Research

Spotlight on: Governance

Results from October 2023 Panel Research In October 2023, 141 UK Heritage Pulse panel members responded to a short survey on the successes and challenges in organisational governance. As we asked respondents to comment mainly on their own organisation, sole traders and freelancers were not invited to participate in this round. The respondents consisted of… | Continue reading: Spotlight on: Governance

Summer 2023 review

Results from September 2023 Panel Research In September 2023, 270 UK Heritage Pulse panel members responded to a short survey on how the summer season had been for their organisation. The first section of questions explored organisational confidence and their place within the sector through a set of updated ‘tracker’ questions, while the second allowed… | Continue reading: Summer 2023 review

Students at Brooklands Innovation Academy

Spotlight on: Partnerships

Results from April 2023 Panel Research In April, over 200 panel members completed the UK Heritage Pulse survey on the theme of organisational partnerships. The short survey focused on organisational partnerships and asked respondents their attitudes towards the sharing of information, resources, staffing and volunteers across the sector. Thank you to all of those who responded.… | Continue reading: Spotlight on: Partnerships

Spotlight on: Volunteering

Results from March 2023 Panel Research In March, 241 panel members completed the UK Heritage Pulse survey on the theme of volunteering. The questions covered the management and retention of volunteers and the particular business areas where organisations rely most on volunteers. In addition, respondents had a chance to reflect overall on the relationship between… | Continue reading: Spotlight on: Volunteering

Picture shpwing a mixed group of people posing for a photograph in front of a building

Case Study: Volunteering

The Courtauld’s Digitisation Volunteer Project  We spoke to Tom Bilson, Head of Digital Media at The Courtauld, about the Digitisation Volunteer Project – the largest and most diverse public inclusion project The Courtauld has ever run.  For some time, The Courtauld had wanted to make their full photographic collections available online to the public. This… | Continue reading: Case Study: Volunteering

Small boats moored in Ballintoy Harbour, a stone built harbour in Northern Ireland

Findings from round 2 of UK Heritage Pulse published

The initial findings from the second UK Heritage Pulse survey were released in an interactive webinar with reflections from key members of the panel. The full results have been published by the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Your voice heard Nearly 250 panel members responded to the survey . Designed in response to what you as… | Continue reading: Findings from round 2 of UK Heritage Pulse published

Instant Pulse – technological advances & digital experiences

In our final week of Instant Pulse, we asked the sector the following question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement?“Audiences and customers are embracing the new possibilities that our technological advances and digital experiences can offer them.”  How did you respond? What else did you tell us? “This is true… | Continue reading: Instant Pulse – technological advances & digital experiences

Instant Pulse – price increases & impact

In the eighth week of Instant Pulse, we asked the sector the following question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement?“The on-going general increase in prices is having a severe impact on our organisation’s capacity to survive, deliver and achieve our mission.”  How did you respond? What else did you tell… | Continue reading: Instant Pulse – price increases & impact