Thursday 6 May 2021

Updates from The Heritage Alliance

The Heritage Minister's Keynote

In case you missed it, last week we shared a special campaign over on our social media channels where we are unpacked the keynote speech delivered at Heritage Day 2021 by Caroline Dinenage MP, the Minister of State for Digital and Culture at DCMS, who recently took Heritage into her portfolio.

During her speech, the Minister made two exciting announcements: first, a roadshow this summer, during which she plans to engage with heritage organisations around the country and discuss priorities for the future, and secondly, a new Heritage Statement, which will be focussed on four key themes:

• recovery and resilience;
• levelling up and place;
• climate change and sustainability; and
• diversity and inclusion.

If you missed them at Heritage Day 2021, you can watch our ‘Year in Review’, the Heritage Heroes Awards 2020, and the HEF Year in Review video over on our YouTube channel.

The Future of Heritage Digital 

The Heritage Digital consortium has been awarded further funding by the Heritage Fund to enhance the existing UK wide support programme through answering the sector’s most pressing digital questions on finding, creating and sharing digital content.

As the lead partner in the project, The Heritage Alliance is looking to appoint a freelancer to take up the contract of Programme Manager, to ensure the successful delivery of Heritage Digital 2.5 and its positive impact to the sector.

See further details under the 'jobs' section towards the end of this issue.

Policy Updates

This fortnight:

• Members of our team met with DCMS colleagues to discuss the sector’s actions and priorities on climate change and sustainability, as the country ‘builds back better’ from Covid-19.

• The Heritage Alliance, and the broader sector, is now looking in detail at the Heritage Recovery Plan and seeing how organisations can deliver an associated Action Plan, alongside Government, as we look towards a long-term recovery.

• This week, the Historic Environment Forum (HEF) held its annual Foresight Day, during which its Heritage Recovery Plan, and the associated Action Plan, was discussed, as well as the priorities for the sector in light of the upcoming Heritage Statement from DCMS.

• Our Spatial Planning Advocacy Group (SPAG) met to discuss the Planning Bill, the energy efficiency of buildings and an upcoming consultation on the Sustainability of the built environment. 

• Next week, our Mobile Heritage Advocacy Group (MHAG) will be discussing the HE Industrial Strategy consultation, climate change and biofuels.

• We responded to consultations on Permitted Development Rights and Destination Marketing Organisations (DMOs). Our responses will be soon uploaded to the publications area of our website.

• We remained engaged with DEFRA on ELMs and will be advocating on the Environment Bill as soon as it returns to the Commons and moves to the House of Lords.

Members of The Heritage Alliance can join one or more of our advocacy groups to be involved with our key advocacy discussions and actions.

Welcome to our Newest Members

This fortnight, we are delighted to welcome two new members to The Heritage Alliance.

Frith Heritage

Frith Heritage offers heritage, conservation and digital solutions for historic buildings. It is run by Viv and Mike Cooling, who have turned their passion for historic buildings into a full-time occupation. In addition to her consultancy work with Frith Heritage, Viv is the Local Community Officer for the Historic Chapels Trust, the secretary of the Association of Festival Churches, and the secretary of the PCC of St. Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Mike works with sites and groups of all sizes to create 3D models, digital visualisations, 360-degree assets, photogrammetric surveys, websites and social media assets.

Culture Healing Communities

Culture Healing Communities CIC is a social enterprise in Durham, now also working with Newcastle communities, specialised in Community Heritage and Heritage at Risk, helping bringing people together by creating community projects based in culture, history and heritage.

They actively use heritage to tackle social exclusion, mental health issues, isolation, loneliness, discrimination, racism, poverty, diversity or disability and work to help people feel proud about their heritage, culture and identity, through stories, oral memories, objects, buildings and traditions.

Our Member Offers

Members of The Heritage Alliance are able to take advantage of a series of free sessions, offered by other organisations in our membership, to support their development and resilience. 

