The Planning Bill has now completed Stage 2 – we await formal notification of when Stage 3 will commence, but this close to Christmas we appreciate that no movement is likely before 2019.

BEFS briefed members of the Local Government and Communities Committee for each sitting in relation to the Bill. These briefings were informed by those on the BEFS Planning Taskforce.

BEFS has now produced a summary document of those briefings, and the outcomes in relation to the specific amendments which had been commented upon previously.

Throughout the Bill process BEFS compiled a document of all the amendments as they were submitted. This helped to inform members as to issues arising. This document has also been included on our website – at the end of the document we have included a link to the new draft Planning (Scotland) Bill which incorporates all those amendments passed at Stage 2.

We will continue to monitor progress, and in early January the Planning Taskforce will meet to discuss areas for further development as Stage 3 approaches.

• BEFS amendments document.
• Summary of briefings

This newly released research exists as part of the legacy of the partnership programme Resourcing Scotland’s Heritage (RSH) – along with the new toolkit to encourage and enable fundraising skills across the sector. Programme partners: Archaeology Scotland, Arts & Business Scotland, Built Environment Forum Scotland, greenspace scotland, and Museums Galleries Scotland formed the RSH project to help the heritage sector learn to fundraise from private sources – gaining awareness, skills and confidence, as well as providing networking opportunities. The four year RSH programme was funded by National Lottery players through the Heritage Lottery Fund Catalyst Umbrella Grant programme.

There may be much discussion around reduced funding levels – but what can be evidenced, and how can we mitigate against those reductions? The aim of this research was for a robust report providing analysis and recommendations. This was based not only on intensive desk-based literature reviews into available funding across the heritage sector in Scotland, but also stakeholder consultations, and a widely disseminated sector survey. This is my perspective on the findings – but I encourage you to draw your own conclusions.

Findings & Analysis:

There’s some stark information to absorb.

• National Lottery funding has decreased, and is likely to decrease again – the imminent Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Strategic Funding Framework will require new/enhanced ways of working too. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) continue as a major funder, with no growing pot, and increases in applications – here the competition to achieve funding increases. The dependence on these funders remains a risk for the sector.
• Local Authority collective spend on Cultural, Heritage, Museum & Gallery and Library services has reduced by 7% between 2007/8 and 2014/15. There are also known reductions across Planning & Economic Development budgets, departments where many heritage-skills professionals are based. These reductions in funds are not due to reverse any time soon.
• Direct donations to the arts and sports/recreation make up only 3% respectively – whilst potentially small, these can be a key part of fundraising from private sources.
• There is a continued dependence on Trusts and Foundations across the sector – there are now concerns arising that the levels of grant support supplied by some are outstripping the performance of the endowments that funded them. This raises questions as to whether future levels of support can be relied upon.
• Business investment in heritage, via sponsorship/partnerships is an area well developed by some, but ignored by many smaller organisations. Improving this through commercially based approaches and advocacy, which not only increases awareness of heritage generally, but highlights the wider benefits heritage can and does provide, could entice further business investment in the sector.
• Tourism has been a boon financially over the past few years for many organisations; both market circumstances and global media have provided positive drivers for those wishing to visit Scotland and its heritage. However, both factors bring with them opportunities and challenges, factors which in themselves need resourcing appropriately. They are also subject to fluctuation – so planning for both triumph and disaster may be wise.
• Non-grant finance is an area where many funders already operate (Architectural Heritage Fund), or are considering developing their offer (HLF). Research highlighted within the report shows that this is an area which many find controversial, perceive to be high-risk, or actively avoid. Here a knowledge base needs to be developed and expanded to find solutions which fit the organisation in question. Information on particular aspects is available from specialist organisations, such as Community Shares Scotland. The squeeze on other funding types may make these forms of funding more appealing for organisations in the future – increased awareness and knowledge of this area will be of great benefit to the sector.

