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…

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…

Heritage Network Publishes 2026 Impact Report on Community-Led Regeneration

Heritage Network has published its third annual Impact Report, highlighting the contribution of community heritage organisations to people and places across the UK. Covering activity in 2025, the report features eight member case study “impact stories”, alongside wider evidence of impact. Key highlights include more than £60 million invested in restoring buildings, structures and landscapes; 43 properties removed from…