These are as follows:

• Free legal calls from our legal partner Bates Wells

• Free fundraising advice sessions from Alliance member The Philanthropy Company

• Free 1:1 calls on project management and re-casting from our sponsor Tricolor Associates

• Free consultation from immersive technology specialist Arcade

To find out more or to book any of these sessions, please contact Delphine. 

Did you know that members of The Heritage Alliance can also advertise for free in Heritage Update? Find out more here.

#HeritageChat

#HeritageChat is a monthly Twitter chat which takes place every third Tuesday of the month, at lunch time, to collectively discuss important topics for the sector. Taking part in the chat is easy –have a look at the instructions here if you’d like to join and follow @HeritageChat. If you need a diary scheduler to remember when #HeritageChat takes place, you can download it here for Outlook and for Google calendar.

The next #HeritageChat will be on Tuesday 18th May (1-2pm as usual) and will be devoted to ‘Understanding Future Innovation Challenges for Heritage’.

The chat will be run in collaboration with the National Lottery Heritage Fund [Alliance member] and the Young Foundation, and will be linked to a programme of events to explore how they can accelerate the emerging ideas needed to support heritage in the future. As usual, the questions will be published ahead of the chat from the Twitter account @HeritageChat.

Heritage Digital: New Resources

Read on for an update on our National Lottery Heritage Fund supported digital skills programme:

Recordings from the recent #HeritageDigitalNow event on Engaging Digital Audiences are now available on the project portal (click here). Watch webinars on diversifying digital audiences, how to plan great webinars, how to use exceptions to copyright in your digital activities and how to encourage your audience to create user-generated content, as well as a discussion panel hosted by our Head of Membership and Development Delphine Jasmin-Belisle.

New guides, templates and limited-space workshop sessions are being released over the coming months. Sign up to the project mailing list to be the first to know when this happens.

Last chance to apply for business planning support

Applications for Round 5 of the programme will open on 13 May, this will be the *last opportunity* to apply for business planning support.

More information about the support on offer and how to apply is available on the website. You can also book here for the ‘Intro to… Rebuilding Heritage’ sessions to hear directly from the team.

If you would like a bespoke session for your membership, the Rebuilding Heritage team would be happy to arrange this, please contact Sarah and Vanessa at RebuildingHeritage@theheritagealliance.org.uk.

Last chance to book for Managing Hybrid Teams webinar

Join us next week on Thursday 13 May to find out how you can incorporate remote working practices into the day to day operation of your site. 
The full details for this webinar are available here. 

Government News

Headlines:

• Getting Ready to Reopen from 17 May
• Queen's Speech Next Week
• Highways England - New Archaeology Framework
• New UK Emissions Target

As we progress towards Step 3 of the Roadmap in England, and heritage organisations prepare to reopen their doors from Monday 17 May, do not forget to check the latest guidance on reopening safely.

The State Opening of Parliament will take place next Tuesday 11 May. The Queen’s Speech will set out the Government’s agenda for the next session and will include details of the Government's plans to 'build back better' from the pandemic and level-up opportunities across the country. There will also be a confirmation of the continuation of a number of Bills carrying over from this parliamentary year, including the Environment Bill. The full Library briefing can be found here.

The Government has also announced that it will be publishing a landmark Levelling Up White Paper later this year, which will set out the Government's agenda for 'levelling up' the country as the nation recovers from the pandemic. A reminder that the Levelling Up Fund is open for applications and open to every local area across the UK. 

Finally in the headlines, Highways England has announced the award of a new, four-year archaeology framework, which will enable it to work directly with archaeological contractors. The successful suppliers include the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) [Alliance Member]

COVID-19

Notably, the guidance around what you can and cannot do was updated last week to reflect the changes in Scottish travel restrictions, and further information on the pilots for large events planned in April and May as part of the Events Research Programme (ERP) has been released.​

International Travel

The Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps MP also confirmed last week that the NHS smartphone app will be used as a Covid 'vaccine passport' for international travel. It remains the case that COVID-status certification will not be required in any domestic settings at step 2 and step 3 of the roadmap, but the situation will be reviewed in line with findings from the ERP ahead of step 4. Refer back to the Roadmap Reviews: Update document for more detail.

