Heritage and Resilience

• Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers

• Association of Preservation Trusts

• Birmingham Museums Trust

• Canal & River Trust

• Campaign to Protect Rural England

• Churches Conservation Trust

• Council for British Archaeology

• English Heritage

• Forestry Commission• Heritage Lottery Fund• Historic Houses Association• Institute of Historic Building Conservation • Ironbridge Institute • National Trust • Natural England• West Midlands Amenity Societies Association

Key changes since 2002

•Better understanding

•Enjoyed by more people

•Drastic decline in numbers of expert staff

•Heritage at Risk has fallen

National expertise, locally delivered

English Heritage West Midlands

Heritage at Risk Team

Historic Places Team

Development Management Team

Business Support Team

Heritage at Risk Team

• Production and delivery of the local HAR strategy

• Focal point for HAR activities: updating the register, Heritage Angel

Awards

• Delivery of grant-aided work

• Supporting Local Authorities to use their enforcement powers

• Technical advisory work to the HLF on Places of Worship

• Provision of advice to customers on feasibility studies, options

appraisals and so on

• Levering-in external funding

Historic Places Team

• Strategic and community planning

• Advocacy work

• Networking and intelligence gathering

• Capacity building – training, HELM

• Media activities

• Master planning

• Design Review

Development Management Team

• Provision of our statutory advice

• Principal, Inspector & Assistant Inspector roles

• New Assistant role dealing with less complex work

Business Support Team

• A single point of contact for partners

• Amalgamation of the Grant and Statutory roles

Heritage and Resilience