Francesca Collins

Francesca Collins

Website & Digital Officer

Forty percent of heritage organisations have no volunteering strategy

Creating Capacity report highlights changes needed to improve volunteer work in sector

Climate Beacons across Scotland light the way to Cop26

More than 30 environmental, cultural and heritage organisations are coming together to inspire action ahead of the conference

Brontë Society calls to save rare manuscripts and artefacts from auction

The Honresfield Library is set to be sold by Sotheby’s after almost a century in a private collection

Where are all the women?

With studies continuing to paint a poor picture of female representation in art, Maggie Gray talks to those working to address the issue of gender imbalance in collections

New culture secretary appointed in Scottish cabinet reshuffle

Angus Robertson assumes the role as Fiona Hyslop leaves government

Mayor of London announces domestic tourism campaign

Sadiq Khan allocates £6m to getting visitors and residents back to the city

Union federation launches manifesto for cultural workers

Call to action highlights disproportionate impacts of Covid and austerity on workers

Arrest made over theft of Van Gogh and Hals paintings

The unrecovered artworks have an estimated combined value of £18m

Two more learned societies join campaign to stay at Burlington House

The societies’ future in Piccadilly is under threat as rents increase by more than 3,000%

Funding boost for four of Scotland’s university museums

Grants will help the museums respond to the challenges of Covid and focus on their audiences

Coventry’s former IKEA could become national collections centre

Announcement comes as Coventry prepares to kick off its year as City of Culture on 15 May

Island museums begin to reopen their doors

Sites on the Isle of Man and Jersey are the only indoor museums physically open in the British Isles