{"id":9906,"date":"2015-04-01T17:03:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9906"},"modified":"2015-04-01T17:03:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:03:26","slug":"scotlands-historic-environment-audit-shea-2014-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9906","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s Historic Environment Audit (SHEA) 2014 out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scotland\u2019s Historic Environment Audit (SHEA) for 2015 has been published this month, underlining the clear importance of the historic environment to education, wellbeing and the economy.<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Historic Scotland writes:<br \/>\n<\/span>Scotland\u2019s historic environment continues to make a valuable contribution to the nation\u2019s wellbeing, cultural identity, education and economy according to the 2014 Scottish Historic Environment Audit (SHEA).<\/p>\n<p>The SHEA report compiled by Historic Scotland provides both a broad overview and detailed insight into the country\u2019s historic environment as well as outlining the direct and indirect economic benefits, investment levels and current condition of Scotland\u2019s historic monuments and listed buildings. The report is structured around the strategic priorities of Scotland\u2019s first strategy for the historic environment: Our Place in Time.<\/p>\n<p>The audit is an ongoing project \u2013 last published in 2012 &#8211; which draws upon current data and research to provide facts and figures, which provide a health check for the nation\u2019s heritage sector.<\/p>\n<p>The report has been published in advance of the coming together of Historic Scotland and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) later this year to form a new, lead heritage body, Historic Environment Scotland (HES).<\/p>\n<p>The audit builds on the information provided in previous SHEA reports compiled in 2010 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 key findings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historic Scotland invested \u00a0\u00a3133million in the historic environment between 2002 and 2013 which assisted repairs worth over a total of \u00a3580million \u2013 benefiting communities across Scotland<\/li>\n<li>The historic environment is a major employer providing 2.5% of Scotland\u2019s total employment and supporting around 60,000 jobs (including part time and seasonal employment)<\/li>\n<li>The sector contributes over \u00a32.3 Billion annually to Scotland\u2019s economy &#8211; \u00a02.6% of the country\u2019s Gross Value Added (GVA)<\/li>\n<li>Around 14 million tourists visited historic attractions in 2012, representing almost a third (29 per cent) of recorded visits to Scottish attractions<\/li>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s international reputation for tourism and heritage remains strong with the Nations Brand Index \u00a0(2012) placing the country 12th \u00a0out of 50 countries for historic buildings and monuments and 13th \u00a0for tourism<\/li>\n<li>Investment from other bodies such as the Heritage Lottery Fund, National Trust for Scotland, local authorities and the third sector continues to be considerable. However private investment is the largest source of funding \u2013accounting for the majority (61%) of spend on the historic environment<\/li>\n<li>Educational interest in our heritage and historic environment continues to be strong with around 1 in 5 (19 per cent)\u00a0of all school visits in 2012 involving a visit to a historic site, with over 105,000 learners accessing Historic Scotland properties under the free educational visit scheme in 2013\/14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop said: \u2018The contribution which the historic environment makes to Scotland\u2019s economy, society, education and identity is clear from this report.\u00a0 2015 is a significant year for Scotland\u2019s heritage sector with the establishment of a new body, Historic Environment Scotland (HES), which will work with partners to deliver Scotland\u2019s first strategy for the historic environment, Our Place in Time.\u00a0 As this valuable audit illustrates, Scotland\u2019s heritage sector operates across a diverse and multi layered landscape, which delivers a host of tangible benefits. These range from bringing historic properties in communities up and down the country back into re-use, through to the continued appeal of our internationally known heritage attractions which provide a shop window for the many millions of people who visit our country each year. I am sure that with the establishment of HES, those with a shared passion and commitment for Scotland\u2019s heritage will be well placed to come together to continue to make a significant contribution to its present, whilst looking ahead to its future.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historic-scotland.gov.uk\/index\/news\/news_article.htm?articleid=45911\" target=\"_blank\">Read the news release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historic-scotland.gov.uk\/index\/about\/corporatereports\/heritageaudit.htm\" target=\"_blank\">View the audit for 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New documents which have been released since the previous SHEA include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People, Culture and Heritage in Scotland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2015\/01\/2156\" target=\"_blank\">Topic Report<\/a> on results from the 2013 Scottish Household Survey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2014\/12\/4339\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Nation Brands Index<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=heritage+counts\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC NewsBlogs<\/a> on other \u2018heritage counts\u2019 style publications providing data about the value of the historic environment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s Historic Environment Audit (SHEA) for 2015 has been published this month, underlining the clear importance of the historic environment to education, wellbeing and the economy.\u00a0 Historic Scotland writes: Scotland\u2019s historic environment continues to make a valuable contribution to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9906\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9907,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906\/revisions\/9907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}