The Inclusive Heritage Advice Hub, part of Historic England’s commitment to supporting the heritage sector to become more diverse, offers dedicated resources and guidance for practitioners.
Historic England (HE) writes:
The Inclusive Heritage Advice Hub is part of Historic England’s commitment to supporting the heritage sector to become more diverse. It contains digestible information for any organisation wishing to celebrate inclusive heritage and ensure their work is as diverse and inclusive as possible. Advice is presented through case studies, templates, checklists, guidance, and external signposting. Experts within Historic England created some of the resources, while others were commissioned externally.
If you are interested in having your case study featured on the Hub, look at our page on how to contribute a case study:
https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/training-skills/heritageskills-cpd/inclusion/contribute-a-case-study/…
Inclusion and diversity in the workplace
This section provides advice on creating an inclusive workplace culture and practical tips for supporting and building diverse teams.
- How Do I Develop an Inclusion, Diversity and Equality Strategy?
- How Do I Ensure My Letters and Emails Are Inclusive and Accessible?
- How Can Staff Networks Help Our Organisation Become More Inclusive?
- What Is the Difference Between Positive Action and Positive Discrimination?
- How Do I Chair Meetings Inclusively?
Diverse workforces in the heritage sector
This section provides advice on the benefits of diversifying your workforce, how to support diverse workforces, and how to collect data about the diversity of your staff and volunteers.
- How Do I Complete the Historic England Workforce Diversity Survey?
- How Do We Communicate the Value and Importance of the Diversity Survey to Our Workforce?
- How Do We Stay GDPR Compliant When Conducting a Workforce Survey?
- How Do I Complete the Historic England Workforce Diversity Survey?
- How Do We Stay GDPR Compliant When Conducting a Workforce Survey?
- How Do We Communicate the Value and Importance of the Diversity Survey to Our Workforce?
Inclusive governance boards and diverse trustees
In this section, you will find advice about diversifying governance roles in your organisation, ensuring diverse boards are supported, and advice for potential future trustees within the heritage sector.
- What Are the Barriers and Enablers to Board Diversity in the Heritage Sector?
- Why Does Diversity Matter on Heritage Boards?
- How Do We Affect Culture Change in Our Organisation so a Diverse Board Is Welcome and Effective?
- What Is Good Heritage Board Practice in Terms of Process Around Term Length and Succession Planning?
- How Do We Conduct a Skills Audit of Our Board and What Skills Does a Strong Heritage Board Need?
- How Can We Conduct a Board Diversity Audit and Share Our Findings in Compliance with GDPR?
- What Kind of Experience and Skills Could I Build as a Heritage Board Member and How Could This Impact My Career Path?
- How Can We Make It Possible for Our Employees to Sit on Boards of Other Organisations?
- How Do We Draft Inclusive Board Recruitment Marketing and Promotional Materials?
- What Kinds of Benefits Should We Be Offering Board Members, and How Do We Communicate These to Potential Board Members?
- How Do We Make Effective and Informative Board Member Onboarding Documents?
- How Do We Set Up a ‘Shadow Board’ or Trainee Board Member Placements?
- Where Can I Find Training and Resources on Board Diversity?
- How Can We Recruit More Diverse Members for Our Heritage Board?
- What Is Good Practice for Lines of Responsibility on Our Heritage Board?
- What Is a Good Model of a Clear and Concise Delegation of Governance Framework for Our Board?
- How Do We Deal with Trolling and Negative Press?
- How Do We Report Specific Issues of Online Harassment, Racism, Homophobia, and Other Hate Speech?
- How Do We Support Our Board Members Through Times of Challenge and Change?
- How Do We Retain Board Members?
- How Do We Make Realistic Commitments to Board Diversity and Communicate These Internally and Externally?
- How Can We Develop Our Communication on IDE as a Board in Terms of Language and Content?
- How Can We Embed IDE as a Priority Without Putting Unfair Workload or Emotional Labour on Specific Board Members?
- What Are the Barriers and Enablers to Board Diversity in the Heritage Sector?
- How Do We Draft Inclusive Board Recruitment Marketing and Promotional Materials?
- How Do We Deal with Trolling and Negative Press?
- Why Does Diversity Matter on Heritage Boards?
- What Kinds of Benefits Should We Be Offering Board Members, and How Do We Communicate These to Potential Board Members?
- How Do We Report Specific Issues of Online Harassment, Racism, Homophobia, and Other Hate Speech?
- How Do We Affect Culture Change in Our Organisation so a Diverse Board Is Welcome and Effective?
- How Do We Make Effective and Informative Board Member Onboarding Documents?
- How Do We Support Our Board Members Through Times of Challenge and Change?
- What Is Good Heritage Board Practice in Terms of Process Around Term Length and Succession Planning?
- How Do We Set Up a ‘Shadow Board’ or Trainee Board Member Placements?
- How Do We Retain Board Members?
- How Do We Conduct a Skills Audit of Our Board and What Skills Does a Strong Heritage Board Need?
- Where Can I Find Training and Resources on Board Diversity?
- How Do We Make Realistic Commitments to Board Diversity and Communicate These Internally and Externally?
- How Can We Conduct a Board Diversity Audit and Share Our Findings in Compliance with GDPR?
- How Can We Recruit More Diverse Members for Our Heritage Board?
- How Can We Develop Our Communication on IDE as a Board in Terms of Language and Content?
- What Kind of Experience and Skills Could I Build as a Heritage Board Member and How Could This Impact My Career Path?
- What Is Good Practice for Lines of Responsibility on Our Heritage Board?
- How Can We Embed IDE as a Priority Without Putting Unfair Workload or Emotional Labour on Specific Board Members?
- How Can We Make It Possible for Our Employees to Sit on Boards of Other Organisations?
- What Is a Good Model of a Clear and Concise Delegation of Governance Framework for Our Board?
Understanding and working with diverse audiences and participants
In this section, you will find advice on how best to undertake work with diverse audiences and participants, as well as information on why it is both important and beneficial for your organisation to work with diverse groups.
- What Should I Check at a Venue to Ensure It Is Accessible?
- How Does Historic England Reach More Diverse Audiences?
- How Do We Ensure Our Heritage Project is Inclusive for Neurodivergent People?
- How Might Perceptions of Heritage Be a Barrier to Engagement?
- How Do We Address Barriers to Heritage Engagement for Disabled People?
- What Is an ‘Access Rider’? How Do We Produce One for Community Participants?
- How Can Providing Childcare Impact Our Project Outcomes and Make a Project More Inclusive?
- What Should We Be Aware Of When Looking to Engage with Refugee Communities?
- How Can We Work With and Learn from Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities?
- How Do We Produce a Visual Story for Potential Visitors?
- How Can I Set Up and Run a Youth Panel?
- What Should I Check at a Venue to Ensure It Is Accessible?
- How Can Providing Childcare Impact Our Project Outcomes and Make a Project More Inclusive?
- How Does Historic England Reach More Diverse Audiences?
- What Should We Be Aware Of When Looking to Engage with Refugee Communities?
- How Do We Ensure Our Heritage Project is Inclusive for Neurodivergent People?
- How Can We Work With and Learn from Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities?
- How Might Perceptions of Heritage Be a Barrier to Engagement?
- How Do We Produce a Visual Story for Potential Visitors?
- How Do We Address Barriers to Heritage Engagement for Disabled People?
- How Can I Set Up and Run a Youth Panel?
- What Is an ‘Access Rider’? How Do We Produce One for Community Participants?