The Coronavirus APPG has released a short report, which states that the Government should discourage all international leisure travel to prevent new variants of the virus from entering the UK.

Visit our Covid-19 Hub for all the latest news and guidance.

Update on Test & Trace

The guidance on NHS Test and Trace has now been updated for tourism and leisure, and hospitality. 

Hospitality venues are required to ensure that anyone visiting pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues provides their contact information or checks in using the official NHS QR code before being allowed entry to the venue. Anyone who does not provide these details must be turned away.

Tourism and leisure venues must ask for details but people are not required to provide these details and can attend without doing so. 

Hospitality venues within tourism and leisure venues (e.g. a museum café) fall under the hospitality venue rule above and require visitors to provide their details/check in before being allowed to enter. 

Venues will need to keep records of customers, visitors and staff for a period of 21 days and make them available when requested by NHS Test and Trace or local public health officials to help contain clusters or outbreaks.

Test and Trace App

DCMS has advised that the requirement to display QR Codes does not apply to outdoor, unstaffed and unticketed heritage sites, or to archaeological and historic sites which are not open to the public.

The latest guidance includes:

• (COVID-19) Coronavirus restrictions: what you can and cannot do (updated 26 April - to reflect the changes in Scottish travel restrictions)
• NHS Test and Trace in the workplace (updated 30 April)
• Test and Trace guidance (updated 27 April)
• Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) (updated 4 May)
• Heritage locations - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) (updated 4 May - in line with Step 3)
• The visitor economy - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) (updated 4 May)
• Restaurants, pubs, bars and takeaway services (updated 4 May)
• Organised events guidance for local authorities in England (updated 23 April)
• Volunteering during coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (updated 20 April)
• Check which employees you can put on furlough to use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (updated 22 April)
• CJRS - Other types of employees you can claim for (eligibility for CJRS payments updated)
• Legislation granting businesses the right to put up marquees this year without planning permission (in place throughout Summer)

The Historic Religious Buildings Alliance (HRBA) continues to update its Coronavirus advice page, collating all the latest Covid-19 information which is relevant for places of worship.

SEISS - New Guidance on Payments

The online service for claiming the fourth payment of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is available here and guidance has been published by HMRC on how to report self isolation support payments. 

Funding

​A reminder that funding available to heritage organisations includes:

• The UK-wide National Lottery Community Fund - for voluntary or community organisations (ongoing).
• The Government’s Recovery Loan Scheme - through which businesses can access loans of £25,000 to £10 million. Invoice and asset finance is also available from £1,000. 
• The Welcome Back Fund - £56 million to boost tourism, improve greenspaces, outdoor seating areas, and market and food stall pop ups. This funding builds on the Reopening High Streets Safely Fund.
• The Additional Restrictions Grant - administered through local councils, the guidance on distribution has recently been updated.
• Nesta’s  £23m Arts & Culture Impact Fund - for creative social enterprises (loans between £150,000 and £1 million, repayable until May 2030).

The latest guidance and updates on funding include:

• Guidance: Welcome Back Fund (updated 23 April, with FAQs).
• Levelling Up Fund: additional documents (updated 30 April, with FAQs and webinar slides).

See our Covid-19 Guidance Hub for further details.

Travel & Tourism

Further to the updates on the ERP above, a reminder that the Government's Global Travel Taskforce has released its report on non-essential international travel. This framework also includes details of a traffic light system for non-essential international travel.

Social Impacts

The National Mood & Confidence Levels Continue to Improve

The data from the latest ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (covering the period 21 to 25 April 2021) show an increase in people meeting socially outdoors, with 33% leaving to meet people in a public place (26% last week) and 15% leaving for leisure activities (12% last week). Levels of life satisfaction increased slightly this week to 7.0.

Wave 29 of Visit England's Consumer Sentiment tracker (covering the period 19 - 23 April) reflects that the national mood has again increased. Data from across the past two Waves indicate that around 3 in 10 are likely to choose either ‘countryside or village’ or a ‘traditional coastal/seaside town’ above other destination types for spring or summer overnight trips. 15% anticipate taking an overnight trip this spring.

