Monthly Archives: March 2012

The Energy Efficiency Deployment Office (EEDO) has been set up to drive a step change in energy efficiency in the UK economy and is making a call for evidence, with a closing date of 4 April, as its first big … Continue reading →

Fiona Reynolds is to leave the National Trust after 11 years as director general of the organisation. Reynolds has announced the decision today and leaves to take up post as the first female Master of Emmanuel College at Cambridge University … Continue reading →

Registered social landlord Sanctuary Group is piloting green retrofits of homes for the young and the elderly that could cut its overall running costs by more than £50,000 a year. The housing and care provider has introduced a range of … Continue reading →

Twelve new research and development projects that will lead to the more efficient and sustainable use of resources are to share £4.5 million government support through the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the UK’s national innovation agency with a goal to … Continue reading →

Poet and writer Sir Andrew Motion has been formally proposed as the new President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) from June 2012, succeeding the author Bill Bryson who finishes his five-year presidency this summer. Sir Andrew was … Continue reading →

Plans to demolish a rare Grade II-listed wooden viaduct and replace it with a new road and rail crossing have been approved by the Snowdonia National Park Authority. Pont Briwet, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, carries the Cambrian Coast railway and has … Continue reading →

The European Forum for Architectural Policies (EFAP) is calling for papers in the framework its project Underconstructions for a book to be published soon and launched at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2012. with a deadline of 26 March. EFAP … Continue reading →

    There is a call out for from Vernacular Architecture Revival (VAR) for participants from anywhere in the UK to go on a FREE 10 day placement in Europe for personal development in areas covering ‘Accessing Vernacular Skills in … Continue reading →

    Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs has made £10m available to councils to regenerate Scotland’s conservation areas, while local authorities have until 31 August 2012, to submit an application.   The Cabinet Secretary launched Historic … Continue reading →

    The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed plans to consult on allowing greater flexibility for changes of use of existing agricultural buildings for other business purposes, for example offices, leisure and retail space. The … Continue reading →

    Neighbourhoods suffering the blight of empty homes could benefit from a £100 million boost to bring these properties back into use and provide stable homes for families in need, Communities Minister Andrew Stunell announced.   Seeking expressions of … Continue reading →

    The Churches Conservation Trust challenges you to take part in its ‘Towering Challenge Abseil’, which will involve abseiling down one of the CCT’s historic churches in aid of the Trust’s regeneration and conservation work.   There are up … Continue reading →

Historic Scotland has published its new corporate plan.   Historic Scotland writes: ‘Officially launched by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop at a conference Our Historic Environment: Sharing the Vision, the corporate plan has been developed … Continue reading →

    New nature zones covering hundreds of thousands of hectares are to be set up across England, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has announced.   The 12 Nature Improvement Areas (NIA) announced today will each get a share of £7.5 … Continue reading →

    The Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH UK Trust) is offering financial support for students who as part of their study need to travel to India to undertake research in all areas of cultural heritage, … Continue reading →

    Arts Council England will include environmental sustainability criteria in its funding in what is believed to be a world-first for an arts funder.   The council’s chief executive Alan Davey is due to make the announcement at a … Continue reading →

    New research produced on behalf of the National Trust (NT) and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), with the RSPB, has explored the intricacies of the economic impact of planning.   The research, published under the title … Continue reading →

  The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum has two bursary schemes in operation in 2012, to provide assistance for people wishing to attend courses from its current programmes, with the scheme for timber framing courses having a deadline for … Continue reading →