Monthly Archives: April 2017

Councils in England will have new tools to speed up development of derelict and underused land for new homes as communities will be able to highlight local derelict or underused building sites that are primed for redevelopment using registers linked to … Continue reading →

The World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2017 campaign, Heritage in our hands, will take stock of the progress made over the past ten years to mobilise youth to preserve and promote World Heritage by reaching out to their peers and their … Continue reading →

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted the historic resolution 2347 – the first ever resolution adopted by the Security Council to focus on Cultural heritage – in which it ‘Deplores and condemns the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage, … Continue reading →

Over 30 exciting new projects are set to create new jobs, attract tourists and boost economic growth – including improvements to the Grade II listed pier at Southport and the transformation of a partly derelict green space and seafront promenade into … Continue reading →

Councils will have new tools to speed up development of derelict and underused land for new homes according to Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell.

Councillors in Glasgow have rejected controversial plans – recommended by officers – for a student accommodation block next to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Category A-listed Glasgow School of Art, with reasons including that it ‘could harm a future bid for World Heritage … Continue reading →

English Heritage, warned yesterday that what has been a perennial headache is to become worse, with the estimated numbers of household moths at its properties doubling in the past five years.

The IHBC has delivered its response to the draft ‘Advice Note’ from Historic England (HE) on ‘Listed Buildings and Curtilage’ highlighting concerns over uncertainty and ambiguity in the document, and that practitioners’ value and need advice that is clear and … Continue reading →

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has unveiled its pub design awards results, which include those for high standards in the refurbishment and the conservation of existing pubs, with the Scottish Stores near London’s Kings Cross winning this year’s Conservation … Continue reading →

A pioneering new fund that promotes collaboration between Scottish businesses and arts and heritage organisations to deliver new arts and heritage projects has been officially launched by Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop.

This year’s review of the Charity Finance Charity 100 Index includes the English Heritage Trust, a charity responsible for managing the day-to day operations of the former English Heritage.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is investing £10.1m in 18 projects across the UK to help train a new and more diverse generation of heritage craftspeople, digital specialists and entrepreneurs.

An major project to restore Great Yarmouth’s historic Venetian Waterways is on course after securing a grant of more than £1.7m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund. image courtesy of Darren J Barker

Arts Council England and government have announced that 30 local authorities’ libraries services from across the country will receive a total of £3.9 million from the Libraries Opportunities for Everyone Innovation fund.