Data from the ONS Business Insights & Impact on the UK Economy report shows that the arts, entertainment and recreation industry had the highest percentage of businesses experiencing a decrease in turnover compared with normal expectations for this time of year, at 66%. The data also indicate that arts job vacancies are recovering slower than any other sector. 

Wave 8 of the ALVA Attractions Recovery Tracker, covering the period of 21-27 April, shows that since early March there has been a "very strong positive shift" in appetite for visiting attractions when they reopen, with the figures being much higher than at the point when indoor attractions reopened in 2020.

Brexit & Immigration

Guidance for Visa Applicants Updated

The Home Office guidance has now been updated to lift the pause on issuing visas to people from red list countries wishing to apply for a visitor in transit or direct airside transit visa.

Horizon Europe Funding Guidance Updated

The guidance on Horizon Europe funding for research and innovation has been updated to remove Social science & humanities NCP and amend the title of Inclusive, innovative & reflective societies (now Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society).

Keep Up to Date & Share Your Insights

Alliance Members can continue to inform us with your questions and concerns and the Brexit FAQ Trello Board from the Historic Environment Forum remains open as a resource for the sector. 

​Our Brexit Hub collates the latest Brexit guidance that is relevant to the heritage sector.  Our latest briefings and papers on Heritage, Brexit and Immigration can be found on our website.

Planning

Two Funds to Support the Uptake of Neighbourhood Planning

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has established two funds as part of a new prospectus that aims to spread neighbourhood planning into more towns and cities.

One fund is intended to allow pilots led by local authorities to test a simpler approach to neighbourhood planning. The other is intended to provide direct financial support to local authorities to support neighbourhood planning in under-represented areas.

The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on 31 May 2021.

Reviewing the Safety of Construction Materials

The Government has also announced that two experts have now been appointed to lead an independent review of the system for testing construction materials. 

It is planned that the panel will seek views from stakeholders on how the system of safety testing of construction products could be improved and recommendations will be published later this year.

New Directions from MHCLG

A reminder that MHCLG recently released three Directions related to planning, which are now in place. These are: 

• The Town and Country Planning (Demolition – Description of Buildings) Direction 2021 - pertaining to the demolition of statues, memorials and monuments in England
• The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2021 - direction for local authorities around granting planning permission
• Arrangements for handling heritage applications Direction 2021

Environment & Agriculture

New Target to Reduce Emissions by 78% by 2035

The Government has announced that it will set "the world’s most ambitious climate change target" into law, with an aim to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 (compared to 1990 levels).

A sixth Carbon Budget, in line with the recommendation from the independent Climate Change Committee, is intended to limit the volume of greenhouse gases emitted over a 5-year period from 2033 to 2037, taking the UK more than three-quarters of the way to reaching net zero by 2050.

Energy National Policy Statements Review​

The Government has published reports that set out the scope of the Appraisal of Sustainability and the approach to the Habitats Regulations Assessment. These come in advance of the planned review of National Policy Statements for energy infrastructure.

Education

Plans for 50% Cuts to Higher-education Arts Subjects

A consultation for funding for the 2021-22 school year from the Office for Students (OfS) and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, sets out a proposal to cut funding for “high cost” subjects by 50 per cent.

Despite a recognition of their value in the consultation, courses including music, dance, drama and performing arts, art and design, media studies, and archaeology are identified in the consultation as not being subjects included within the Government's “strategic priorities” and thus are to be subject to a reduction.

The Guardian has today published views from artists and musicians​, who have called the move "catastrophic." The CBA [Alliance member] response to the Government's announcement, along with a letter published by The Times, signed by professionals across the sector, including from the CBA and The Heritage Alliance, can be found here. The response from CIfA [Alliance member] can be found here.

Parliamentary & Other News

ACE Responds on its Distribution of the CRF

In a session on 20 April, Sir Nicholas Serota and Darren Henley of Arts Council England responded to questions on communications around the Culture Recovery Fund and the eligibility criteria used to award grants.