Recommendations:

These fall into the categories of Research & Evidence and Ongoing Sector Support. And, here the news can be seen more positively:

• More research, survey gathering, data-collection in various forms are suggested. Not only do we need the information, but I suspect we need to be open to data transparency, and sharing what we know. The steps are sometimes small and tentative, but a more collegiate approach to demonstrate the good work happening across the sector seems to be possible.
• A drive to diversifying income streams is called for. I see a sector working towards better: training, partnerships, collaboration and awareness. Building a greater understanding of where the money is coming from – be it heritage, creative, social, regeneration, or commercial funding.
• The changing funding landscape has been a driver for organisations to demonstrate an understanding of a wider range of outcomes to their ongoing work. Social, community, regenerative and many other factors are beginning to be better evidenced, and better expressed, by heritage organisations. Clearly substantiating not only what we do, but what the associated benefits are – and how this relates to the funder requirements, and even the National Performance Framework will be key to future funding success.
• Many of the recommendations point towards a sector which needs to embrace a portfolio approach to financing the heritage sector – what’s referred to as the ‘golden-tripod’ – with a third of funding coming from each: private, public and enterprise sources.

This report points the way to developing how the sector may be able to improve organisational sustainability, shining a light on aspects of fundraising which could prove extremely beneficial. Further training is needed to enable the sector to gain finance from across a wider range of areas, be that fundraising or earned income – but more than training, a strategic approach which enables the capacity for that work to be done is essential.

Within these findings there is a role to be played by intermediary and development organisations. The value of knowing the wider sector-makeup, enabling connections and collaboration, providing spaces to network, and growing capacity through strategic policy development and training opportunities can help enable organisations to find the time to develop their funding for the future. We

Our activity across the sector is currently framed by the potential effects of Brexit. Income from a wider range of sources can be more flexible, ensure more stability, and provide continued life-buoys of certainty in currently choppy seas.

Read the full report:  The State of Heritage Funding Now Report

Ailsa Macfarlane

Arts & Business Scotland Head of Programmes Carl Watt (L) and Rosslyn Chapel Trust Director Ian Gardner (R) review the new digital toolkit website in front of historic Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian.

This resource, Inspiring Fundraising Toolkit, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is specifically designed to build up knowledge and skills in fundraising within the heritage sector. It was informed by successful delivery of fundraising training and advice to 804 individuals from more than 519 heritage organisations throughout Scotland between 2014-2018.

Resourcing Scotland’s Heritage was a four year programme led by Arts & Business Scotland with Archaeology Scotland, Built Environment Forum Scotland, greenspace scotland and Museums Galleries Scotland, which officially concluded in March 2018.

Alongside this resource we are also delighted to share the accompanying report, The State of Heritage Funding Now Report. This specially commissioned report shows a continued strong reliance by the heritage sector on grant and lottery funding with only a third of heritage organisations surveyed currently sourcing any funding from corporate support and levels of corporate support remaining broadly static within the sector over the past four years.

• Inspiring Fundraising Toolkit
• The State of Heritage Funding Now Report

People want built heritage in all its forms, to: receive the care, protection and examination needed; for heritage to be able to facilitate the greatest benefits; and for those benefits to be widely accessible and understood. But what are those benefits – academic, social, economic, cultural? And in a period of continued constraint in public funding can we have it all, for everything? A forthcoming report on the state of heritage funding arising from Resourcing Scotland’s Heritage project will likely reveal the limits.

Is funding best awarded to ‘whomever shouts loudest’ or to the most adept at completing funding application forms? Is this status quo of funding preferred or are there better ways to prioritise the allocation of resources? We know there are a range of barriers and challenges to achieving the above, from environmental conditions to unmanaged tourism interest – but how do we categorise those problems; are they severe, urgent, incremental?

BEFS invites those open to exploring strategies for the prioritisation of built heritage to put forward methodologies for robust and open discussion.

Whilst BEFS are keen to explore all ideas, key determinants being considered may include:

• Asset Significance
• Location
• Community Interest
• Long term sustainability
• Scope for collaboration
• Asset’s current use and future potential use
• Typology

These methodologies will be debated, explored and questioned in a workshop for contributors in December 2018. Sustainable ideas demonstrating approaches which excite further exploration will then be supported for further development and wider discussion at a public event in February 2019.

Please submit your ideas in no more than 500 words, to euan.leitch@befs.org.uk by Monday 5^th November 2018.

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The background for this event is the perpetual discussion around the absence of a strategic approach to the funding of built heritage and that much good work could be seen as only ‘tinkering round the edges’. We are rapidly approaching a cliff edge due to heightened ecological risks, reducing public funds, stretched human resources, and a continually ageing building stock. Increased community ownership is being seen as one solution but without access to funding communities may well find themselves in the same position as public and private owners of heritage assets.

