The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has launched an inquiry into the social impact of participation in culture and sport. It is expecting to focus on five main themes, taking evidence on social mobility, health, crime reduction, education, community engagement and diversity. The Committee invites evidence …

Heritage Alliance CEO, Lizzie Glithero- West attended the launch of DEFRA’s 25 Year Plan with the Prime Minister and Michael Gove. The Prime Minister’s speech is here. Following a positive meeting that Loyd and Lizzie held with Michael Gove in autumn the Alliance has been working with DEFRA officials …

The Heritage Lottery Fund [Alliance member] has released more information on its plans for the future, which Chief Executive Ros Kerslake outlined at Heritage Day in December. The HLF is expected to begin consulting next week on how it should use National Lottery Good Causes …

The first #HeritageChat of the new year was held on the 18 January, on the theme of evaluation. It explored heritage sector uses of existing evaluation data, and asked whether there is scope for a shared evidence base. The topic of evaluation is a common …

The report of the Taylor Review: Sustainability of Churches and Cathedrals  was published on 20 December 2017. It was accompanied by a government press release and a blog from the Chairman of the Review, Bernard Taylor (which is similar to his introduction to the report). …

The Heritage Alliance responded to the consultation and met with Minister Therese Coffey to raise members’ concerns.  We welcomed the Government’s desire to address the illicit ivory trade and the statement that the ban is not intended to affect the display of ivory and ivory products in, …

The Heritage Alliance’s Spatial Planning Advocacy Group has responded to Building a market for energy efficiency: call for evidence. Alliance members are generally supportive of measures to reduce energy consumption in historic buildings, so long as the advice given is appropriate to the nature, construction and …

Lizzie Glithero-West, Heritage Alliance CEO was invited to speak in a special session of the ICOMOS General Assembly in Delhi in December. The theme of the Conference was ‘Heritage and Democracy’ and Lizzie spoke about the Heritage Alliance model and the strong English history of civic engagement …

The Heritage Alliance is delighted to welcome Le Lay Architectsas a new affiliate member. Le Lay Architects cares deeply for the buildings they work on and the neighbourhoods they work within. The practice is recommended by clients for its sensitive approach to alteration and intervention. This …

The Heritage Alliance is delighted to welcome the Weald & Downland Living Museum as a new member. Founded in 1970, the award-winning Weald & Downland Living Museum is a leading museum of historic buildings in England, covering 40 acres in the South Downs National Park in West …

The Heritage Alliance is delighted to welcome the British Library as a new member. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the second largest library in the world, holding over 150 million items from across the globe – housed in a Grade …

The Government reshuffle has resulted in Karen Bradley moving to Northern Ireland Office and Matt Hancock being promoted from his role as Minister of State for Digital at DCMS to the Secretary of State. We also have a new Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Michael Ellis, …