The Government has launched a review on the delivery of funding for farmers, carried out by an independent advisory panel. It will provide recommendations on a fair split of funding between the four countries, without reallocating funds already committed. As stated by the Environment Secretary Michael …

Environment Secretary Michael Gove launched the draft Fisheries Bill on October 25th, to translate EU Common Fisheries Policy rules into UK law. The new Bill aims to promote a more sustainable policy, by controlling access to UK waters, proposing powers to ensure that the UK can set …

The newly published “Historic Environment Update” deals with the following issues: • The new Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Order 2018 (will come into force on 1 January 2019), which will make some important changes to the ecclesiastical exemption regime in Wales; …

The Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) is a UK-wide £10 million strategic initiative to enable up to eight local authorities and communities to develop and implement bold and innovative funding and management solutions for all their green spaces across their place. The initiative is funded by …

25 million people visited a church, chapel or meeting house in 2017-18, which is 49 percent of British adults, according to an opinion poll carried out by ComRes for the National Churches Trust [Alliance member] in September 2018. 24 percent said they had visited a church building, …

Historic Houses (HH) [Alliance member] have recently published research on Heritage Maintenance Funds, commissioned to an independent team of economists. The fund has existed since 1976 for maintenance and repair of significant buildings open to the public. The income generated within them is now however …

On October 26th, Sara Crofts was announced as the new Chief Executive of the Institute of Conservation (ICON) [Alliance member], starting in January 2019. Trained as architect, Sara has been working at HLF as Head of Historic Environment for the last three years and previously served as …

On October 10, English Heritage [Alliance member] marked an event at Wellington Arch to promote the Once & Future Fund, a fundraising effort to build and invest a £2 million endowment, to help conserve and revitalise those more than 300 places in English Heritage’s collection …

The final project report from the 21st Century Challenges for Archaeology workshops has been published. The project, which was funded by Historic England and run by CIfA [Alliance member], comprised six workshops, which were attended by experts from across the UK historic environment sector, and …

The Annual Report of the Theatres Trust [Alliance member] provides an extensive review on 4 main topics: advice & planning, campaigning, grant giving and discovery (helping people to discover more about theatres). Over the year the Trust worked directly with more than 230 theatres and, …

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) [Alliance member] announced that entries are now invited for the John Betjeman Award 2019. The award is given to places of worship of any faith in England and Wales to celebrate excellence in conservation and repair projects. …

The fifteen shortlisted projects for the Historic England Angel Awards have been announced. Explore this year’s shortlist here and have your say in the Historic England Followers’ Favourite Award by voting for your favourite project. #AngelAwards18