Historic England’s fourth free Industrial Heritage HELM Webinar covers the Historic England ‘Mills of the North’ project (https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/training-skills/online-training/webinars/helm-webinars/). This is taking place on Monday 15 November between 1300 and 1400. Speakers include James Stephenson (Wakefield Council), Bernadette Bone (BB Heritage Studio), Stef Wyke (Islington Mill) and Alastair Godfrey (Historic England). They will be exploring how…
New Book on History & Restoration of Chatham Dockyard
A new Historic England/Liverpool University Press publication looks at the history and subsequent regeneration of Chatham Dockyard – one of the most intact naval dockyards for the building and maintenance of ships of the sailing navy. The book, ‘Chatham Historic Dockyard. World Power to Resurgence’, edited by Sir Neil Cossons, Jonathan Coad, Andrew Lambert, Paul…
Climate Change Resilience Heritage Summit
How can we work together to face the challenges presented by climate change to the historic environment? On 27 October, heritage partners from across the UK have joined up to present a virtual Climate Resilience Summit. Hosted by Historic Environment Scotland, partners include the National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw, and the the National Trust for…
Latest UK Government COVID Guidance on Ventilating Indoor Spaces
Although many industrial archaeology and heritage sites have now closed, or are about to close, for the winter, indoor ventilation to alleviate the spread of COVID becomes more important for those sites still open and for those sites where indoor working from volunteers over winter continues. The latest UK Government guidance on ventilation at work…
AIA e-news for October 2021
Welcome to the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s regular e-news bulletin. Read on for updates on what the AIA have been doing recently, and other industrial archaeology news from the UK and beyond. If you have a story you think AIA should feature in a future bulletin please get in touch with the AIA here: communications@industrial-archaeology.org …
New Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Professional Practice Paper on Delivering Public Benefit
The Chartered Institute for Archaeologists has launched a new practice paper on delivering public benefit in commercial archaeology work. This Professional Practice Paper has been developed in collaboration between CIfA and HS2. It is their shared view that archaeological work should deliver real, engaging, and innovative public benefit. The Professional Practice Paper sets out the…
Arts Council England New Capital Investment Fund
Arts Council England have announced a new Capital Investment Programme. This is an open access capital expenditure programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic, improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact. An online Expression of Interest form will be open on the Grantium…
‘New Stories New Audiences’ – AIM launches new grant scheme
AIM’s newest grant scheme, ‘New Stories New Audiences’, is now open for applications until 31 October 2021. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the scheme will help small museums tell a new story, attract new audiences, work with a new partner, work differently, and to try something new. AIM small museum members (up to 20,000…
Survey on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Work in the Heritage Sector
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust is carrying out a piece of research which will explore the current state of play of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion work in the heritage sector, with particular reference to race and racism. This work is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Museum Development North West, Museum Development Yorkshire,…
Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund
The window for expressions of interest to the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund is now open. The current funding stream is for collections engagement, offering grants of up to £90,000 over two years. All applicants must meet a set of essential requirements relating to using existing collections to engage audiences. There is a two-stage application process and applicants…
Industrial Heritage Support 