Join the Heritage Trust Network [Alliance Member] for their annual conference on the 17th November 2019 in Northern Ireland. The event comprises a line up of speakers and workshops focusing on how to revive a High Street or Main Street in rural and urban areas …
GEM Conference 2019: Connection, Action, Innovation
This year’s GEM [Alliance member] conference focuses on building lasting partnerships with the local community, something which is crucial to successful volunteer engagement. The GEM annual conference is the landmark CPD event of the year for heritage learning in the UK. Through a combination of …
Proposed law changes to render charities liable if they fail to protect their volunteers
The Government has opened a consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace which proposes to make charities responsible for protecting their volunteers from harassment. The Equality Act 2010 states that employers are legally responsible if an employee is sexually harassed at work by another employee …
Research finds some of Britain’s heritage attractions not to be child-friendly
Research commissioned by Ecclesiastical [Alliance Sponsor] has revealed that around a third of parents never visit art galleries or stately homes and nearly a quarter say the same for theatres. The main reasons identified for this are the lack of child-friendly activities, high cost of visiting …
National Lottery Heritage Fund shares grant information on ‘open data’ platform
Over 100 UK funding bodies have already published information on grant distribution via a new online open data platform, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund [Affiliate Alliance Member] have been the latest to do so. Open data is information that can be freely used, shared …
£250,000 English Heritage project saves Suffolk landmark and historic heritage skill
An English Heritage [Alliance Member] conservation project has funded work including the re-installation of sails to an 18th century windmill in Suffolk. In doing so, the organisation may also have ensured the 700 year old craft of millwrighting lives on in Britain. Originally constructed around …
Sutton Hoo gets £4 million revamp
Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, known as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time has been given a £4 million revamp. The regeneration is the largest single investment by the National Trust [Alliance Member] at Sutton Hoo an includes a £1.8 million grant from …
‘David Bowie Bandstand’ listed at Grade II
The ‘Bowie Bandstand’ in Beckenham where David Bowie performed at the Growth Summer Festival on the 16th August 1669, 50 years ago has been listed at Grade II by DCMS on the advice of Historic England. The one-day festival was organised by Bowie with the …
Landmark Grade I listed Newcastle church to reopen after a decade
All Saints Church in Newcastle will be brought back to life after a decade of disuse. Thanks to a grant of £135,000 from Historic England the church has been repaired. All Saints Church was designed by David Stephenson and built between 1786 and 1796. It …
Record number of people visited English cathedrals this summer
English cathedrals have never been so popular. This summer, they saw rises of between 70% and 100% in visitor numbers. Cathedrals are using innovative methods to get people through their doors. For instance, Norwich Cathedral, member of AEC [Alliance Member], installed a helter skelter which …
National Lottery Fund awards £17.5 million to Arts Council England to boost engagement with arts and culture
ACE’s Creative People and Places project is focusing the funding from The National Lottery [Affiliate Alliance Member] on 13 new areas across the country for the next four years where involvement in arts and culture is significantly below the national average. They aim to transform …
Ann Maidment appointed new CLA South West Director
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) [Alliance Member] has recently announced the appointment of Ann Maidment as the South West Regional Director, one of the most important regional roles in the rural sector. Ann has been working with CLA since 2015 as a Rural …