14 September 2015
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Charitable status for Scotland's new national heritage body
Scotland's new national heritage body, Historic Environment Scotland, has been granted charitable status by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. ...
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Scotland's new national heritage body, Historic Environment Scotland, has been granted charitable status by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Read the latest news and analysis on Scotland's history in History Scotland magazine, written by some of Scotland's foremost historians and archaeologists.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) which takes up full operational powers on 1 October 2015, has been formed following the merger of following the merging of Historic Scotland and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) into a new public body. The move brings the new body closer in line with other national cultural bodies including the National Library of Scotland, the National Galleries of Scotland, The National Museum of Scotland and the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Commenting on the granting of charitable status, Jane Ryder, OBE, Chair of HES, said: 'Becoming a charity affirms our core purpose and is a status that carries great responsibility. The Board is delighted our application to OSCR has been successful and that we now have charitable status. This is another key milestone as we approach 1st October when we take on our full statutory responsibilities.
'While becoming a charity enables us to contribute to the wider good of Scotland more strategically, it also provides greater opportunities to develop our new organisation overall and its varied operations in future. Such status will also hopefully provide greater opportunities for the sector and assist us in performing our role as a key player in helping to deliver Scotland’s first strategy for the Historic Environment, “Our Place in Time.”'
As the new body moves towards starting work in October, it has also recently appointed its first Chief Executive, David Middleton, who will take up his post in November, while work continues to develop the new organisation’s first Corporate Plan.
Find out more about the work of Historic Environment Scotland on their website.
(Image copyright Oliver Bonjoch)
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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) which takes up full operational powers on 1 October 2015, has been formed following the merger of following the merging of Historic Scotland and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) into a new public body. The move brings the new body closer in line with other national cultural bodies including the National Library of Scotland, the National Galleries of Scotland, The National Museum of Scotland and the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Commenting on the granting of charitable status, Jane Ryder, OBE, Chair of HES, said: 'Becoming a charity affirms our core purpose and is a status that carries great responsibility. The Board is delighted our application to OSCR has been successful and that we now have charitable status. This is another key milestone as we approach 1st October when we take on our full statutory responsibilities.
'While becoming a charity enables us to contribute to the wider good of Scotland more strategically, it also provides greater opportunities to develop our new organisation overall and its varied operations in future. Such status will also hopefully provide greater opportunities for the sector and assist us in performing our role as a key player in helping to deliver Scotland’s first strategy for the Historic Environment, “Our Place in Time.”'
As the new body moves towards starting work in October, it has also recently appointed its first Chief Executive, David Middleton, who will take up his post in November, while work continues to develop the new organisation’s first Corporate Plan.
Find out more about the work of Historic Environment Scotland on their website.
(Image copyright Oliver Bonjoch)
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