Breifing
The Heritage Alliance has published a new briefing on Heritage and Immigration summarising the new points-based visa system, as well as advocating policy recommendations to address the challenges that the new immigration system poses for our sector. You can read the briefing here.
Save the Date for Heritage Day!
We’ll be kicking off the new year with our biggest event: Heritage Day! Heritage Day returns in February and will be taking place virtually for the first time and across two days. Join us across the mornings of 9 and 11 February 2021 for this popular event, …
Wedding Consultation
This week, the Alliance has responded to the Law Commission’s wedding consultation, focusing on the questions about location and venues. The core proposal of the Law Commission’s provisional scheme is to regulate the officiant rather than regulating the building in which the wedding is held, meaning …
Welcome to the Alliance!
We are delighted to welcome two new organisations to the Alliance this edition. Getting On Board Getting on Board is a charity that works to change the face of trusteeship. They support people to become trustees, particularly people who don’t think trusteeship is open to them, …
#HeritageChat
#HeritageChat is a one-hour Twitter chat for the historic environment sector which takes place every third Tuesday of the month. The next Heritage Chat will take place on Tuesday 15th December, 1-2pm (UK time) and will focus on ‘Christmas & Heritage’. Here below some ideas …
Heritage Digital – looking ahead to 2021
Our National Lottery Heritage Fund supported Heritage Digital programme has had a great first 6 months of delivery, with over 900 people attending live virtual events, and over 700 downloads of our guides and resources. Below is a short update on the programme. For regular …
Talk to the Rebuilding Heritage Team!
Applications for support close 11pm, Wednesday 16 December All heritage organisations, voluntary groups, businesses, and sole traders can apply for 121 support in business planning, fundraising, and communications and marketing, and for a place on group training in leadership and in managing staff wellbeing. Full …
Heritage Debate 2020: Young People and Heritage
The recording for our Heritage Debate 2020 is now live. This year we discussed the topic: ‘Young People and Heritage: Creating Lifelong Supporters?’ and explored how young people engage with heritage, and how the sector can support and empower these young people to become advocates …
Welcome to Our New Corporate Partner: Ecclesiastical Insurance
We are delighted to announce that our long-time sponsor Ecclesiastical Insurance have joined The Heritage Alliance as a corporate partner. Ecclesiastical is a specialist insurance and financial services company with over 130 years of experience offering advice, expertise and protection. Charitably owned (by AllChurches Trust …
Help us Celebrate the Breadth of the Heritage Sector this Christmas
To round off this year, we’re launching a social media campaign to celebrate the breadth of the heritage sector. Heritage can be hard to define, as it is so wide-ranging and crosses many aspects of our daily lives. Our 150+ members hail from all different parts of …