What we do

Understanding heritage assets

  • Archival and desk-based historical research
  • Building histories
  • Building analysis and recording to Historic England Level 3
  • Statements of significance for collections, buildings (inc. churches) and heritage sites
  • Heritage Impact Assessments
  • Conservation plans
  • Research for exhibitions, guidebooks, web content
  • Collections assessments and collections research

Engaging people with heritage

  • Community Engagement
  • Activity planning
  • Audience research
  • Oral history
  • Working with volunteers
  • Writing for guidebooks, leaflets, web and exhibitions
  • Talks
  • Exhibition design

Enabling heritage projects

  • Brief-writing for procuring specialist heritage services (e.g. research, conservation, interpretation, engagement), and managing delivery of these services
  • Project management
  • Collections management advice
  • Pre-application advice: We can provide advice on mitigating the impact of works proposed for a heritage asset so that significance is retained or enhanced.  We can also advise on the information required for planning applications, faculty applications and funding applications
  • Volunteer development
  • Grant applications and grant management, including National Lottery Heritage Fund