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Supporting our Sites ofoutstanding global importance
WORLD HERITAGE UK
Issue 1 Spring 2016NEWSLETTER
The story so far…World Heritage UK was granted thestatus of Charitable IncorporatedOrganisation (CIO) on September1st 2015 and has already made itsmark in the sector with aconference, a networking meetingand a technical workshop, withmuch more to come! Supported bya Board of Trustees and a growingmembership of organisations andindividuals, the future is lookingbusy in fulfilling the CIO’s strategicobjectives of networking, advocacyand promotion. For lots moreinformation go towww.worldheritageuk.organd don’t forget to sign up to theblog for regular updates!
Welcome to thefirst newsletter!
Teaming up with ALVA
Did you know that more people visitheritage attractions at the weekendin the UK than go to footballmatches? Just one of the manyfacts and statistics revealed at TheTower of London New ArmouriesBuilding, the setting for a jointmeeting of World Heritage UK andthe Association of Leading VisitorAttractions in March. Sharinginformation on tourism and heritagetrends, the policy landscape, newfunding opportunities and threats toworld heritage sites globally,between ourselves and presentersALVA, the Heritage Alliance, VisitEngland and WWF UK, was avaluable exercise towardsachieving our networking objective.You can read about ALVA here.
15th April - World Heritage UKBoard and Committee Meeting,London18th April - World Heritage Day27th/28th June - NetworkingMeeting, Giant’s Causeway,Northern Ireland10th/11th October - Annual
Conference, Caernarfon, WalesAll year - (but especiallyNovember) 30th Anniversarycelebrations for World HeritageSites at St. Kilda, Giant’sCauseway and CausewayCoast, Durham Castle andCathedral, Ironbridge Gorge,Studley Royal Park (includingthe ruins of Fountain Abbey),Stonehenge, Avebury andAssociated Sites and theCastles and Town Walls of KingEdward in Gwynedd.
Dates for the diary
World Heritage UK currentlysurvives on the membership feescontributed by its members and hasproduced a membership leaflet toencourage more people to join. Ifyou have any opportunity to use theleaflet at a relevant site or event,some can be supplied to you.Alternatively, you can go direct tothe membership application formshere. Remember, membership isopen to a variety of organisations,and there is an individualmembership category too.
Next Members meeting -at the Giant's Causeway!
Preparations are underway for thenext Members Meeting, hosted bythe National Trust at the Giant’sCauseway World Heritage Site inNorthern Ireland on the 27th/28thJune. One of only 4 ‘natural’ WHSthe UK has responsibility for (two ofthese are UK Overseas Territories),the Giant’s Causeway will provide adramatic backdrop to the meetingagenda which will include themanagement of Visitor Centres.You can reserve your place at themeeting here.
Membership Leaflet
Supporting our Sites ofoutstanding global importance
WORLD HERITAGE UK
Issue 1 Spring 2016NEWSLETTER
Management Plansdiscussed in Edinburgh
On 25th-26th January 2016,Historic Environment Scotlandhosted a technical meeting inEdinburgh to discuss WorldHeritage Site Management Plansand Systems to find out whatmakes a management plansuccessful. Lots of expertise sharedhere, highlighting the wide varietyof methodologies undertaken,including having the managementplan online, an example fromHadrian’s Wall. UK participantswere joined by world heritagecolleagues from Austria, Bulgaria,Germany and the Netherlands whoprovided useful Europeanperspectives. You can read morehere.
Inaugural conferenceat Saltaire
The first of World Heritage UK’sconferences took place at theSaltaire World Heritage Site, nearBradford in Yorkshire. A fineexample of Victorian industrialheritage, the two day meeting inOctober 2015 was held in theVictoria Hall with an attendance ofover 90 participants, who alsoenjoyed a civic reception hosted bythe Mayor of Bradford as well assampling the celebrated local curry!An important event to be successfulfor the newly formed organisation,the feedback from delegates wasoverwhelmingly positive andprovided a sound basis for WorldHeritage UK to move forward from.It even had support from theMinister for Heritage and TourismYou can view the video and readmore here.
Forth Bridge is UK's 29th!
The most recent member of theUK’s UNESCO World Heritage Sitefamily is the Forth Bridge whichwas inscribed as a World HeritageSite in July 2015 at the UNESCOWorld Heritage Committee meetingin Bonn, Germany. It is the sixthWorld Heritage Site for Scotlandand brings the total for the UnitedKingdom to twenty-nine. You canread more here.
Autumn 2016 conferenceA date for your diary - WorldHeritage UK’s second conferencewill be held in Caernarfon on10th/11th October, completing thegoal of achieving a significant eventin each of the UK’s home nations inthe first year of the organisation’sexistence. The conference willcelebrate the 30th anniversary ofthe UNESCO inscription of the‘Edwardian Castles’ World HeritageSite, one of the six sites inscribed in1986 as the first in the UK. Watchthis space for further conferenceupdates!
FOR MORE INFORMATIONFor information on the Sites,meeting/conference papers, ourblog, membership, fees and anapplication please visit our website:www.worldheritageuk.orgor [email protected]
[email protected]/worldheritageuk
KEY ACHIEVMENTS 2015
Culture White PaperWorld Heritage UK submitted aresponse to the Government'sconsultation for The Culture WhitePaper which was published on the23rd March, the first for over fiftyyears. Page 46 is dedicated toprotecting world heritage. You canread it here.
● Established CharitableIncorporated Organisation
● Membership increasingand widening
● Development Directorappointed
● Website with Facebookand Twitter presence
● Research agendadeveloped
● Inaugural Conference heldat Saltaire WHS
● Networking Meeting inLiverpool WHS
● Endorsement from the UKNational Commission forUNESCO
● Support and liaison withGovernment and heritageagencies
World Heritage UK has now been registered with theCharity Commission as a Charitable IncorporatedOrganisation by Association, no 1163364.Registration date 1st September 2015
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