The BAFM [Alliance member] Robert Logan Award is open to candidates under 30 years of age working in the heritage sector. Applicants should be engaged on a project which fulfils the following criteria; made an outstanding contribution to your Museum or Institute improved the Museum experience …
Free workshops – ‘Understanding the Heritage Lottery Fund’
These workshops aim to answer key questions and open the door to securing a major grant that could change the future of your organisation. Whether you have never applied to the HLF before, or have had an application declined previously, the workshops can help you …
Are we doing enough? Contemporary relevance in heritage
Historic Royal Palaces [Alliance member] has issued a call for papers for Relevance 2017, an ICOM conference from DEMHIST and CECA to be held on the 14-18 October 2017 at the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace, UK. The theme of the conference is relevance …
Heritage Working Holiday in A Coruña, Spain – Summer 2017
This working holiday, for 18 – 28 year olds, is run in conjunction with Tesouros de Galicia, a non-profit organisation with a vision to help the recovery of the heritage of North West Spain. Immerse yourself in the heritage and gastronomy of Galicia while being …
From England, With Love
Poet, Bridget Minamore, has created a poem to help Historic England celebrate love and historic places. From the historic pub to the Victorian park, the first kiss, a declaration or a parting, heritage leaves its mark on all of us.
Sussex Heritage Trust Awards call for entries
The Sussex Heritage Trust [Alliance member] is calling for entries for its 2017 awards from high quality conservation, restoration and newly built projects. The winners receive a hand-crafted slate plaque to attach to the building. Chairman, Dr John Godfrey DL, said: “2017 marks an important …
Register your event for European days of Jewish Culture and Heritage
B’nai B’rith [Alliance member] will run European days of Jewish Culture and Heritage from the 3-17th September 2017 with the theme of the Jewish diaspora. Heritage Open Days run from 7-10 September 2017. To register an event email Lydia@wavelengthpr.com before Friday 31st March.
IPO decision on Willow Tea Rooms – heritage related trade marks
The Intellectual Property Office has held that the trade mark ‘The Willow Tea Rooms’ belongs to the business which previously operated a cafe on the building not the new trust which has come into restore the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building. The previous operator now runs …
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill reaches report stage
The Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill will have report stage and third reading on Monday 20 February 2017. A number of amendments have been tabled. These include replacing “having reason to suspect” with “believing” in clause 17 which sets out the offence of dealing in unlawfully exported …
Draft Airports National Policy Statement considers heritage
The Government has published its draft Airports National Policy Statement. In future applications for development must be in accordance with the policy contained in the Airports National Policy Statement. The statement contains an appraisal of sustainability comprised of 12 topics, which represent key areas likely …
Statues and memorials
A Commons Library briefing paper has been published which considers the issue of memorial (headstone) safety and action to address the risk of accidents caused by unstable memorials in cemeteries. The House of Lords Grand Committee recently debated a motion asking the Government ‘whether they will publish …
Charity Today 2017
The Charity Today report provides an overview of the charity sector, how it operates, how it’s changing and what’s going on with charity today. There are over 160,000 registered charities in England and Wales and many, many more informal charitable groups. The overall income of …