Academics at Royal Holloway, University of London [Alliance Members] have been working on a transatlantic project concerning indigenous cultural heritage in Bolivia. Dr Henry Stobart, together with US-based anthropologist Michelle Bigenho, have written several articles and are currently working on two books on the subject. …
Mapping Collaborative Interactions Between the Heritage and Higher Education Sectors
Heritage 2020’s Discovery, Identification and Understanding working group has published a report on the nature and strength of collaboration between the heritage sector and higher education. Commissioned from Newcastle University, the research analyses one hundred impact case studies from the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, …
Churches Conservation Trust – Workshops
The Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance member] has arranged a series of workshops associated with Historic England’s Taylor Review Pilot (for the 2017 Taylor Review: Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals). The next sessions will be taking place on Monday 29th July in Greater Manchester and Suffolk: Planning and Managing Change …
Church Tourism Week
Church Tourism Week, a nationwide annual celebration of heritage and historic churches, is returning for a third year this summer. The week-long programme will take place from 21 – 30 July and includes a rich programme of events happening in historic churches and chapels across …
SOC Extension Engagement Opportunity
The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Extension Survey is now available until 30 September, for all users of SOC. As a recognized framework that enables all UK occupations to be classified according to skill level and specialization, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) recognizes a need …
Shortlist for the 2019 RIBA Sterling Prize Announced
On 18 July the six shortlisted sites for the 2019 RIBA [Alliance Member] Stirling Prize were announced. Judged against a range of criteria, from innovation and engagement to sustainability, the shortlist is as follows: Cork House Goldsmith Street London Bridge Station The Macallan Distillery and …
VisitEngland launch TXGB: A one-stop shop for suppliers in tourism
Earlier this month, Visit England introduced Tourism Exchange Great Britain (TXGB); a business to business (B2B) platform which aims to link domestic suppliers to international distributors of tourism packages, whilst also allowing English businesses to manage their availability and pricing in a single site. Carol Dray, …
Ecclesiastical Movement for Good Awards
The Ecclesiastical [Alliance sponsor] Movement for Good Awards are open for applications. Offering £50,000 grants for charities to turn innovative ideas into practical solutions and further their reach. These awards are open to eligible charities in the UK who support the advancement of education and …
The Status of UK Fundraising 2019 – Benchmark Report
Blackbaud Europe, together with the Institute of Fundraising (who were partners in our Giving to Heritage Project), have released a report surveying the state of fundraising across the UK for the second year in a row. Over 1,000 fundraising professionals were surveyed to collate the report, which …
The Heritage Index and the Rising Price of Heritage Materials
Ecclesiastical [Alliance sponsor], the UK’s leading insurer of Grade I listed buildings, recently announced the provisional results of its buildings index for the first quarter of 2019. The Ecclesiastical Heritage Building Cost Index rose by 1.2% in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the …
Society Lottery Sales Limit Raised
The Government will raise the annual sales limit for society lotteries (those that are non-commercial and run for good causes) from £10 million to £50 million in the first revision of the limits of society lotteries for a decade. This is less than the £100 …
Jodrell Bank Observatory added to UNESCO World Heritage List
The Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has been at the forefront of astronomical research since its inception in 1945, when the physicist Sir Bernard Lovell came …