The 2018 UK Charities Digital Skills Report showed that only 6% of charities consider their trustee boards to be digitally savvy. The report also highlighted that leaders need to better understand how digital skills can help them meet their targets. The DCMS responded to that report by allocating …

On Tuesday 20 November 2018 the Raynsford Review of Planning in England was published. The review, produced by the Town and Country Planning Association, aims to investigate the current state of planning and to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the system, as well as the lessons …

Coastal heritage is an important asset for the UK and its communities. That’s why the Government has committed to support its regeneration since 2015, with the Coastal Revival Fund. The Fund helps coastal areas bring at risk heritage and community assets back into economic use. Every …

On 21 June 1948 MV Empire Windrush arrived at the Port of Tilbury carrying 492 Caribbean migrants, many of them veterans of the Second World War. This marked the start of the Windrush Generation, i.e. the people who emigrated from the Caribbean to Britain between the arrival …

In the wider framework of the Government’s policies aimed at regenerating high streets, the Open Doors Pilot project aims to support community groups as well as landlords struggling to find tenants for their empty properties. It proposes to fund the temporary use of premises by small charities and community …

The Charity Commission for England and Wales updated Chapter 5 of its guidance ‘Protecting charities from harm’, which deals with hosting or holding events at their premises, using speakers at events or distributing literature. Stressing the importance of the freedom of speech, it however provides guidance on how …

The DCMS is seeking proposals from organisations who have the capacity, expertise and capability to deliver a national youth voice programme with young people in England until end March 2020. The purpose of this grant is to meet the youth voice commitments in the Civil Society …

BDOnline reported that Housing minister Kit Malthouse said that Sir Roger Scruton’s ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful’ Commission could “heal the scar tissue” created by architectural fights between traditionalists and modernists. In order to build beautiful and high-quality homes, the Minister called for more training.

Following the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, the Government took steps to enhance safety measures in buildings. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has established the ‘Building Safety Programme‘ especially to cover high-rise residential buildings over 18 metres.

“Fly-tipping is an unacceptable blight on our landscapes” said Environment minister Thérèse Coffey. Seeing the worrying increase of waste crime, the Government is taking measures about it by introducing new penalties and updating the guidance for councils (the Government has recently responded to the consultation), in the wider framework of …

EU Ministers of Culture have adopted conclusions on the Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022, stressing the importance of sustaining the legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018. Ministers acknowledged that “the European Year of Cultural Heritage […] has considerably raised public and political awareness …

As the Italian writer Umberto Eco said “Erasmus has created the first generation of young Europeans”, thanks to the long-lasting relationships created though this exchange programme. Indeed, Erasmus has proved to be so successful in the last 30 years that the Council of the EU re-stated …