Arts&Heritage are proud to be part of the consortium who has brought together this free programme which provides leadership development, including executive-leadership training, roundtable challenges and 1:1 coaching to develop knowledge and provide new skills.

It covers a range of topics, including intangible heritage at risk, working with heritage trusts, digital skills, 100-year planning, strategic partnership work, heritage business models, tools for participatory governance, inclusion and access, executive coaching and participation in shaping buildings, stories, and intangibles.

Is this leadership programme for you?

• Are you passionate about your region and how heritage sites and organisations can transform the lives of those communities around you?
• Are you leading heritage or cultural activities and have more than 2 years of experience?
• Are you part of a heritage organisation, a history and heritage society, a heritage trust, or aspiring to shift your cultural or creative work into one that draws more deeply from the rich history of the place?
• Do you feel heritage is a driver for placemaking and digital tools might help you have more impact in your heritage work?
• Are you working in the library or heritage sector with aspirations to lead on projects involving history, arts and digital?

If any of the above fit your career aspirations and visions for your place, this programme might be for you.

The programme is now recruiting its third cohort, with a deadline of 11 December 2025 for the course start date of 22nd January 2026. You can find out more and how to apply here. 

This has all been made possible with support from the Heritage Fund.

The consortium members: University of Staffordshire, Keele University, Wikimedia, Historic England, Stoke-on-Trent CC, ArtUK, Re-Form Heritage, Arts&Heritage, The Audience Agency, Stoke Creates.