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Why Heritage
Matters
Heritage Pathways
TORCH
27 October 2016
Kate Pugh @kateheritage

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Q1 What was your lightbulb moment?
Q2 What is the difference you want to make?
Why Heritage Matters …. to you

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Why heritage matters: Heritage & The Economy 2016

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• Plays an important part in our wellbeing and quality of life – 93% of residents
say that local heritage has an impact on their personal quality of life.
• Heritage makes you happy. People who visit heritage sites are happier than
those who do not. The Government’s Taking Part survey asked respondents to
self-assess their happiness on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is ‘extremely happy’.
Between 2010 and 2013, on average, those who had visited a heritage site in
the previous 12 months, reported happiness scores 1.6% greater than those
who had not.
• Heritage activity (such as visiting, volunteering and heritage membership) is a
driving factor for wellbeing. As part of the 2015 Heritage Index research, areas
which scored highly on heritage activity also tended to have higher levels of
well-being.
Why heritage matters: Heritage & Society 2016

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The four ‘pillars’ of
sustainable development
from UNESCO’s
Hangzhou Declaration
2013:
• Economic
• Social
• Environmental
• + Cultural
Why heritage matters: Heritage & Sustainable Development
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Why heritage matters: culture & international standing
Ambition: improve the
reputation of the UK
• Improve or maintain the
UK’s soft power ranking in
terms of culture
• Increase the number of
exchanges
• Increase the number of UK
cultural exports
• Increase the value of UK
cultural exports

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Risk: nationally [Heritage at Risk 2015]

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Risk: demolition/deterioration/degradation/despair

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In
• Central Government Departments (DCSM/CLG/BIES), Historic
England/Natural England
• Local government in managing their heritage assets and in development
control services
• Development industry, property management, home owners
• Private and charitable institutions/Heritage Lottery Fund
• Supporting the independent heritage movement
As
• professional practitioners: planners/surveyors/architects
• craftsmen/traditional building/conservators
• researchers: science/engineering/psychology/materials/history
• technical advisers, policy, communications, management, project
managers, fundraisers, data analysers, in evaluation, digital technology ….
• volunteers: contributing brain power as well as muscle power
Heritage Futures: where the decisions are taken

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