In the final edition of our Resource Recap series, we’re reminding colleagues of our most recent cross‑sector agenda: the Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025–2035 (HSRP) The HSRP provides a clear roadmap for partnership working to deliver a robust and resilient heritage sector...

In this week’s Resource Recap, we’re looking back at our sector resilience interview series. Between October 2023 and January 2025, we spoke with colleagues from organisations across the historic environment sector about the resilience projects and activities they were leading & outcomes achieved.

This week’s resource recap shines a spotlight on our collection of Historic Environment Overview reports. The Historic Environment Overview forms part of Heritage Counts, the annual audit of England’s heritage first published in 2002...

The next feature in our Historic Environment Forum Resource Recap is our Net Zero Projects Audit We know that heritage is part of the solution to climate change, but what are the skills and investments needed to unlock this potential?...

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be recapping key materials from the Historic Environment Forum resource archive, highlighting useful insights, and revisiting work that continues to support sector-wide learning First up is our flagship climate change report, Heritage Responds.

📣 We are seeking to commission evaluation consultants to work with us to develop and implement an evaluation framework for the #HeritageRevivalFund. 📅 Deadline: 1 September 2026 Read the full brief: ⬇️ ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...

For us, it was watching all the videos and photos online of people having a great time 💛 What was your favourite Festival moment? Share below 👇 Or share your feedback in our evaluation survey to be in with a chance to win a £50 One4All Voucher 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/festivalau...

Thanks to £260m of Defra funding, 9,323 hectares of new woodland across England are set to be created over the next four years. Photo: Sophie Bolesworth

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the heritage sector. Join our Carbon Literacy for Heritage training to build your understanding of carbon and the path to Net Zero. 📅 22 & 29 Sept | 19 & 26 Nov Book your place: hbap.org.uk/resources/tr...

Our brand new Local Explorer Challenge is here! This year we're asking you to get out and about and explore archaeology and nature. We've teamed up with the Countryside Code to encourage everyone to Respect, Protect and Enjoy the outdoors. Download 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/eng...

What can Britain’s lost forests tell us about the landscapes we know today? For our final Archaeology and Nature interview of the day, we spoke to environmentalist and author Jonathan Mullard, whose work explores Britain’s lost and surviving woodlands. 👉 shorturl.at/mwE7w

📢 Survey Klaxon: Contribute to the Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce Survey 🗳️ Icon - The Institute of Conservation, is running the first ever UK‑wide Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce Survey. Find out more & share insights by 31 Aug: www.icon.org.uk/about-us/pol...

Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce Survey

Icon has launched the first UK-wide Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce Survey to build evidence on skills, roles and needs, informing future workforce planning, investment and sector sustaina...

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🔍 Take part in the first comprehensive UK-wide survey of the heritage and conservation science workforce! If you work with heritage and conservation science, or employ/commission those who do, please take a moment to help shape the future of our field. ⏰️ Closing 31 August 2026

Take Part in our Heritage Science Workforce Survey | National Heritage Science Forum

The survey will research who makes up the heritage science community, the current workforce capacity and levels of demand to gain a detailed picture the sector as a whole.  It will also conduct a…

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Last week, our colleagues in the Historic Environment Skills Forum launched HESCAPE 1.5: a refreshed edition of the Historic Environment Skills and Careers Action Plan for England, setting direction for 2026–2028. 🔗 Find out more and explore HESCAPE 1.5: lnkd.in/ek89bfnC

Members of the Historic Environment Forum gathered for our (very hot!) Annual Event this week. Read our recap exploring Relevance, Resilience, and Heritage’s Role in Supporting Young People (with more to come through our Relevance Task Group!) 👉 historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/historic-env...

Reminder! The deadline for survey responses and case study submissions for our new piece of work on heritage sector resilience and collaboration is coming up soon! 📆 Deadline 19th June 👉Get involved: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/new-sector-r...

Looking for heritage highlights and developments from the world of #Planning? The latest Planning Bulletin from Historic England is now live, together with a useful supplemental on the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Act. 👉Explore now: historicengland.org.uk/advice/plann...

Historic England Planning Bulletin | Historic England

Our monthly ‘Planning Bulletin’ highlights some of the recent and forthcoming developments in the world of planning from a heritage perspective.

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What is the heritage sector doing to build resilience, and what can we learn from working together? 🔎 We're inviting responses to a 15 min survey & calling for case studies to help find out! 🕔️ Deadline: 19 June 5pm To get involved, visit: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/new-sector-r...

Do you have a good practice story to share about delivering collaborative action in heritage? We're looking for case studies on... 💸 Financial Resilience 💼 Workforce & Organisational Resilience 🏰 Physical Resilience 💛 Relevance Submit by 19 Jun historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/new-sector-r...

What is the heritage sector doing to build resilience, and what can we learn from working together? 🔎 We're inviting responses to a 15 min survey & calling for case studies to help find out! 🕔️ Deadline: 19 June 5pm To get involved, visit: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/new-sector-r...

We’re delighted to share the Historic Environment Forum’s 2025–26 Year in Review, a simple snapshot of our key activity and highlights from across the last financial year 🌟 Head to our website to enjoy the full infographic and to find out more: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/year-in-revi...

We’re delighted to share the Historic Environment Forum’s 2025–26 Year in Review, a simple snapshot of our key activity and highlights from across the last financial year 🌟 Head to our website to enjoy the full infographic and to find out more: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/year-in-revi...

Are you a grassroots org working with young people? Would you like to get creative and use heritage as your inspiration? Applications are now open for Reverberate 2026! Successful projects receive £3,000 and support to develop their ideas. Find out more 👉 www.shoutoutloud.org.uk/project/reve...

Booked your place for the Valuing Seaside Heritage Symposium? Join us for a day of talks, panels, evidence sessions and networking by the sea. Hosted with @seasidenetwork.bsky.social & @heritagenetwork.bsky.social Supported by @visitbrighton.bsky.social & Historic England More: buff.ly/jntrQtI

🚨 FREE tickets to #AHF50 Conference for early career attendees! We're delighted to offer 25 free tickets to students & early career practitioners (aged 25 & under) working across the built heritage, real estate, community, & architectural sectors. 🎟 See more & apply: ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...

The ADS Training Portal is now live — free, openly licensed resources on digital preservation and data management for the archaeological community. All materials carry DOIs, CC BY 4.0 licences, and full citations. New resources added every quarter. 👉 buff.ly/al9ZyTV #Archaeology #OpenAccess

Join us on 5 May for an online talk with Eric Parry Architects. Hear how the renewal of St John’s Waterloo is bringing new life to a Grade II* listed church through #design, #community connection, and #sustainability. Book your place: hbap.org.uk/online-talk-...

📣 Announcing the #AHF50 Conference: Heritage - Radical. Reimagined. Revitalised. Join us as we consider the potential for heritage-led regeneration to improve our communities in the next 50 years and beyond. 📍 Barts North Wing, London 🗓 18 June, 14.00-20.00 More details & tickets: bit.ly/48UXkNq

We are all about the ripple effect 💪 Thank you @edsrlee.bsky.social!

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It is indeed a #GoodThing that there are coordinating groups such as HEF doing the patient, rarely visible in the news work to develop a #heritage sector that delivers genuine public benefit. All strength to your collective elbows 🏺👏.

We were pleased to welcome an excellent turnout at our #HEF meeting in Westminster last week for an extended discussion on: ✅Working cross-sector on #HeritageSkills challenges ✅Deepening understanding of the Culture & Heritage Capital Framework & ways to apply it across sector activity Thank you!