1. David Tomback – Resilient Heritage Overview
Topline: Times are changing, resulting in:
Local Authority budgets cut
Job losses
Localism Bill
• In conservation we have an aging workforce
• Succession planning is more vital than ever
English Heritage
• Comprehensive Spending Review - £51M off our budget.
• Possibly 400 jobs to go.
• National Heritage Protection Plan helping to guide us through and focus our
efforts.
Frontline services:
• Historic environment Local authority capacity project
• HELM (Historic Environment Local Management)
• HAR (Heritage at Risk)
Summing Up
• THE BIG SOCIETY – volunteers
• Building Preservation Trusts
• New ways to engage