The Heritage Alliance is delighted to announce that Peter Ainsworth has agreed to be our new Chair from December 2018. Peter Ainsworth has over 30 years of commitment to public life. Following a successful career in banking, which he combined with serving as a local councillor, …

England’s heritage sector simply couldn’t function without the hard work and dedication of its volunteers. Volunteers are the lifeblood of heritage conservation. Ecclesiastical’s Heritage Heroes Award is the Heritage Alliance’s celebration of the amazing achievements of volunteers. The award is a wonderful way to raise …

The Heritage Alliance is looking for three new trustees to join its Board from December 2018. In addition, the Alliance is looking for a Treasurer to take over from Richard Norton in December 2019. Early co-option of a new Treasurer, who is also a trustee, …

The Heritage Alliance’s ‘Rural Heritage Advocacy Group’ have responded to DEFRA’s consultation on Environmental Principles and Governance after we exit the EU, with input from other relevant groups. The consultation asked how environmental principles should be embedded into post-Brexit law, policy-making and delivery, and what powers and …

The July #HeritageChat provided a forum for institutions and individuals to share lessons learnt from their own past experiences about what encourages young people to engage with heritage. Greater collaboration with the creative industries, the adoption of a shared authority approach and the role of …

The Heritage Alliance is delighted to welcome Visit Heritage as an affiliate member. Visit Heritage is a leading heritage, tourism and destination company in the UK. Visit Heritage provides people with engaging information and content across multiple platforms with the aim to spark an interest to discover …

Historic Religious Buildings Alliance will be running their 8th training day on ‘Planning and Managing Major Building Projects in Places of Worship’, in partnership with Purcell UK. It is taking place at St Andrew’s Street Baptist church, Cambridge on Wednesday 3rd October 2018. The day …

The new civil society strategy sets out how the Government will work with and support civil society to ‘build a country that works for everyone’. In the Strategy, civil society refers to individuals and organisations when they act with the primary purpose of creating social value, independent …

The Charity Commission has published its response to its consultation on Charities that are connected with non-charitable organisations. It will publish guidance on this topic to help charities to better manage their valuable relationships with related organisations so that the interests of the charity are always protected. …

The annual reports of the HLF and the National Heritage Memorial Fund have been published.

In June 2018 there were a total of 3.9 million visits to the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries. This is an increase of 9.3% (around 330,000 visits) compared with June 2017.

The Latest Historic England planning bulletin includes a Historic England briefing on the new NPPF.