In their response to the DCMS Committee, (which can be watched in full here), they defended ACE's distribution of the CRF, but have been criticised for not acknowledging the fact that money failed to ‘trickle down’ to help freelancers affected by the pandemic.

Creative Organisations Call for Clarity on Touring Visas

Over 300 creative organisations have signed a letter to the Prime Minister to demand that he delivers on his promise to "fix the Brexit crisis" for their industry.

The letter urges the Government to negotiate a visa waiver for performers with the EU and to provide an emergency fund to support artists as they now face extra when they work on the continent.

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities​ - Updates

Further supporting documents have now been published to accompany the recently published report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.

Kemi Badenoch, the Minister for Equalities, gave a speech in response to the report, which was followed by a speech from the chair of the Commission Dr Tony Sewell.

24 evidence-based and practical recommendations made by the Commission in the report, which are grouped into four broad themes: to build trust; promote fairness; create agency; and to achieve inclusivity.

Artist Shortlist for National Windrush Monument

MHCLG and the Windrush Commemoration Committee have now announced the names of the four artists shortlisted to design The Windrush Monument, which will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain, located at London Waterloo station.

Sector Digest

Read on for a breakdown of the latest news from across the sector.

The Pandemic Has Exacerbated Existing Inequalities in Cultural Engagement

An initial report from the second wave of the Audience Agency's Cultural Participation Monitor is focused on the existing inequalities that have been reinforced during the pandemic. The new research suggests that "the impacts of the pandemic have been experienced unequally, reinforcing this existing inequality".

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme ​

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is again seeking applications from non-HEI (non-higher education institutions) organisations or consortia to become Collaborative Doctorial Partners to support and provide high-quality doctoral training.

The deadline for applications is early September 2022. AHRC is holding a virtual information session on the 22nd June at 11am for organisations who are interested in finding out more about the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme.

Festival of School & College Arts - 28 May

Nine education organisations are planning an online festival on Friday 28 May 2021 to celebrate the vital role of the arts in schools and colleges. The organisers are inviting every school and college to take part on the day by posting the artistic achievements of students on their Twitter account using the hashtag #EduArtsFest.

Jobs for a Green Recovery & Greening the Tax System

The Green Alliance has published a new report entitled Jobs for a green recovery: Levelling up through nature. In it, the organisation suggests that green jobs should be at the heart of government’s levelling up programme, summarising with: "In short, better nature equals more jobs, whether that is 5,000 roles developing new woodlands or 11,000 creating new parks."

It has also recommended that the Government should transform the UK tax system in line with environment and sustainability goals, and that this move would be widely supported. The findings are set out in this report.

EFAITH 2021 European Year of Rail

​EFAITH, a European platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences of volunteers and associations concerning industrial and technical heritage, has put together a programme of events and resources in line with its 2021 European Year of Rail. This includes a database of endangered railway heritage (by country).

In place of a study day due to take place in the Spring, it will be holding two webinars on 10 May and 7 June. It is also calling for organisations to briefly present their experiences at these events, in English or French.

Nominations Open for the Family Friendly Museum Award 2021

​Nominations are now open for the Kids in Museums' annual Family Friendly Museum Award. This year, the Award will take into account the efforts of heritage sites to support and entertain family audiences digitally and in person.

The full details can be found here. Nominations close at 5pm on 7 June 2021.

Alliance Member News

A snapshot of the current work of our members.

Consultations

Open Consultations:

• Office for Students - Consultation on recurrent funding for 2021-22 - 6 May
• Home Office - New Plan for Immigration - 6 May 
• DEFRA - Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive - 7 May
• DfT - Public Transport Ticketing Scheme - 24 May
• HM Treasury - R&D Tax Reliefs: consultation - 2 June
• Historic England - Historic England’s Draft Industrial Heritage Strategy - 7 June
• BEIS -  Private Rented Sector minimum energy efficiency standards - 9 June
• DCMS - Improving broadband for Very Hard to Reach premises - 11 June
• Home Office - Protect Duty (how the Protect Duty can make the public safer at publicly accessible locations) - 2 July
• HMRC - Call for evidence: the tax administration framework: supporting a 21st century tax system - 13 July 2021
• HM Treasury - Residential Property Developer Tax: consultation - 22 July 2021
• The Charity Commission - Charity responsible investment guidance - 20 May 2021
• MHCLG and DCMS - Changes to permitted development rights for electronic communications infrastructure: technical consultation - 14 June 2021