The desired outcome is a developed Prioritisation Methodology to help funders and heritage asset managers determine where their resources should be best applied. The Scottish Government has tasked Historic Environment Scotland with delivering a Built Heritage Investment Plan and methodologies for prioritisation will form part of that plan. This is an opportunity to engage with that agenda.

Responding to an individual crisis, which then gets resourced due to high profile attention, could seem satisfactory – but these approaches may not be delivering the best long-term solutions for the greatest breadth and depth of our heritage.

The Planning (Scotland) Bill has now had amendments submitted (309 in total) and has progressed to Stage 2.

The Local Government and Communities Committee met for the first time since the summer recess on Wednesday 12^th September. Prior to this the BEFS Planning Taskforce met and discussed proposed amendments. From these discussions and further developments (continued submission of inter-related amendments), BEFS produced a Briefing for Stage 2 Day 1 discussions, provided to all Committee Members. Currently the agenda set for Committee discussions may be ambitious, so the alignment of Day 1 – and the discussion that occurred on Day 1 may not align.

BEFS predicts there will be some detailed debates in the Committee chamber before we see resolution on any number of issues.

Download the briefing here.

Sat 11 Aug 17:45 – 18:45   Garden Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
Roma Agrawal & Anna Yudina

BUILDING BETTER CITIES

Meet two women with big ideas about the future of our cities. Roma Agrawal is a structural engineer who helped design The Shard. She’s passionate about the power of engineering to improve lives and shares her enthusiasm in Built. Curator and author Anna Yudina has a different perspective: in Garden City she argues that our urban spaces must incorporate more nature, more greenery, more biodiversity. Chaired by Andrew Franklin.

Sun 12 Aug 15:45 – 16:45   Spark Theatre on George Street   £12.00, £10.00
Barry Cunliffe

THE RHYME OF THE EXPERT MARINER

In On the Ocean, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology Barry Cunliffe turns his attention to the history of man and the sea, asking what inspired early man to voyage out into the great blue unknown. From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, from the simple first vessels to the sailors of the 16th century, he documents our restless quest that has been a driving force of human history. Chaired by Andrew Franklin.

Sun 12 Aug 19:30 – 21:00   Garden Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
ReimagiNation Debate: Housing

HOW DO WE PROVIDE A HOME FOR EVERYONE?

Scotland’s 5 New Towns were built to alleviate urban overcrowding and poverty. Just over 70 years later, we have similarly pressing problems: housing shortages, a privately-owned rental market, and widely unaffordable house prices. Examine the future of housing with our panel: Roma Agrawal, structural engineer and author of Built, and John Boughton, author of Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing. Chaired by architectural historian Diane Watters.

Mon 13 Aug 10:00 – 11:00   Baillie Gifford Main Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
Roger Billcliffe

MACKINTOSH AND THE GLASGOW STYLE

Best known for his architecture and furniture design, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was also an accomplished artist who along with three friends from the Glasgow School of Art were ‘The Four’ at the centre of the Glasgow Style of the late 19th century. In his beautifully illustrated new book Roger Billcliffe maps the graphic language of this illustrious group. Chaired by Susan Mansfield.

Mon 13 Aug 11:00 – 12:00   Garden Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
John Boughton

HOME IS WHERE THE HURT IS

The Grenfell Tower disaster brought home to many how dire our housing has become, fuelling the the housing crisis debate. The rise and fall of council accommodation is the theme of John Boughton’s book Municipal Dreams. The author and housing campaigner has closely examined council estates across the UK and is certain that regeneration and Right to Buy have created more problems than solutions.

Mon 13 Aug 14:00 – 15:00   Spark Theatre on George Street   £12.00, £10.00
Dan Cruickshank

THIS IS HIGH-RISE

Colourful architectural historian Dan Cruickshank returns with his book about a building form, Skyscraper, that in fact originated in Edinburgh. Cruickshank’s focus is on the innovative 1890s, the era not only of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Otto Wagner but of Gilded Age Chicago. He charts the development of the high-rise; a symbol of modernity that’s now tainted by controversy and tragedy. Chaired by Sheena McDonald.

