Our May #HeritageChat explored how best to improve links between research and practice and was led by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists with support from the Heritage 2020 Discovery, Identification and Understanding group. Conversation touched on organisational research agendas, cross-sector research and resources, and innovative …

Heritage 2020 is the sector’s collaborative initiative to sustain and promote the historic environment of England, encourage access and broaden knowledge for a variety of audiences. Many organisations within the heritage sector are concerned at the loss of heritage skills and expertise working within or …

Social engineering exploits human weakness, not just technological flaws in a system, through ‘bogus boss’ email scams, invoice redirection and ‘vishing’ (telephone fraud). It is a form of psychological manipulation – criminals get you to perform actions or divulge confidential information so that they can …

Older consultations/surveys are currently open include: Historic England contested heritage consultation. Closes 16th February. England’s cathedrals’ future governance and funding. Closes on 28th February. Law Commission consultation on planning law in Wales. Closes 1 March. Local Authority Fair funding review: a review of relative needs …

The Charity Commission has launched a consultation on draft guidance setting out the principles for managing relationships with organisations that are not charities. It is common for charities to have close connections with non-charities, for example trading subsidiaries or charities established by commercial businesses, and …

This is a key consultation for the heritage sector and we encourage as many of you as possible to submit a response. Heritage Alliance members should send points they want included in our response to policy@theheritagealliance.org.uk asap. The consultation looks at how the HLF should …

Consultations/surveys which are currently open include: Improving the use of planning conditions: consultation on draft regulations. Closes at 11:45pm on 27 February 2018. England’s cathedrals’ future governance and funding. Closes on 28th February. Law Commission consultation on planning law in Wales. Closes 1 March. Local …

The Charity Tax Group has highlighted that the Charity Commission and OSCR are inviting comments (until 4 April 2018) on amendments to the Charities SORP which are considered necessary because of the changes made in December 2017 to FRS 102. These changes include the clarification …

The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence on the Bill which, among other things, sets out how the UK would apply the derogations available under the GDPR. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have …

Following the announcements at Autumn Budget 2017, the government is seeking views on a series of reforms to the existing system of developer contributions in the short term. These reforms will benefit the local authorities who administer them, developers who pay them and the communities …

Tracey Crouch, the minister for civil society, has launched a 12-week consultation with a public call for evidence to inform the new civil society strategy. The consultation has been split into four areas: Our civil society: what civil society is, how it is working well …

Consultations/surveys which are currently open include: Local Authority Fair funding review: a review of relative needs and resources. Closes at 11:45pm on 12 March. HLF strategic funding framework consultation closes Thursday 22 March. A303 Stonehenge public consultation 2018 closes 6 Apr 2018. Arts Council England …