There is a real responsibility on all of us to close this gap. Feels like there is lots that the culture and heritage sector can do to help NECulture @TWAMmuseums

The UK is home to world-class craftspeople and a rich artisan tradition, but the apprenticeship system must be made more flexible for freelancers and small businesses to keep craft skills alive. ⚒️ Read more on pp.23-24 of our #HeritageOntheBrink report: bit.ly/HeritageCoL

I've spent today on site in #Lancaster with trainees on the Historic England Heritage Building Skills programme, learning new #heritageskills. Good to see so many new young men and women starting out on these amazing careers looking after our precious historic buildings

More hard work by the apprentices this week, learning Churches Conservation Trust St John's and Lancaster & Morecambe College (LMC) #heritageskills #conservation

Today's meeting venue. Not a bad place to end the working week. #Northumberland #VitaminSea

Join us at National Trust Buscot and Coleshill Heritage and Rural Skills Centre on 20 Sept for CONSERVATE, bringing together industry professionals in craft, conservation, and rural skills to explore the sustainability of heritage crafts. nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordsh…

Magical time on Holy Island. Dusted off my trowel and joined lovely people from DigVentures Archaeology and N'thumberland Coast for a couple of days of on the archaeological excavation. Sunshine and endless blue skies through the day and harvest moon at night. #archaeology #Northumberland

Heat pumps are an important part of how households can reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency. To mark #HeatPumpWeek, see our advice on installing heat pumps in historic buildings ⬇️ historicengland.org.uk/advice/technic…

Investment in historic environment and lots of hard work by committed people making a huge difference to future high street prosperity in #Lancaster Lancaster City Council Historic England

Really positive news to start the week, bursaries for a diverse group of people to train in a huge range of traditional skills announced heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/29…

Absolutely brilliant news - such a significant historic building that provided homes for those in need with so much potential to address social need now and in future #conservation #heritage #Newcastle

Great to join the National Churches Trust for the launch of their new report on the importance of churches to wellbeing. Key finding is that every year church buildings relieve costs & support the NHS at a conservative figure, to the tune of £8.4bn nationalchurchestrust.org/house-good-hea…

Working with Historic England to deliver the Heritage Building Skills summer school at St John's #Lancaster was my biggest professional achievement this year. Lots of hard work with lots of people, brilliant trainees developing #heritageskills and the church roof getting fixed 🙂

📣 We've launched our new online showcase, sharing funding opportunities in National Landscapes! yournaturalpartner.org.uk If you’re a corporate looking to be part of the solution, it’s your chance to work with the UK’s biggest protected landscape network. #fundnaturerecovery

Wildlife body banking on funding appeal to boost Tyne sand martin nesting colony @WildIntrigue Ouseburn Trust Ouseburn Farm Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club Kittiwakes upon the Tyne Tyne Kittiwake Partnership Northumberland Wildlife Trust Mike Pratt @NENature_ Natural England NE Newcastle City Council Free Trade Inn chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

Wrapping up our 30 projects for 30 years with Keelmen's Hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne 🏛️ Originally built in 1701 as alms houses, but it's been vacant now for 15 years and is on the #HeritageAtRisk register. (1/2)

Pretty much every #heritage project I've ever worked on has recieved funds from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, supporting #conservation, #skills, #training, #community, and connecting people with place. Happy birthday The National Lottery!

I’m so lucky to represent the most beautiful coastal and countryside area there is. We’re investing £17m to make it even better: ➡️ Protecting our environment ➡️ Creating jobs ➡️ Showing it to the world We’ll create real opportunity across our North East. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24738397.…

Always good when you spot a picture of a former trainee and mentor, the talented Tyler, now a stonemason with HPR Ltd after @Benefacttrust funded his #apprenticeship Seventeen Nineteen Long term, strategically-driven funding is crucial for #heritageskillls sector #conservation #skills

This summer, Joe (with his back up team of me, Ed, Aunty Zoe and Big Al) will be making an epic 26 mile trek along the North Yorkshire coast to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. Support us if you can x justgiving.com/fundraising/Tr…