War Memorials Trust works for the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK. The charity is seeking a Conservation Administrator with initiative and enthusiasm to join its Conservation Team which delivers and develops WMT’s conservation, advisory and grant-making activities. The post is full-time …
War Memorials Trust Learning Officer
War Memorials Trust works for the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK. The charity is seeking a Learning Officer with initiative, enthusiasm and experience to deliver our Learning Programme. The Programme educates young people about the history and importance of war memorials …
West Dean College: Subject Leader, Historic Building Conservation and Repair
The Edward James Foundation is a charitable educational trust located on the 6,400 acre West Dean Estate in beautiful West Sussex countryside near Chichester, specialising in creative and applied arts. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic conservation professional to be the Subject …
Historic England: Heritage at Risk Projects Officer
Circa £26,658, Permanent Location: 10 Holliday St, Birmingham, B1 1TG Historic England is the Government`s adviser on the historic environment. One of our primary objectives is to save heritage assets which are at risk, for the benefit of present and future generations. Our local Heritage …
Housing White Paper consultation
As mentioned at the start of this edition of Heritage Update the Alliance will be responding to the Housing White Paper to ensure that heritage issues are emphasised and more general plans do not inadvertently damage our sector. You can read our initial reaction here. …
Northern Powerhouse Stakeholder engagement
The Northern Powerhouse Strategy was launched by the Chancellor at the 2016 Autumn Statement. To support this the Government is undertaking a series of stakeholder engagements on the Northern Powerhouse to help it consider what more can be done to ‘unleash the North’s economic potential’. …
Overseas travel and tourism figures
The ONS has published the December 2016 figures for overseas travel and tourism. Overseas residents made 9.2 million visits to the UK in the 3 months to December 2016. This was 6% higher than the same 3 months in 2015. The amount spent on these …
Theatres Trust announce UK Theatres Small Grants Scheme recipients
Theatres Trust [Alliance member] has announced that it is awarding six small capital grants to a range of theatres across the country from its UK Small Grants Scheme. Grants are awarded to: The Place Theatre, Bedford Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington Leatherhead Theatre Market Theatre, Ledbury …
National Lottery Awards 2017
Enter your chosen project into this year’s National Lottery Awards, the annual search to find the nation’s favourite Lottery-funded projects. There are seven categories, reflecting the different types of projects to benefit from National Lottery funding: Art, Education, Environment, Health, Heritage, Sport and Charity/Voluntary. Winners …
Robert Logan Award for those under 30 in the heritage sector
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 …