Professor Pippa Catterall, who teaches on the Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture MA course, was invited as a participant to Historic England’s Heritage Foresight meeting.
Pippa Catterall has been the representative of the historical profession on the London Historical Environments Forum since 2011. She was nominated to represent them at Historic England's Heritage Foresight meeting on 6 May.
With various key stakeholders in the heritage field, Professor Catterall debated the risk factors and priorities for the sector for the next few years.
The London Historical Environments Forum brings together public and non-government heritage bodies to co-ordinate sector initiatives and strengthen advocacy work and communications.
Historic England is a public body that protects, champions, and saves sites across the country to celebrate England’s historic environment. They work with communities and specialists to share their knowledge and skills to inspire interest, care, and conservation.
Professor Catterall said: “Clearly heritage in England faces some significant challenges. As well as short-term challenges, such as recovery from the impact of COVID-19, there are long-term ones such as the impact of climate change on heritage environments. Co-ordinated planning across the sector for meeting these challenges is not an option but a necessity. ln addition to discussing ways to achieve this, it was good to be able to put on the agenda the need to lobby for changes to the impact of taxation upon the heritage sector.”
