UK Heritage Pulse

We want to ensure that Scotland’s voice is heard in our UK-wide Heritage Pulse panel. The research panel is made up of hundreds of individuals and representatives of organisations at the heart of the heritage sector. We regularly ask its members to offer their views, shape strategy, share knowledge and influence funding priorities. We are very grateful for the insights and knowledge that existing members have already shared, and want to encourage even greater participation. Members receive regular updates and up-to-date insights on the latest trends in return. 

The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic Environment Scotland and Built Environment Forum Scotland are together supporting Pulse. 

We are keen to hear views from people who support or manage any type of heritage in Scotland, from all levels of organisations and from all parts of the heritage sector. 

Whether from the Mainland or Islands, the Highlands or Lowlands,  or urban or rural communities, by participating in Pulse your views will contribute to the strategies, policies and plans of organisations that work for and on behalf of heritage in Scotland.   

This includes contributing to the development and monitoring of our success in delivering on Scotland’s historic environment strategy, Our Place in Time, and in the approaches of our individual organisations. 

Who should take part? 

Our approach to UK heritage covers both cultural and natural heritage: the physical things that have been created by people over time like buildings, archaeological sites, museum collections or archives; the intangible elements of our past, including traditions, customs, and stories; and the natural world as represented by habitats, species, and landscapes, and the work that people do conserve these and to connect people with nature.  These things are often interconnected, and we take an inclusive understanding of heritage and what it represents and means to different people. 

The survey questions have been designed in response to the topics you have told us are most important to you:  

• organisational resilience 
• environmental sustainability 
• recruitment and staffing. 

In return for taking part, our panel members will get regular updates and early access to the research information and up-to-date insights on the latest trends for the heritage sector in Scotland. 

Heritage is unique to each place, community and person and by harnessing the widest range of experience and opinion we can better support the deep commitment we all have to the sector. 

Above all we want to hear from you.