Historic Environment Enabling Programme
The Historic Environment Enabling Programme is a central strategic budget through which English Heritage commissions the research necessary for evidence-based policy and supports nationally-important initiatives which deliver against its strategic priorities and underpin its lead role for the Historic Environment.
The programme reinforces a seamless approach to the historic environment, and covers the marine and terrestrial historic environment, buildings, historic areas and landscapes, and methodological and technical development, as well as conventional archaeology.
Projects are commissioned against national priorities in support of English Heritage's Strategy for 2005-2010 and informed by the broader agendas set our for English Heritage and the historic environment sector as a whole in Power of Place: the Future of the Historic Environment (English Heritage 2000) and The Historic Environment: a Force for our Future (DCMS 2001).
From April 2008, all projects must be articulated explicitly against a single appropriate Sub-Programmes as set out in our Strategic Framework for Historic Environment Activities and Programmes (SHAPE) (see below for further details). Projects may also need to be framed within further detailed strategy documents for specific policy and research areas such as those currently available for the marine and coastal historic environment.
The Historic Environment Enabling Programme is managed by the Historic Environment Commissions Team also administers the English Heritage Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund Programme. Through these budgets English Heritage is able to commission work in support of its strategic aims across the sector from a wide range of partners including commercial contracting organisations and consultants, universities, local government, and local societies and voluntary and independent organisations.
A full listing of projects funded and summaries of selected projects are available through our Projects page.
Historic Environment Enabling Programme: Budget for 2009-10
The overall budget for the Historic Environment Enabling Programme for 2009-10 has been set at £4,668,000.
Barney Sloane
Head of Historic Environment Commissions
Strategic Framework for Historic Environment Activities and Programmes in English Heritage (SHAPE)
SHAPE replaces the strategic framework for our commissioned projects set out in Exploring Our Past 1998. It delivers an integrated strategy and general priorities for the Historic Environment as a whole, meshing our overall Corporate Strategy and Research Strategy, and taking into account of non-research priorities for the first time. SHAPE comes into force from April 2008, and applicants are strongly advised to read it carefully.
Further Information
For further information please contact the appropriate member of the Historic Environment Commissions Team.
Reports
Annual reports of Historic Environment Commissions
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