Two Heritage Heroes have been recognised for their exceptional service to the UK’s heritage sector. Volunteers are vital for the protection of England’s heritage. From caring for rural heritage sites to engaging the next generation of visitors, volunteers’ skills, passion, and commitment are the backbone …
Levelling Up White Paper – Summary for Heritage
The UK Government has published its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper. The White Paper sets out various next steps for Government activity, as well as summarising activity across departments related to the Levelling Up agenda. The White Paper sets out 12 ‘National Missions’ for Levelling Up, …
Save The Date: Heritage Day 2022
The Heritage Alliance’s annual Heritage Day will be taking place over 9 and 10 March 2022. Please save the dates and look out for further information about this year’s event and how to book on in Heritage Update, on our social media channels and on …
‘Levelling Up’: What Does it Mean for Heritage? – Share Your Views
Our virtual Heritage Debate 2021 took place on 30 November 2021, focussed on the topic of ‘Levelling Up’: What Does it Mean for Heritage? If you missed out on the discussion, you can now catch up through the thread of live posts on our Twitter channel and read further tweets from …
Nominate a Heritage Hero!
Nominations are open for Ecclesiastical’s Heritage Heroes Awards 2021, which celebrate the incredible contribution of volunteers across the sector. You can download this form to nominate someone you think has made an especially positive impact this year. In addition to our yearly Heritage Hero award, there …
‘Levelling Up’: What Does it Mean for Heritage?
The Heritage Alliance’s 2021 Heritage Debate will be taking place on 30 November from 10am-12pm and will tackle the topic of ‘levelling up’ and what it means for heritage. This event will provide an opportunity for heritage professionals to discuss the role that the sector can help play in …
Blog: Culture & Heritage at COP26
A blog from the Deputy Chair of the Heritage Alliance and Historic Environment Director at the National Trust, Ingrid Samuel, on her experiences at COP26. “How was your COP?” is the question you get asked with increasing frequency as the second and final week of …
Announcing Our New Chair
The Heritage Alliance is delighted to announce that Pam Alexander OBE has agreed to be our new Chair from 4 November 2021. Pam has many years’ experience of leading strategies and schemes in economic development and urban regeneration and was CEO of English Heritage from …
Diversity & Accessibility in the Heritage Sector – Share Your Views
We are working to better understand Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility in the Heritage sector through two UK-wide surveys (linked below). We encourage as many organisations as possible to complete both surveys and ask that you please pass the details on to your colleagues and contacts across the sector- we …
Heritage-led Regeneration and Cultural Placemaking
This blog has been written by Jason Jones-Hall, Project Director of Pioneering Places – the largest of the Great Place Schemes, jointly funded by Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund. Levelling-up and Pioneering Places Through both emerging national policy and complementary public funding …
Our Summary of the Recent Planning Announcements
At a ‘Building Beautiful Places’ event on 20 July, the Government launched new planning measures, through which it aims to improve local infrastructure, help the environment, champion neighbourhood design and boost health and wellbeing among communities. Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, launched the Office for …
Survival to Sustainability: eight free events to support your pandemic recovery
Rebuilding Heritage is entering its final phase and throughout June and July will be offering eight free events to guide you through reopening and beyond to heritage organisations across the UK: Managing Organisational Change – Thursday 24 June, 2pm – 3.30pm Creative United present a …