We are excited to announce that The Old Royal Naval College [Alliance member], Alexandra Palace Theatre & East Court [Alliance member], and Kensington Palace [Part of Alliance member Historic Royal Palaces] have been shortlisted for the London Venue Awards 2019. Nominated under the categories of Best …
#ThanksToYou
To mark the 25th birthday of The National Lottery the organisation is offering anyone who visits a National Lottery funded venue or project and shows a National Lottery ticket access to a special offer. The #ThanksToYou campaign will be running from 23 November – 1 …
People’s Landscapes Series in Collaboration with the National Trust
The events in the People’s Landscape series is now available online through the Oxford University podcast site. The series, ‘People’s Landscapes: Beyond the Green & Pleasant Land’ provided a series of roundtable events coordinated by the University of Oxford’s National Trust [both Alliance members] Partnership. …
Celebrate ‘History Makers’ with Round Four of the AIM Biffa Award Programme
With a grant of up to £75,000, the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) [Alliance Member] wants to help you celebrate your museum’s historical figures. Supported by Biffa Award, this award programme aims to support AIM member museums in England by funding exhibitions that will inspire …
Churchill Fellowship
Applications for the Churchill Fellowship are still open for those traveling in 2020 and beyond. The Churchill Fellowship offers people the opportunity to expand their professional and personal horizons by researching issues that individuals care about. Past participants have gone on to become experts and …
The Great National Steeple Chase is a Smashing Success
Over the weekend the Chief Executive of the Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) [Alliance member], Peter Aiers [Alliance trustee], took on the challenge of visiting 50 CCT churches within 50 hours. The challenge, dubbed The Great National Steeple Chase, celebrated 50 years of the Churches Conservation Trust …
Heritage 2020 New Website Launched
The Heritage 2020 website has recently been updated to better showcase the work in progress, and how it relates to the goals of the Heritage 2020 framework. From the new home page you can easily find out more about the current projects that the working groups …
Calling for Feedback: Heritage 2020’s DIU Report
Heritage 2020’s Discovery, Understanding and Identification working group recently published a scoping study on collaborative working between heritage organisations and higher education institutions. The findings were discussed in July’s Heritage Chat on Twitter, where participants provided feedback and shared their experiences of university collaboration in relation to …
Call for evidence – Carbon Offsetting in Transport
The Department for Transport has published a call for evidence on Carbon Offsetting in Transport. While the focus of the call is ticketed transport – ie., buses, coaches, trains, planes and ships – they are also interested in schemes for private vehicles. The three main issues …
DCMS Launches Inquiry into the Future of the National Lottery
On 19 July it was announced that the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) would be launching an inquiry into whether changes are needed in the operation of the National Lottery as the process begins to award a new licence from 2023. The …
1980s Sainsbury’s Supermarket Becomes First Listed Supermarket
A Sainsbury’s store built on Camden Road was awarded grade II listed status this month by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England. The store was inspired by engineering and construction built in the ‘high tech’ style and …
Investment Manager, The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time (35 hours per week) Location: Flexible – Midlands & East Reporting to: Senior Investment Manager Range: 2 Salary: £23,000 to £27,000 per annum Job Ref: BD036AC The National Lottery Heritage Fund is recruiting for a full time Investment Manager on a permanent contract based in Midlands …