The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) [Alliance Member] will be holding 2 workshops in Manchester and Suffolk both regarding: ‘Places of Worship and the Wider Community: How to consult and build strong local partnerships’. Both events will take place on Saturday 14th September 2019 from 10:00 …
Historic Religious Buildings Alliance Upcoming Events
‘Planning and Managing Major Buildings Projects’ 21 November 2019 at Holy Trinity Church, Central Leeds Organised by HRBA in partnership with Purcell Architects, the day covers the management of all stages of a building project in a place of worship, from developing your vision through …
Reaching For Net Zero?
The Heritage Alliance is happy to announce the topic of our Annual Debate: “Reaching For Net Zero?”. This years’ debate will focus on the relationship between heritage and the environment. At a time when countries around the world, including the UK, are making commitments to …
The Victorian Society Publishes, ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Manchester Architects, 1800-1940’
The Manchester Group of the Victorian Society [Alliance Member] has recently released ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Greater Manchester Architects, 1800-1940’. This online source provides details of over 1,000 architects, 400 buildings and 10,000 buildings. The resource is searchable by name or location of architect, practice, …
Help the NCT Choose a Church to Award a Special Grant of £10,000.
The National Churches Trust (NCT) [Alliance Member] has invited churches whom it had awarded a Repair or Community Grant in 2018 to inform them if they needed any additional funding to commence work in their project. Four have been shortlisted and now Friends of the …
RIBA Issues Response to MHCLG Building a Safer Future
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) [Alliance Member] has issued its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)’s ‘Building a Safer Future’ document. In this response, RIBA recognised the limitations of the government’s proposals and also urged the government to …
NCT Warns of Danger to Historic Churches Amidst Heritage Funding Cutbacks.
In its Annual Review for 2018, The National Churches Trust [Alliance Member] has expressed concerns about insufficient funding for church buildings’ repairs, following the end of the NHLF’s Grants to Places of Worship scheme, as well as the Government backed Listed Places of Worship Roof …
British Library Led Scheme Helps Create 12,000 New Businesses
Figures released from the British Library show that over a 3 year period the library’s National Network of 12 Businesses& IP Centres located in major UK libraries helped to create: 12,288 new businesses, an average of 15 new businesses every working day 7,843 additional jobs …
Whaley Bridge Dilemma
The Canal and River Trust [Alliance Member] have begun work to plan the repair and restoration of Toddbrook Reservoir. This comes after the Reservoir had to have its water levels significantly reduced to prevent the dam from collapsing. The organisation hopes to begin investigations into …
Collaborative Research Opportunities
Historic England and English Heritage [Alliance Member] are inviting proposals from universities to co-supervise one of the three new PhD studentships with Historic England or English Heritage. The organisations are looking for proposals from universities and other Higher Education institutes to work with them to …
New Guidance to Help Heritage Organisations Manage Health and Safety Risks
The top five concerns for historic building custodians include the cost of maintenance and repairs, health and safety as well as reputational damage with slips and trips accounting for more than a third of liability claims received by the insurance group Ecclesiastical [Alliance sponsor]. Historic …
New British Council Chairman Appointed
On 14 August, the British Council announced their new Chairman, Stevie Spring CBE. Named as one of Britain’s 500 most influential people and one of the UK’s 100 most connected women, she will be succeeding Christopher Rodrigues, who served from 2016 to May 2019. Foreign …