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Volunteer-involving heritage organisations survey

Help us make heritage volunteering more inclusive! Make Your Mark , a campaign to increase the number and diversity of heritage volunteers in Scotland, is running a survey with Volunteer Scotland and Our Past, Our Future , Scotland’s national strategy for the historic environment, to better understand volunteering in Scotland’s heritage sector. By heritage, we mean built, cultural and natural heritage. The survey is open to volunteer-involving heritage organisations and... More

Closed 11 July 2025

Skills Survey for Historic Environment Employers

As an employer, sole trader or organisation in the heritage sector, it is vital that we hear your views on your organisation's skills needs and gaps, and the accessibility and appropriateness of training provision, to help monitor the skills health of the sector and feed into planning for programmes of support for the sector. The Skills Investment Plan for the Historic Environment (SIP) was published in April 2024 following consultation with the sector and its partners. As part of... More

Closes 31 July 2025

Heritage Training for Planning Authorities

Historic Environment Scotland are seeking your views to help us develop a high-quality training programme to support decision-making by planning authorities in cases affecting the historic environment. The need for this training programme was determined in part because of direct feedback from planning authorities as well as in alignment with the Scottish Government’s National Planning Skills Commitment Plan . The course will provide in-depth knowledge and... More

Closes 22 August 2025