The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) is offering four online training recordings covering some of the current topics in buildings conservation. Recorded in March 2026, they provide an easy way for professional industrial heritage staff to meet their CPD requirements. They will also help industrial heritage volunteers improve their understanding of some…
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Historic England Update Advice on Managing Overheating in Historic Buildings – Including Industrial Structures
Historic England have released updated advice regarding minimising, mitigating, and managing overheating in historic buildings. Most of the existing UK building stock has been adapted for cold weather by keeping the heat in, and that includes historic buildings and industrial structures. As climate change impacts intensify, with hotter summers and frequent heatwaves, there is a growing…
SPAB Online Course: Understanding Your Old Building
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) will be running their online introduction to the care and maintenance of period properties this autumn. This course is appropriate not only for homeowners and tenants of old buildings, but also for those organisations and individuals with an industrial heritage structure to look after. This modular,…
New Fundraising Toolkit & Guide for Arts, Culture, & Heritage Organisations
A new fundraising toolkit and guide has been published by Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy and Arts Council England (ACE) to support arts, culture, and heritage organisations as the sector faces growing financial pressures and the need to diversify income. The research, which will be relevant to all industrial heritage sites and museums, was commissioned by ACE. The…
Revised Guidance for Individuals Raising Funds for (Industrial Heritage) Charities
The Charity Commission and the Fundraising Regulator published in June 2026 new, joint, guidance to help people who want to raise funds for charity. This will have a direct impact on those supporting charitable industrial heritage sites and many industrial archaeology groups and societies who raise funds for their activities and projects. The guidance provides…
Historic England Updates Local Heritage Listing Guidance
Historic England has published the third editon of its ‘Local Heritage Listing: Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage. Historic England Advice Note 7’. Local heritage lists are ‘lists of non-designated heritage assets (NDHAs) which, due to their local heritage significance, have been identified as being of value to a particular place and the community who live…
Exploring the Role and Impact of Small Museums in Places: Take Part in New AIM Survey
The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) is seeking your (Industrial Heritage) organisation’s views on the role and impact of small and medium museums across the UK, with a particular focus on their contribution to local placemaking and community life as part of a research project in partnership with Arts Council England; Culture Division, Welsh Government;…
Kids in Museums Training for Summer 2026
Kids in Museums training for summer 2026
Heritage Volunteers: Ensuring They are Up to Date with the Latest Legisation
Heritage Volunteers: Ensuring They are Up to Date with the Latest Legisation
SW Museum Skills Online: Essentials in Application Writing
This free on line course on 10th & 17th June is designed to build skills in writing strong applications for funding, an essential element of running any industrial hertiage site. Over two sessions, the training will provide helpful information and tips to build skills in writing strong applications for funding – whether grants from trusts/foundations…
Industrial Heritage Support 