The Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum in Widnes is looking for a new Heritage Manager. The discovery centre and museum has been successfully trading for over 30 years. Its aim is to inform, educate and inspire the widest audience about the relevance of Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM), chemistry and related industries through:…
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Edge Hill Engine Station Site, Liverpool, Scheduled
The Edge Hill Engine Station site in Liverpool has been granted scheduled monument status (August 2022) after a long campaign led by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust. The site was the original Liverpool terminus for steam locomotives on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR) opened in 1830. Locomotives were detached from the trains from…
Latest Art Fund Report on COVID Impact on Museums Now Out
The Art Fund recently carried out the third in its series of annual research into the impact of Covid-19 on museums. Founded in 1903, Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art. They exist to help protect and enrich the UK’s museum and gallery collections and to ensure as many people as possible can…
The Fat Beehive Foundation Website Development Funding
The Fat Beehive Foundation is an independent UK registered charity that provides small grants for websites and digital products to other small UK registered charities. Their aim is to help such organisations carry out their work in a more efficient and effective way, resulting in positive social benefits. They provide highly specialised grants up to…
Rocket 2030 – Feasibility Tender for the 200th Anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester railway
Manchester Histories is working alongside a new partnership that aims to deliver a cultural programme to mark the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the world’s first inter-city passenger railway between Liverpool and Manchester in 2030. It is intended that the programme of events will also commemorate globally significant events in railway history. The partnership is seeking a consultant/s to support a feasibility study to identify…
Arts Council England MEND Funding Round 2 Applications Opens in May
MEND (museum estate and development fund) run by ACE is a capital fund targeted at non-national Accredited museums and local authorities based in England to apply for funding to undertake vital infrastructure and urgent maintenance backlogs which are beyond the scope of day-to-day maintenance budgets. It offers grants between £50k and £5m to help museums…
Free Webinar on Overheating in Historic Buildings, 26 April 2022
Historic England will host a free webinar on overheating in historic buildings. The impact of climate change will be assessed through four case studies throughout England. The webinar will be on 26 April 2022 at 1pm. This is part of Historic England’s Technical Tuesdays webinar series which focuses on conservation topics and recordings of previous…
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants Data
The Arts Council England (ACE) has updated it National Lottery grants data for 2021/22. This includes a full list of Project Grant awards offered to organisations in the period April 2021 to August 2021. Such data is a useful resource to see which projects are attracting funding, and thus might help industrial heritage groups or…
Industrial Sites Amongst Newly Protected Heritage in 2021
Historic England has recently pulled together a number of highlights from around 400 sites that have been protected through listing and scheduling across England during 2021 – https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/listed-in-2021/. These include 362 listings, 41 new scheduled monuments, and 13 new parks and gardens listings. A number of these are industrial heritage sites such as Lelley Windmill…
Historic England Announce Support for Heritage Construction Skills
Historic England have announced the launch of a new five-year training and apprenticeship programme to help save heritage construction skills. The £4.3 million programme will address asevere skills shortages in the heritage sector. It is made possible thanks to funding from The Hamish Ogston Foundation – the largest one-off investment ever awarded to heritage construction training…
Industrial Heritage Support 