Residential Property Developer Tax: consultation

HM Treasury has opened a consultation on the policy design of a Residential Property Developer Tax, announced by the Government on 10 February 2021 as a proposed part of its Building Safety Package. This consultation comes ahead of the inclusion of this tax in the 2021-22 Finance Bill.

Deadline: 11pm on 22 July 2021

Events

Upcoming Heritage Events - Quick Look

• 10 - 14 May: Repair of Old Buildings Course, SPAB
• 11 May: YCCC Tuesday Talk: 'Gibbons’ legacy at the heart of St Paul’s Cathedral'
• 12 May: 'The Changing Nature of World Heritage Designed Landscapes' webinar, World Heritage UK
• 12 May: Conservation challenges in the post-industrial North East, SAVE Britain's Heritage
• 13 May: Construction Summit Conference and The Construction Awards of Excellence, Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London
• 17 May, 25 May and 8 June: Visioning & Viability: Establishing Heritage Projects, London Historic Building Trust 
• 18 May: Museum trustee induction training, AIM
• 22 - 23 May: Online symposium: Georgian London Revisited, Georgian Group
• 11 & 12 June: Llwyn Celyn – using digital techniques to create a virtual encounter, The Landmark Trust
• 12 June: London Open Gardens – Virtual Event, London Garden's Trust
• 15 June: Brighton's Development as a Seaside Resort between c.1750 and 1830 - Causes and Consequences, Georgian Group

• 15 June: Humble Heritage Workshop - Repair of Flint Walls, SPAB, Lewes, East Sussex

• 16 - 18 June: Conference - Supporting. Sharing. Strengthening, AIM

• 18 June: Brighton Day School - 'Historic Places: People Places', IHBC, online

• 23 - 25 June: Humble Heritage Workshop - Cement Removal & Hot Lime Pointing, SPAB

• 28 - 29 June: Humble Heritage Advanced Workshop - Lime Production, SPAB, Old House Project, Kent

• 6 - 7 July: Heritage Volunteering 2021: Recognise, Reconnect, Reimagine, Heritage Volunteering Group

• 7 September: Tour of St Anne's Church, Limehouse, SPAB, London

• 11 September: Leeds Minster: ‘noblest among the noble’ of the early-Victorian churches

IHBC’s Brighton School – ‘Historic Places: People Places’

IHBC [Alliance member] is holding its Brighton Day School on 18 June - 'Historic Places: People Places'.  IHBC’s 2021 virtual ‘Day School’ examines how we can best change and sustain places for the benefit of people, led by expert practitioners. Presentations and discussions look at how we can make better ‘People Places’ out of the places we have, from the most functional to the most historic.

Jobs

Salaried

Programme Manager - Heritage Digital 2.5​

The Heritage Digital consortium has been awarded further funding by the Heritage Fund to enhance their existing UK wide support programme through answering the sector’s most pressing digital questions on finding, creating and sharing digital content. 

The Heritage Alliance, lead partner in the project, is looking to appoint a freelancer to take up the contract of Programme Manager, to ensure the successful delivery of Heritage Digital 2.5 and its positive impact to the sector.

A full consultant brief and further details about this opportunity can be found on our website.

Budget: £17,500 including VAT (estimated 70 days work at a £250 day rate)
Deadline: 21 May 2021

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Schedule of forthcoming issues:

• Issue 443 - Thurs 20 May (content deadline: Fri 14 May)
• Issue 444 - Thurs 3 June (content deadline: Fri 28 May)
• Issue 445 - Thurs 17 June (content deadline: Fri 11 June)
• Issue 446 - Thurs 1 July (content deadline: Fri 25 June)

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