The West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Heritage Network, and Locality are launching a new support scheme for heritage organisations in the region. The programme aims to help build resilience and capacity in the community and grass-roots heritage sector in West Yorkshire through a toolbox of learning sessions on several key topics. Heritage organisations operating within the region are invited to…
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I am the Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England, based at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
Mills Archive Trust ‘Caring for Your Collections’ Webinars in May & June
Do you have old records that need looking after? Then, the Mills Archive Trust’s ‘Caring for your collection’ webinars are designed to help anyone look after archival documents, from photographs and papers, to digital files. The cost is £50 for the two seminars. Part 1: Overview, Arrangement, Description – Sat 24 May 2025, 2:00-4:00 pm…
British Archaeology Magazine Digital Catalogue Free to Access for National Lottery Open Week (15-23 March 2025)
British Archaeology magazine digital catalogue free to access for National Lottery Open Week (15-23 March 2025)
Historic England Emergency Planning Training Needs Analysis Survey: Your Chance to Take Part
Historic England’s Emergency Planning team are inviting organisations and professionals to complete an online training needs analysis survey. By taking part in this survey, you can influence what further training and guidance HE will provide to those who play a role in emergency preparedness, response and recovery within our historic environment and the heritage sector,…
Government Urged to Rethink Refusal to List One of Manchester’s Oldest Surviving Textile Mills
The Georgian Group, SAVE Britain’s Heritage and The Council for British Archaeology have joined together to challenge the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS)’s decision not to list one of Manchester’s earliest surviving cotton mills, Medlock Mill. In a highly unusual move, Lisa Nandy rejected the advice of Historic England, the government’s statutory adviser…
‘Deep Roots, Dark Earth: Freeminers of the Forest of Dean’ -New Video From Forestry England
A new documentary from Forestry England delves into the life of the freeminers of the Forest of Dean. For centuries, the freeminers of the Forest of Dean have held a rare and ancient right, to mine coal wherever they find it beneath the forest floor. Freemining in the Forest of Dean was formally granted by…
‘Mills Transformed – Stories of Mill Regeneration’ Book Launched
A new book has been published on the regeneration and restoration of historic textile mills. Entitled ‘Mills Transformed – Stories of Mill Regeneration’ https://johnhudsonpublishing.com/mills-transformed/. it is written by Neil Horsley with a forward by Charles Smith (Policy Director, Historic England). The volume looks at the regeneration of textile mills in northern England and is richly…
AIA 2025 Spring Tour to Catalunya Now Booking
The 2025 Association for Industrial Archaeology Spring tour is to Catalunya in Spain, from the 12th to the 18th May, and booking is now open. Catalunya tends to value most the heritage that distinguishes it from the rest of Spain, so the Romanesque and Gothic architecture, largely built while the rest of the Peninsular was…
Historic England Looking for Heritage Sites to Take Part in their ‘Pilot Carbon Bookkeeping & Carbon Reduction Training’
This spring, Historic England will launch a new training programme to follow on from the successful Heritage Carbon Literacy courses. Guided by discussions and feedback from the sector, this new training will support heritage organisations to measure their carbon footprint and write a carbon reduction action plan. The aim is to help demystify what organisations…
English Heritage Announce Restructuring
English Heritage has annouced that it is reviewing its structure, with a series of proposals deisgned to enable the charity to meet the opportunities and challenges of the next few years. On 1 April 2015, English Heritage was divided into two: Historic Engand inherited the statutory and protection functions of the old organisation, and the…
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