English Heritage has taken over the Heritage Open Days after the Civic Trust in England went into administration in April.
Katja Condy, the programme manager of Heritage Open Days, said: "It is very reassuring, and we are grateful to English Heritage for immediately grasping the situation and leading on the process with the administrator.
"The work starts now for us. For this cycle, it will be business as usual, and we will continue with as little disruption as possible. Those taking part in Heritage Open Days will not notice anything different, but as we migrate the website and databases over to English Heritage, behind the scenes it is going to be manic."
This year's Heritage Open Days will take place across the country from 10-13 September and many of the venues registered last year have already signed up again, according to Condy.
Steven Bee, director of planning and development at English Heritage, said: "Heritage Open Days is an important cultural event and we are grateful for the continued support of all the volunteers across England, on which the success of the event depends."
Prior to taking over the event, English Heritage had provided it with core funding for nine years, contributing about £220,000 to it last year.
A spokesman for Grant Thornton, the administrator, said it was also attempting to find homes for the Civic Trust's other programmes. Nothing was signed on the dotted line, he said, but agreements in principle had already been established for some schemes.
The spokesman also expressed a hope that a new umbrella organisation might be established for the 700 or so civic societies that were overseen by the trust.
Katja Condy, the programme manager of Heritage Open Days, said: "It is very reassuring, and we are grateful to English Heritage for immediately grasping the situation and leading on the process with the administrator.
"The work starts now for us. For this cycle, it will be business as usual, and we will continue with as little disruption as possible. Those taking part in Heritage Open Days will not notice anything different, but as we migrate the website and databases over to English Heritage, behind the scenes it is going to be manic."
This year's Heritage Open Days will take place across the country from 10-13 September and many of the venues registered last year have already signed up again, according to Condy.
Steven Bee, director of planning and development at English Heritage, said: "Heritage Open Days is an important cultural event and we are grateful for the continued support of all the volunteers across England, on which the success of the event depends."
Prior to taking over the event, English Heritage had provided it with core funding for nine years, contributing about £220,000 to it last year.
A spokesman for Grant Thornton, the administrator, said it was also attempting to find homes for the Civic Trust's other programmes. Nothing was signed on the dotted line, he said, but agreements in principle had already been established for some schemes.
The spokesman also expressed a hope that a new umbrella organisation might be established for the 700 or so civic societies that were overseen by the trust.
