The Heritage Alliance’s fortnightly e-bulletin, Heritage Update, has reached its 400th edition! First launched in February 2002 (Read Issue #1), Heritage Update has for the past 17 years covered the latest developments in the heritage world, including reporting on Heritage Alliance members news, government policy, …
Guest Editors
This week’s edition of Update was jointly edited by Janée Gagnon, Karen Muperere and Zuzanna Juskiewicz, who are all interning with the Heritage Alliance over the summer. Janée is a student of Asian Studies and Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent, Karen is currently …
Share Your Views on Heritage and Immigration with the Home Office
Members of the Heritage Alliance are reminded that the Alliance, joined by a group of our members representing heritage organisations from across the sector, will be sitting down with the Home Office in due course to discuss proposed changes to the immigration system, we also …
Let’s Get Digital! – Digital Skills Survey of the Heritage Sector
In light of The National Lottery Heritage Fund recently starting a Digital Campaign to support organisations in the Heritage sector, the Heritage Alliance is conducting a survey in partnership with Media Trust, Charity Digital and Naomi Korn Associates to understand the current digital skills needs …
#HeritageChat
July’s #HeritageChat provided an opportunity for Heritage 2020 to gather feedback on their newly published scoping study into the nature and strength of collaboration between the heritage sector and UK higher education institutions. It asked participants to respond to the findings but also share their experiences of university …
Heritage and The Creative Industries Report Launch Event
The Heritage Alliance is currently finalising a report on the important role of heritage places and organisations in underpinning and supporting the creative industries. We recently held an informative and lively roundtable with a range of members. We are delighted to announce that we launching …
What Would You Like To See On Our New Website?
As you may know, we are developing a new website for the Heritage Alliance. This will ensure that our work and the work of our members is shared in a more helpful and user-friendly way. The new website will also contribute to our future work …
The Heritage Alliance International Event 2019
We are pleased to announce that it will be holding a second event this year to celebrate international heritage. This event follows the formal launch of its first International Report last year. We are very grateful to the Confucius Institute at Heriot-Watt University for sponsoring this event. The …
THA – British Council Travel Grant Scheme: Travel Reports
The 2018-19 Heritage Alliance – British Council Travel Grant Scheme enabled recipients to undertake an international visit to meet with colleagues and share skills, expertise and experience. The Travel Grant Scheme also supported UK heritage organisations who are starting to develop mutually beneficial international projects …
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 …
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 Institute …
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
The header image for this issue of Heritage Update was kindly provided by The Royal Institute of British Architects [Alliance member]. The Royal Institute of British Architects is a global professional membership body driving excellence in architecture. RIBA serves its members and the society in order to …