Mon 13 Aug 17:45 – 18:45   Garden Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
Kirsten Carter McKee & E Patricia Dennison

SINGING THE PRAISES OF URBAN LANDSCAPES

The development of Scotland’s urban landscapes links the latest works from historians Kirsten Carter McKee and E Patricia Dennison. Edinburgh’s ‘Third New Town’ (aka Calton Hill and the surrounding area) is the focus for Carter McKee who finds that the architecture and design on the hill is a vivid demonstration of Scotland’s cultural identity. Dennison’s The Evolution of Scotland’s Towns considers urban heritage over 1,000 years, asking what we have lost and may continue to lose through neglect and fragmentation. Chaired by Sheena McDonald.

Tue 14 Aug 18:30 – 19:30   The Bookshop on George Street   FREE: Book in advance

Music Room Favourites

From Jane Austen to P G Wodehouse, music rooms have been the setting for the blossoming of partnerships and the thickening of plots. But in the memoirs of William Fiennes and Namita Devidayal the music room is a place of calm. Join Ruthanne Baxter, Museums Services Manager at the University of Edinburgh for an exploration of music rooms between book covers and across centuries.

Wed 15 Aug 17:00 – 18:00   Baillie Gifford Main Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
Brian May & Roger Taylor

PICTURING VICTORIAN SCOTLAND

In the 19th century, Scotland was a pioneer of photography. A leading practitioner was George Washington Wilson, whose innovations in stereoscopic photography created some of the most captivating 3D images. Join photographic historians Dr Brian May (also the lead guitarist of Queen) and Professor Roger Taylor as they trace Wilson’s career, show key examples of his work using a stunning new 3D projection system and present their accompanying book, George Washington Wilson, Artist and Photographer, published by the London Stereoscopic Company.

Fri 17 Aug 10:30 – 11:30   Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre   £8.00, £6.00
Gilbert Márkus

SCOTLAND’S EARLY HISTORY

The period between 0 and 900AD is often dismissed as the Dark Ages but Gilbert Márkus has another view, and uses what he calls ‘luminous debris’ – bits and pieces of literary and material culture from the period – to shed light on the reality. In Conceiving a Nation, the Glasgow University researcher provides an entertaining introduction to Pictish kings, Norse settlements and Scotland’s early days. Chaired by Sheena McDonald.

Fri 17 Aug 12:15 – 13:15   Spark Theatre on George Street   £12.00, £10.00
James Crawford

SCOTLAND FROM ABOVE

Few of us experience Scotland’s majesty from above. In his book Scotland from the Sky, based on the BBC Scotland series, aerial photography buff James Crawford gives us a bird’s eye view of our nation in both space and time, starting with what an early aviator saw from the cockpit and building up to the present day. What he finds is a story of conflict, countryside, innovation and people.

Sun 19 Aug 11:00 – 12:00   Garden Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
Robin Crawford & Donald S Murray

MOORS AND BOGS DESERVE ANOTHER CHANCE

The moorlands of Scotland and beyond fascinate art historian Robin Crawford and playwright-poet Donald S Murray. Crawford discusses what he found after evaluating the peat areas of the Outer Hebrides for a year, documented in Into the Peatlands, while Murray extends his reach from Lewis and the Highlands to the Netherlands and Australia in The Dark Stuff, unpicking why these landscapes have been represented unfairly in folklore.

Sun 19 Aug 19:30 – 21:00   Garden Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
Freedom Debate: Collective Care

CAN WE DESIGN A NEW SYSTEM?

In today’s world of individual freedoms and polarising beliefs, can we conceive of a structure of shared social responsibility and be sure it will work for the most vulnerable, those who find themselves at the edges of society? Using our prison and healthcare systems as models, the social activist and author of Radical Help, Hilary Cottam, examines the question with philosopher Edith Hall, designer Alice Rawsthorn, New Zealand artist and Professor Nancy Loucks, Chief Executive of the charity Families Outside.

Tue 21 Aug 19:15 – 20:15   Spark Theatre on George Street   £12.00, £10.00
Richard Sennett

OPEN CITY

Richard Sennett has spent his career thinking about how to create environments in which people can live good lives. Building and Dwelling is the distillation of a lifetime’s work on a topic which has taken Sennett from New York and London to Medellin and Mumbai. Should urbanism represent society as it is or should it seek to change it? Have your say as Sennett discusses his ideas with Glasgow-based architect Jude Barber.

