Culture Syndicates CIC

   26th July 2018  In  Annual Impact Reports ,  Community Engagement ,  News And Opportunities ,  Training And Employability Showing Culture Syndicates’ impact over the last financial year. In the past year we have had a positive impact upon our staff, with 77% of our former Heritage Assistants finding employment in an arts role or continuing education. We upskilled six sector entrants and provided capacity to six local partner museums with the Resilience Syndicate internship scheme. We have retained our focus upon small to medium sized museums, whilst diversifying our offer to work nationally and create new tender partnerships which will enable us to work on larger projects. We look forward to the exciting projects we have coming up in 2018/19.

   11th July 2018  In  Case Studies ,  Exploring History Choosing the next World Heritage Site (WHS) must be extremely challenging. Every other year, the UK puts forward its own contender, the latest of which was the Lake District in July 2017. To designate somewhere as a WHS is to recognise its outstanding value and collective interest to humanity. These are sites that are identified as being not only significant nationally, but also on a global scale. There are currently 31 WHS in the UK (including overseas territories). The first sites were inscribed in 1986 and included the Giant’s Causeway, Stonehenge and Ironbridge Gorge. The  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation  (UNESCO) encourages countries to sign the World Heritage Convention and is thus responsible for inscribing countries onto the list. A Controversial Status? When a site is designated a WHS it becomes legally protected and intended for conservation to help limit potential threats. However, this