DEFRA are inviting applications for the next round of Countryside Stewardship funding, aiming to help farmers, foresters and land managers improve the natural environment. The funding is for a person or organisation to help a group of farmers and other land managers work together to: …
National Archives Launch New ‘Networks for Change’ Funding Scheme
The National Archives have recently launched a Networks for Change funding scheme to support collaboration between archive services by providing funding that leads to strong archive service networks. The fund provides grants of up to £15,000 and welcomes applications from all parts of the archive …
The Queen’s Awards 2020 launched
The Government announced the launch of the Queen’s Awards in July which celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s birthday. There are four categories for the awards including a Sustainable Development award. Businesses were encouraged to showcase their achievements in sustainable development for the award by His …
Updates on How to Prepare a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
The Government has published new guidance on what information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment (SFRA). The guidance stresses the importance of local planning authorities carrying out an SFRA for their area. This newly issued guidance will help avoid …
UK Museums Loan almost 450,000 Objects Across the World
The National Museums Partnerships Report shows that a total of 450,000 items from 17 national museums in the UK were loaned to a global network of museums, galleries and institutions last year. In 2018, 17 UK national museums and galleries toured 41 exhibitions to 79 …
London Becomes World’s First ‘National Park City’
In a summit hosted by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, on Monday the 22nd July, the National Park City Foundation declared that London has become the first capital city in the worlds to be awarded the status of a National Park City thanks to its …
NCVO Requests that Charities are Not Overlooked in Preparation for a No-Deal Brexit
Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has called for funding for charities to help prepare for a no-deal Brexit. In his letter to the new minister for civil society Baroness Barran, he urged her not to forget about charities …
Government Provides £1.1 Billion Cash Boost to Creative Sectors
Recent statistics published early this month show that Britain’s creative and arts sectors flourished last year owing to £1.1 billion of support from the Government. Films, TV productions, video games as well as museums and gallery exhibitions benefitted from government tax reliefs. For more information …
Brexit Preparedness Guidance for Local Governments
The Government has recently updated its guidance to assist local authority preparedness for leaving the European Union. They have so far pledged £20 million extra funding for local authorities to support their Brexit preparations as of 3 August 2019 and a network of 9 local …
Guest Editors
This week’s edition of Update was jointly edited by Karen Muperere, Janée Gagnon and Eve Farah who are all interning with the Heritage Alliance over the summer. Karen is currently studying History at St John’s College, Oxford, Janée is a student of Asian Studies and Classical …
Giving To Heritage
Giving to Heritage was The Heritage Alliance’s exciting training programme for fundraisers in the heritage sector, which ended in 2017, but its legacy led to many successful heritage projects and initiatives (see the full report on Giving to Heritage programme here). Working in partnership with the …
Alliance Members – Send Us Your Beautiful Heritage Photos!
As we are in the process of developing a new website, we would like to include more images that showcase the work of our 130+ members and all the heritage they represent across the country, from historic buildings to steam trains. We are therefore asking …