Earlier in 2025 the Carnforth Heritage Visitor Centre re-opened under new management. The centre tells not only the story of the making of the 1945 film ‘Brief Encounter’ but also the history and heritage of Carnforth, its workers, and its families. In October 2024, the Station Trust, which ran the Visitor Centre, handed back the lease…
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Heritage Counts Survey
Heritage Counts Survey
New Heritage Tool Box for West Yorkshire
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…
Heritage Carbon Literacy Training, October 2024
There are a few places left on the final scheduled Heritage Carbon Literacy training being held online on 15 and 16 October. Supported by Charterted Institure for Archaeologits (CIfA) and delivered by Historic England, in partnership with the Carbon Literacy Trust, these training sessions are aimed at small to medium sized enterprises, such as industrial…
Historic England Call for Proposals for AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships
Historic England and English Heritage have announced their 2024 Call for Proposals for Round 4 of their AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership programme. The programme provides funding for collaborative PhD studentship projects which support the work of the two organisations. Proposals must match one of HE’s published CDP Priority Research Areas 2024. These are: The deadline for proposals…
Historic Houses VAT and Listed Buildings Survey
Historic Houses has launched a survey seeking to examine the effects of Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the repair, maintenance and restoration of heritage buildings. They’re seeking perspectives from those organisations that own or manage listed buildings that are open to the public, which includes hundreds of industrial heritage sites in England, with the goal of…
Heritage Under Increasing Financial Stress in 2024
UK Heritage Pulse is a collaborative data and insight project for the UK’s heritage sector, that informs strategy, recovery, and reinvention. In January 2024, 162 UK Heritage Pulse panel members responded to a survey which asked whether their organisation is currently experiencing costs or budget pressures. Then, in March 2024, 49 UK Heritage Pulse panel members responded to a…
Graffiti & Anti-social Behaviour at Heritage Attractions Rose in 2023 but AI May Help
Heritage organisations are becoming an increasing target of graffiti, anti-social behaviour, and verbal abuse, according to new research commissioned by specialist heritage insurer Ecclesiastical. A survey of 500 heritage decision makers from museums, galleries, stately homes and castles found that 32% had suffered anti-social behaviour in the past year, up 3% on the previous year….
Europa Nostra Call for Most Endangered Site Nominations, 2023
Launched in 2013, the ‘7 Most Endangered Programme’ run by Europa Nostra forms part of a civil society campaign to save Europe’s endangered heritage. In most cases, the listing of an endangered site serves as a catalyst and incentive for the mobilisation of necessary public or private support, including funding. The listed sites are also…
Job Opportunity: Heritage Engagement Manager, Rochdale Borough Council
Rochdale Council is looking to appoint an Heritage Engagement Manager for the Victorian Rochdale Town Hall. Rochdale Town Hall is a building of the highest level of national importance, its Grade 1 listing placing it within the top 2.5% of buildings nationally. It was described by the 20th century architectural historian Pevsner “as one of…
Industrial Heritage Support 