Heritage Counts is prepared by English Heritage on behalf of the Historic Environment Review Executive Committee and the Regional Historic Environment Forums .

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These reports were used to inform Heritage Counts. They cover a range of socio-economic research areas and are arranged thematically.

Skills in Heritage Sector

• Traditional Building Craft Skills: England 2008
• UK Built Heritage Sector Professionals 2008: Current Skills, Future Training
• UK Built Heritage Sector Professionals 2008: Current Skills, Future Training

Participation in Heritage

• Summary report: Attending heritage sites
• Main Technical Report: Attending Heritage Sites
• Making Heritage Count? (report by MORI into participation in the historic environment for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund)

Tourism and Heritage

• Visits to Historic Environment Attractions (2008 report by bdrc for English Heritage)
• Visits to Historic Environment Attractions (2004 report by MEW for English Heritage)

Historic Environment and a Sense of Place

• Sense of place and the historic environment – full report (2009)
• Sense of place and the historic environment – literature review (2009)

Heritage and the Media

• Heritage Television Viewing

Heritage and the Voluntary Sector

• How We Do It
• Making Consultation Matter
• Making Consultation Matter - Report Appendices
• Volunteers and the historic environment (report by Heritage Link for English Heritage/Heritage Counts)
• Assessing the Benefits of Traditional Farm Building Repair (report by English Heritage, Defra, LDNPA, ASAS) – available at www.helm.org.uk
• Historic Farm Buildings: Constructing the Evidence Base (report by P. Gaskell and M. Clark for English Heritage)
• The Economic and Social Impacts of Cathedrals (report by Ecotec for English Heritage and the Association of English Cathedrals)
• Estimating the Aggregate Annual Amount Available for Repairs and Restoration to the Fabric of Historic Buildings in England (report by Jeremy Eckstein Associates for English Heritage/Heritage Counts)

Heritage Lottery Fund Reports

• Values and benefits of heritage 2009
• Values and benefits of heritage 2008
• Values and benefits of heritage 2007
• Challenge and Change: HLF and Cultural Value’ (report by Demos for the Heritage Lottery Fund)
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