Wed 22 Aug 16:15 – 17:45   The Spiegeltent   £12.00, £10.00
ReimagiNation: Scotland’s New Towns

SHARING NEW TOWN STORIES

For the last two years, social historian Daniel Gray has been searching for utopia. Appointed by the Book Festival as lead writer on our ReimagiNation project, Gray has gathered the stories of communities across Scotland’s five New Towns. Join him and a cast of local residents from Cumbernauld, Irvine, East Kilbride, Glenrothes and Livingston as they tell Scotland’s New Town story, 70 years after they were created.

Wed 22 Aug 19:30 – 21:00   Garden Theatre   £12.00, £10.00
ReimagiNation Debate: Environment

NATURE, TOWNS AND US

How does our environment impact on our everyday lives? Just over 70 years ago, Scotland’s New Towns were designed to incorporate green space. Today, novelist and architect David F Ross joins author and nature writer Karen Lloyd whose latest book is The Blackbird Diaries, to discuss the interaction of nature and the built environment with social historian Daniel Gray, who has been chronicling the voices of Scotland’s New Town residents throughout the Book Festival’s ReimagiNation touring programme.

Mon 27 Aug 14:00 – 15:00   Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre   £8.00, £6.00
Piers Dixon & Fiona Watson

MAPPING SCOTLAND’S HISTORY

Archaeologist Piers Dixon and medieval historian Fiona Watson have teamed up to produce A History of Scotland’s Landscapes. In this stunning book they present maps and photographs showing patterns and markings in fields, forests, mountains and roads. In doing so, they reveal the myriad ways that land use has changed over the centuries, from the passing of the Romans to the decline of heavy industry. Chaired by Rosemary Burnet.

The Land Value Capture event (Riddle’s Court, 31 May 2018) held in association with jhplanning, gathered a wide variety of professional perspectives and approaches. There seemed to be a clear collective desire to continue with collaborative approaches, particularly those approaches which take different views into consideration. There is a need to increase infrastructure and housing provision, these were drivers to the current Scottish Planning review, and this event gave clear messages that there is appetite for vital work to continue in this area.

Download the slides from the event here.

BEFS welcomes the report from the Local Government & Communities Committee and below looks at the recommendations in relation to BEFS written and oral evidence.

Planning Purpose: The Committee recommends a purpose for planning be included in the Bill to “reflect the ambition to create high quality places, to protect and enhance the environment, to meet human rights to housing, health and livelihoods, to create economic prosperity and to meet Scotland’s climate change goals and international obligations.” BEFS strongly supports such a definition having recommended alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

National Planning Framework/Scottish Planning Policy: It supports the merging of NPF and SPP but wishes SPP to be made explicit in the Bill. It recommends Parliamentary approval be required for the NPF and any amendments. The committee does not support the withdrawal of statutory regional planning “unless a more robust mechanism is provided to that currently proposed in the Bill.” BEFS submission stated for the need for regional planning to have a statutory basis or local authority funds would easily be diverted.

Supplementary Guidance: It seeks further clarification from the Scottish Government on how matters which were previously the subject to statutory supplementary guidance should now be articulated and given sufficient weight to ensure development is in accordance with an authority’s plan. BEFS Members had strong concern on the loss of supplementary guidance.

Local Place Plans: The Committee is concerned that Local Place Plans will privilege already empowered communities resulting in widened inequality and is unconvinced that enough resource is available to support their creation – “as things stand the proposals for LPPs run the risk of being disregarded or ineffective.”

Appeals: It does not think the Bill addresses the imbalance in between applicants and communities within the planning system and while not wholly recommending equal rights of appeal does seem to be suggesting a higher threshold is introduced for applicant appeals. The committee “urge the Scottish Government to look at these issues before Stage 2” – BEFS flagged the need for robust research on this topic early on the review of the planning system.

Simplified Development Zones: It recommends that Simplified Development Zones are part of the NPF and LDP and should only be proposed by planning authorities and Scottish Government with full public consultation. They acknowledge the Minister’s commitment to amend the Bill at Stage 2 to identify the types of land that may not be included in an SDZ scheme – BEFS has a preference for designated areas (eg conservation areas) to be excluded.

Infrastructure Levy/Land Value Capture: The Committee notes the ongoing research on infrastructure levy and land value capture and seeks timetables and clarification on details to be laid before Parliament. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore Land Value Capture options at BEFS forthcoming event on Thursday 31st May 2018.

