The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that £1.2m from the government and the National Lottery Community Fund will be used to develop safeguarding training for the sector. This follows its appointment of a Safeguarding Programme Group last October. Mims Davies, the charities …

Last week, it was announced that the European Union is taking measures to ensure the continuation of Erasmus+ activities in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The Council has adopted a regulation which aims to ensure that: ongoing learning mobility activities under Erasmus+ programme which …

Arts Council England and Centre for Towns have launched a new collaborative project to understand how culture is funded and engaged with in towns across England. The project will examine the distribution of cultural infrastructure and how people take part in cultural activity. The initiative …

The Tourism Alliance [Alliance member] has presented the preliminary Interntional Passenger Survey (IPS) data for 2018 (released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)) in its Monthly Inbound Update. These figures overall indicated a downturn in inbound visitor numbers and visitor spend, with inbound visitor numbers down by …

Visit Heritage [Alliance member] announced the winners of its UK Heritage Awards 2019 this week at a ceremony at Grocer’s Hall in London. The awards recognise the finest historic houses, gardens, museums and heritage sites in the UK, as well as the best place to …

The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) [Alliance member] has just announced its members’ visitor figures, prior to English Tourism Week. Their findings show that there has overall been a UK-wide increase in visitor numbers, despite the 4% drop in the number of overseas visitors to the UK last …

Giving to Heritage is The Heritage Alliance’s exciting training programme for fundraisers in the heritage sector. Working in partnership with the Institute of Fundraising, it represents a major step change in fundraising to help secure a productive future for many of our heritage assets. This training …

The Heritage Alliance is currently putting together a project on the important role of heritage places and organisations in underpinning and supporting the creative industries. This project includes the publication of a report and a launch event. We are currently seeking funding and sponsorship for …

March’s #HeritageChat was led by Wessex Archaeology and explored all things technology and innovation in the historic environment sector. Participants discussed how technology is shaping research in the sector and what opportunities new technologies present for public engagement. There was also a focus on the …

A big thank you to all those of you who took the time to complete the survey we sent out after our last Heritage Debate: ‘Diversfying Heritage in the 21st Century’. We are still welcoming feedback and advice, so please do add your thoughts to the survey. Lots of …

The Heritage Alliance welcomes The Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) as its newest member. MAST was founded in 2011 to address a gaping disparity in the way our underwater maritime cultural heritage is protected compared to how cultural heritage is respected on land. In the last eight …

Join us for this unique opportunity to learn about heritage specific legal issues with the Heritage Alliance Legal Partner BWB LLP on 22 May 2019. Topics will depend on attendees, but the session is likely to include: Employment law for heritage organisations (including volunteers and …