As part of its Giving to Heritage programme, the Institute of Fundraising are running a workshop aimed at those interested in offering community shares. The workshop, which, is run in association with The Community Shares Company, will enable people involved in delivering or funding heritage projects to: Understand what are community shares and why they…

Nominations are being sought for Jewson’s ‘Building Better Communities’ funding programme. The firm building providers are offering regional project prizes of £500 to £10,000 and the top regional project will receive £50,000. You can also nominate your Trade Hero who could win £50,000 to help them complete a community project. Nominations close on the 5th…

This practical course, which is part of the Charity Finance Group’s Small Charity Programme, will provide you with useful tools to develop the way small groups or small charities manage basic financial areas. Delegates will learn about essential banking and money management practices and what questions to ask when considering moving to an external financial…

This year’s AIA Conference will be held at Moulton College near Northampton. The conference will begin with a seminar focussing on the contribution of developer-funded projects to industrial archaeology. The opening lecture of the conference proper will be by Brian Giggins on 2000 years of industrial development in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes, whilst the annual…

The next Association for Transport and Engineering Museums (ABTEM) seminar will be held at the Wheal Martyn Museum, St Austell, Cornwall, and is titled ‘Overexposure- Caring for Objects that have to Stay Outside’ and will deal with the trials and tribulations or looking after objects that sit outside museums. Full details and list of speakers…

The Association for British Transport & Engineering Museums (ABTEM) has recently appointed the International Railway Heritage Consultancy (IRHC) to work with them to produce new guidelines for museums and private collectors with larger and working objects. The guidelines will cover stationary engines, industrial machinery, road vehicles, aircraft, railway vehicles, ships, boats and other working items….

Do you represent a charity which is considering borrowing money to help reduce costs or perhaps as a means of securing effective streams? If so, this advice, which was originally published in The Guardian, might of use to you. Ian Mansfield, Charities Aid Foundation Borrowing is not a last resort: Lending should not be considered…

This two-day course, which is organised by Historic England and hosted by the University of Leicester, will examine issues around the conservation and management of industrial heritage, and is aimed at local authority historic environment staff, other curators, and consultants responsible for assessing the significance of industrial heritage and looking for solutions for long term…

Booking is now open for this year’s AIM National Conference which will be held at The Historic Dockyard, Chatham from 22 – 24 June. Tickets can be purchased online via the AIM National Conference Eventbrite page and all conference information can be found on the AIM National Conference 2017 website. Please note that the special…

Historic England has created a new online training resource to test your responses to a real life situation involving an historic building at risk from the impact of neglect, crime and anti-social behaviour. ‘Keeping historic buildings in good repair is the key to their preservation. Sometimes, however, they become redundant, vacant and neglected. Without timely…