Daily Archives: 30/07/2010

Speakers have been announced  for the first day of the international joint conference on heritage investment, ‘Investing in the Past – Funding Heritage Projects, Global and Local’, to take place in Glasgow on 18-20 November 2010, with speakers to include: … Continue reading →

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is today launching a new inquiry into the funding of the Arts and Heritage; closing date Thursday 2 September. The Committee is inviting written submissions and requesting views on the following issues: – What … Continue reading →

On 26 July 2010 Defra published a discussion paper ‘An invitation to shape the Nature of England’ inviting all comments and submissions from anyone with an interest in the Natural Environment White Paper. Our natural environment underpins our economic prosperity, … Continue reading →

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced confirmed funding for four projects in Scotland, Wales and England: Sir Walter Scott’s home, ‘Abbotsford’, in the Borders; Newbridge Memorial Hall in Caerphilly; a Tudor dwelling house known as ‘The Walronds’ in Devon; … Continue reading →

A new Friends scheme has been launched by Planning Aid for Scotland (PAS), that gives members a range of benefits to help them on their journey through the planning maze, and anyone can join the scheme. For £25 a year … Continue reading →

Angela Brady has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession. Angela will become President Elect on 1 September 2010 and will take over the two-year … Continue reading →

The conversion of a granary in West Sussex into staff or guest accommodation has been allowed after an Inspector found that it would not harm its historic integrity. The granary stood in the curtilage of a former miller’s house near … Continue reading →

Housing Minister Grant Shapps announced that the government will set up a community energy fund which will be used to pay for district heating and renewable energy schemes. Developers would pay into the fund as a way of meeting their … Continue reading →