News and Sector Vacancies
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The Heritage Alliance News
Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 – Heritage Professionals Recognised
June 8, 2022The contribution of many individuals from the heritage sector has been recognised in The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022. A huge congratulations to Ingrid Samuel OBE (Deputy Chair of The Heritage Alliance (Acting Chair last year) – For...
English Heritage – Community Engagement Officer
June 1, 2022Closing date: 5 June 2022 English Heritage [Alliance member] seeks to appoint a part-time Community Engagement Officer to work in partnership with key English Heritage staff to oversee the delivery of the ‘Grime’s Graves – Digging Deeper...
‘Signs and Stuff’
May 23, 2022This blog has been written by Anita Kerwin-Nye, Executive Director of Strategy, Engagement and Commercial at YHA [Alliance member] – an accomplished charity leader, author and expert in education and inclusion. With every one of my hats ...
Spring Statement – Summary for Heritage
March 31, 2022The Heritage Alliance team has worked to summarise the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, highlighting key changes for the heritage sector. On 23 March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the Spring Statement to the House of Commons. ...
The Threat to Ukraine’s Heritage – An Open Letter
March 18, 2022The Threat to Ukraine’s Heritage. An Open Letter sent to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Olga Borisovna Lyubimova. The full letter is available to download via the links here in PDF format in English, Ukrainian and Rus...
Government News
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 a...
Call for Nature’s Recovery by 2030
Wildlife and Countryside Link, supported by a long list of organisations including The National Trust and CPRE [Alliance Members], have started a petition, calling on the Prime Minister to make sure the Environment Bill “sets a legally b...
Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes Published for Museums APPG The minutes and attendance of the January 19th meeting of the APPG for Museums with Secretary of State Oliver Dowden have now been published on the group’s website. Meeting Minutes from the Last...
Brexit and Immigration – Latest Updates
Our Brexit Hub collates the latest Brexit guidance that is relevant to the heritage sector. Alliance Members can continue to inform us with your questions and concerns and the Brexit FAQ Trello Board from the Historic Environment Forum r...
Travel and Tourism
“We’re Good to Go” Links With “Safe Travels” VisitBritain has now linked it’s “We’re Good to Go” consumer confidence scheme with the World Travel & Tourism Council’s international “Safe Travels” scheme. Businesses ...
Funding – Latest Updates
There have been numerous updates to funding schemes with the recent Budget announcements. These include: Culture Recovery Fund – receiving a £300m to top up (totalling £1.87bn) A further £90m to support national museums and cultural b...
Parliamentary News
Debate on DCMS Spending
Yesterday, there was a debate in the House of Commons on DCMS spending. You can read the full debate here. There was agreement that the budget had brought some welcome initiatives and that the Culture Recovery Fund was to be welcomed,...
Environment Bill
The Environment Bill was due to have its report stage and third reading this Tuesday, but the government announced that the bill will again be delayed. It is now expected to return early in the next Parliamentary session and become law “...
Environment Bill
The Environment Bill is scheduled to report to the House of Commons on 2 December 2020. We continue to advocate for some small changes to the legislations to include the historic environment in the provisions for the Bill. You can see ou...
Research Paper on the Impact of COVID on Diversity in the Creative Industries’
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Creative Diversity and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre have jointly released a paper looking at the impact of the pandemic on diversity in the creative sector. The research involve...
Fisheries Bill Receives Royal Assent
Last week, the Fisheries Bill received Royal Assent after 10 months in Parliament. The Fisheries Act 2020 gives the UK full control of its fishing waters for the first time since 1973. The Alliance is pleased the new Fisheries Act incl...
Heritage Alliance Members Discussed the future Environment Bill with DEFRA
Members of the Heritage Alliance’s Rural Heritage Advocacy Group (RHAG), alongside members of DCMS, met with DEFRA to discuss concerns about the exclusion of heritage from the remit of the draft Environment Bill, as outlined in our paper...
Sector News
Board Secretariat & Governance Officer – Historic Houses
Closing date: 28 August 2022 – Historic Houses [Alliance member] is an association of owners and lovers of Britain’s independent heritage, working to preserve our beautiful homes for future generations. The role of Board Secretariat...
Visitor Experience Assistant – The Charterhouse
Closing date: 26 August 2022 – The Charterhouse [Alliance member] are looking to recruit a Visitor Experience Assistant who is pro-active and customer-focused, to join their front of house team to deliver first class customer service, to...
Senior Business Manager – The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Closing date: 21 August 2022 – The National Lottery Heritage Fund [Alliance member] are currently recruiting for a full time Senior Business Manager on a fixed term contract (up to 12 months to cover maternity leave) based in any of our ...
Editor – AHI Journal ‘Interpretation’
Closing date: 12 September 2022 – The AHI [Alliance member] is currently looking for someone to take the role of Editor for the AHI Journal ‘Interpretation’. The appointed Editor would be expected to lead a small team (Designer and C...
Board Secretariat & Governance Officer – Historic Houses
Closing date: 28 August – Historic Houses [Alliance member] is an association of owners and lovers of Britain’s independent heritage, working to preserve our beautiful homes for future generations. The role of Board Secretariat & Gover...
Social Media Heritage at Risk Research Volunteer – London Historic Buildings Trust
Closing date: 12 August 2022 – An opportunity has arisen for a number of volunteers support the London Historic Buildings Trust (LHBT) [Alliance member] by undertaking desktop research into London’s heritage at risk (it’s diversity,...
Vacancies
Board Secretariat & Governance Officer – Historic Houses
Closing date: 28 August 2022 – Historic Houses [Alliance member] is an association of owners and lovers of Britain’s independent heritage, working to preserve our beautiful homes for future generations. The role of Board Secretariat...
Visitor Experience Assistant – The Charterhouse
Closing date: 26 August 2022 – The Charterhouse [Alliance member] are looking to recruit a Visitor Experience Assistant who is pro-active and customer-focused, to join their front of house team to deliver first class customer service, to...
Senior Business Manager – The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Closing date: 21 August 2022 – The National Lottery Heritage Fund [Alliance member] are currently recruiting for a full time Senior Business Manager on a fixed term contract (up to 12 months to cover maternity leave) based in any of our ...