This working holiday, for 18 – 28 year olds, is run in conjunction with Tesouros de Galicia, a non-profit organisation with a vision to help the recovery of the heritage of North West Spain. Immerse yourself in the heritage and gastronomy of Galicia while being …
From England, With Love
Poet, Bridget Minamore, has created a poem to help Historic England celebrate love and historic places. From the historic pub to the Victorian park, the first kiss, a declaration or a parting, heritage leaves its mark on all of us.
Sussex Heritage Trust Awards call for entries
The Sussex Heritage Trust [Alliance member] is calling for entries for its 2017 awards from high quality conservation, restoration and newly built projects. The winners receive a hand-crafted slate plaque to attach to the building. Chairman, Dr John Godfrey DL, said: “2017 marks an important …
Register your event for European days of Jewish Culture and Heritage
B’nai B’rith [Alliance member] will run European days of Jewish Culture and Heritage from the 3-17th September 2017 with the theme of the Jewish diaspora. Heritage Open Days run from 7-10 September 2017. To register an event email Lydia@wavelengthpr.com before Friday 31st March.
IPO decision on Willow Tea Rooms – heritage related trade marks
The Intellectual Property Office has held that the trade mark ‘The Willow Tea Rooms’ belongs to the business which previously operated a cafe on the building not the new trust which has come into restore the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building. The previous operator now runs …
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill reaches report stage
The Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill will have report stage and third reading on Monday 20 February 2017. A number of amendments have been tabled. These include replacing “having reason to suspect” with “believing” in clause 17 which sets out the offence of dealing in unlawfully exported …
Draft Airports National Policy Statement considers heritage
The Government has published its draft Airports National Policy Statement. In future applications for development must be in accordance with the policy contained in the Airports National Policy Statement. The statement contains an appraisal of sustainability comprised of 12 topics, which represent key areas likely …
Statues and memorials
A Commons Library briefing paper has been published which considers the issue of memorial (headstone) safety and action to address the risk of accidents caused by unstable memorials in cemeteries. The House of Lords Grand Committee recently debated a motion asking the Government ‘whether they will publish …
Charity Today 2017
The Charity Today report provides an overview of the charity sector, how it operates, how it’s changing and what’s going on with charity today. There are over 160,000 registered charities in England and Wales and many, many more informal charitable groups. The overall income of …
£1.8 billion charitable business rate relief expected in 2017/18
DCLG has published figures on business rates relief. These show that the total relief provided to charitable occupations (that is both mandatory and discretionary relief) is expected to amount to £1.8 billion in respect of 2017-18, and these reliefs account for 48% of the total …
European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018
The European Council and European Parliament representatives have come to a provisional agreement on making 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage.The year will be supported by EUR 8 million and is intended to: to promote cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion; to highlight the …
Local Government Finance Bill – property owner Business Improvement Districts
Clause 37 of the Local Government Finance Bill published in January, introduces Schedule 5, which amends the Local Government Act 2003, to allow billing authorities across England to make property owner arrangements and impose a property owner levy that will be imposed on property owners in …