Accessibility and inclusion are such broad topics that it’s difficult to know where to start, especially when you want to improve not only your organisation but also your 800+ members that are spread across the UK. Our Programme Manager, Beverley Gormley, talks about our journey so far. Where to start?…
I recently had the privilege of participating in an inspiring volunteering programme with European Heritage Volunteers in collaboration with Klassik Stiftung Weimar during the UNESCO-Welterbestätten Deutschland e.V. German World Heritage Day. The title of this remarkable initiative was “Sustainable Practices of Heritage Conservation in Times of Climate Change.” Today, as…
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Heritage Trust Network was given a boost recently by the announcement of new funding from Pilgrim Trust. Throughout the UK people in local communities are coming together to save the buildings they love and ensure they are re-used for the benefit of local people. Community-led heritage regeneration takes many forms…
Historic England has launched a new online database of the stones that define the rich diversity of our country’s buildings. Historic England is unveiling the first Building Stones Database for England, which brings together information on over 4,000 types of building stones, their uses and sources, in a searchable online…
Heritage Trust Network is entering an exciting new phase of our development and we are looking to engage a number of consultants and freelance associates to help us plan for the future, and implement new initiatives. These commissions are made possible by funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for…
A lost collection of rare and historic camellias at Rotherham’s Wentworth Woodhouse are being cosseted through a major restoration of the building which has been their home for 200 years. The collection includes some of the earliest camellias brought into the country in the early 1800s. Camellia were much-prized in…
Heritage Trust Network is delighted to announce that, thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we will shortly be launching the development phase of an exciting new project to support our members: Essential Networks. Essential Networks is a major development and resilience project for Heritage Trust Network, our members and…
Yet again Heritage Trust Network members from across England are taking part in Heritage Open Days: England’s largest festival of history and culture. Heritage Open Days takes place in September each year to celebrate heritage, community and history. Many of the sites opened, or objects displayed, as part of the…
The elegant towers that ‘bookend’ Wentworth Woodhouse’s spectacular Palladian East Front are a matching pair once again. The South and North Pavilions were the 1st Marquess of Rockingham’s finishing touches to his ever-expanding Georgian stately home. Along with huge swathes of the mansion, the pavilions had suffered from years of…
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