Enforcement: While welcoming increased fines in relation to enforcement the committee asks that Scottish Government ensure planning authorities are properly resourced to take action – planning departments being properly resourced is an issue for many proposals within the Planning Bill.

Training: It does not support mandatory training for Councillors on planning committees but recommends that training should be available as CPD and include: community engagement, equalities and human rights duties; challenges in urban and rural settings, environmental and sustainability duties – arguably “environmental” includes the historic environment but it would be good to see that referenced. Alternatively, it recommends that all decision- takers in planning should be subject to the same training requirements – potentially applying to all Councillors and Scottish Ministers.

Why is this research taking place?
Currently there is no major research into the funding landscape for the heritage sector in Scotland. Evaluation during the four years of Resourcing Scotland’s Heritage (RSH) has made it clear how crucial a report of this kind is for sector understanding and development.

The State of Heritage Funding Now research has been commissioned by the RSH partners (Archaeology Scotland, Arts & Business Scotland, BEFS, greenspace scotland, & Museums Galleries Scotland).

What organisations should complete this survey?
Heritage includes professional and voluntary organisations:
Archaeology | Archives & collections | Community heritage | Historic buildings & monuments | Industrial, maritime & transport | Intangible heritage | Land & biodiversity (including urban green spaces and parks) | Libraries | Museums.

To ensure your heritage organisation’s information is included in this important research, please complete the short survey in the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/stateofheritagesurvey
Deadline: 14 June 2018

What are the expected outcomes?
The entire sector will benefit from this report which will be widely disseminated and made publically available.

The completed report will:

• Raise awareness of the current funding landscape for the heritage sector from public, private and charitable sources.
• Act as a discussion paper to reflect on developments within the sector over the last 3-5 years.
• Identify possible next steps, moving forward from the RSH programme delivery which comes to an end in June 2018.

All individual responses will be treated in the strictest confidence with analysis and reporting anonymised unless agreed with respondents.

The RSH partners encourage a strong response from the heritage sector to ensure that the survey can deliver robust and representative data on the funding mix and funding experiences of different types and locations of heritage groups and organisations. Please support the project by completing the survey.

Any questions in the first instance should be directed to the research project manager Andy Parkinson from Consilium Research & Consultancy on 07713 357389 or email andy@consiliumresearch.co.uk.

The RSH programme is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Engine Shed, Stirling – Saturday 10th November 2018

Call for Papers, Speakers, Displays and Contributions.

Archaeology Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Northlight Heritage are delighted to announce the call for contributions to Scotland’s Community Heritage Conference 2018.  This will be the seventh year of this event, an annual celebration of the richness and diversity of community heritage across the country. The Conference provides a stage for volunteers, community groups and professionals to network, share experiences and create future working partnerships.

This year it will be at The Engine Shed, Historic Environment Scotland’s dramatic new building conservation hub situated right next to Stirling’s railway station. The venue offers a vast flexible space, all on one level and fully accessible to those with disabilities. With your help, they will be creating an exciting and memorable day of talks, workshops and exhibitions, hearing from you about your involvement with community heritage. As usual, for the main presentations, volunteers and members of community groups have priority over heritage professionals, though professionals are of course welcome to contribute to other parts of the event.

To get an idea of the buzz generated at previous conferences, please have a look at some of our videos on YouTube.

They would like to hear from you if:

1. a) You would like to offer a 20-minute talk/PowerPoint presentation to the conference on a community-based heritage project (priority given here to non-professional speakers);
2. b) You have an idea for a workshop or discussion and would be willing to help lead or contribute towards a session (typically 45 minutes);
3. c) You would like space for a display, showcasing your local community heritage project. Several formats are available – we can offer space for table displays, posters, and also for videos or slide shows. Please contact us to discuss possibilities;
4. d) You would like to take part in ‘One Minute Mayhem’ – a 60-second ‘soap-box’ opportunity to share your news and views on any aspect of Scotland’s community heritage.

If any of the above is something you would like to be involved with, please send them your ideas (or any questions) by Thursday 31^st May 2018, to chcscot@gmail.com. Please pass on this invitation to others who might be interested in sharing their experiences.

Scotland’s Community Heritage Conference is a partnership of Archaeology Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Northlight Heritage, with contributions and support from heritage organisations across Scotland and beyond.