Monthly Archives: March 2018

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has published guidance to help understand legal rights and obligations when managing volunteers.

The Theatres Trust, the national advisory public body for theatres, will be awarding four theatres a total of £54,520 in the final funding round of the Urgent Repairs Scheme, a funding scheme set up in partnership with the Wolfson Foundation … Continue reading →

National Apprenticeship Week 2018 was officially launched at the BBC on March 5, with the announcement of a new ground-breaking apprenticeship programme. image Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds MP and Sue Husband, Director of the National Apprenticeship Service. Contains … Continue reading →

Architects Cullinan Studio and multidisciplinary firm Arup have received planning permission on 9 February 2018 for the UK’s longest aerial walkway: a 400m-long (1,312ft) ribbon ‘floating through the treetops’ of the Conkers visitor attraction in Leicestershire. image Cullinan Studio website

In a letter printed in The Times, nine national heritage organisations including SAVE Britain’s Heritage, the SPAB and the Ancient Monuments Society, call on the Welsh Law Commission and the Welsh Assembly to reject proposed changes to legislation that would … Continue reading →

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) is pleased to announce its 2018 SPAB Scholars and its 2018 SPAB Fellows.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has published Better Homes for Local People, following extensive consultation on the draft Good Practice Guide to Estate Regeneration to help ensure that regeneration of London’s housing estates happens with resident support and engagement. … Continue reading →

Funding supporting the economic development of coastal communities is now open as the Coastal Communities Fund Round 5 offers £40 million for spend from April 2019 to end of March 2021. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government … Continue reading →

The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) has celebrated the outstanding contributions of volunteers at a special event in London, its National Volunteer Day which took place at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel’. image CCT website

The BBC has reported on how a recently discovered photo collection by the late photographer David Granick reveals London’s East End in colour, including streets in Stepney, Whitechapel and Spitalfields.

A mixed-use village extension based on garden city principles, including 325 new homes and community facilities, at an existing free-range chicken enterprise on the edge of a Lincolnshire village was refused for conflict with the local plan regarding the scale … Continue reading →

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has issues its report on the first three years of the Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland – Our Place in Time, setting out the progress made in delivering the Strategy.

The backlog of homes that have been given planning permission but are still waiting to be built has increased by almost 16% in the last year, new analysis from the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed. Contains public sector information … Continue reading →

Civic Voice, the link body for England’s Civic Trusts, has launched new website full of case studies celebrating the people’s choice for architecture.

The London Festival of Architecture and Dulwich Picture Gallery are on the lookout for emerging architects to create the second ‘Dulwich Pavilion’ – a temporary outdoor visitor welcome space within the historic grounds of Dulwich Picture Gallery to be opened … Continue reading →

The First World War Memorials Programme (FWWMP) is a UK government supported initiative funded via the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport and covers a wide range of war memorial activity with War Memorials Trust (WMT) focussed on delivering … Continue reading →