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1 Association for Industrial Archaeology
The AIA promotes the study, preservation and presentation of Britain's industrial heritage.
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2 Department for Culture Media and Sport
Aims to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries
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3 English Heritage
English Heritage exists to protect and promote England's spectacular historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood.
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4 Natural England
Natural England is an independent public body whose purpose is to protect and improve England’s natural environment and encourage people to enjoy and get involved in their surroundings.
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5 European Route of Industrial History (ERIH)
The underlying objectives are to protect Europe’s industrial heritage sites and use their preservation as a motor for the development of regions that are often suffering from economic decline.
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6 Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage though innovative investment in projects with a lasting impact on people and places.
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7 ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites
An international non-governmental organization of professionals, dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites.
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8 ICOMOS UK
ICOMOS-UK is an independent charity with a UK-wide and international mission to promote and support best practice in the conservation, care and understanding of the historic environment.
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9 LAWHF Local Authority World Heritage Forum
The Local Authority World Heritage Forum (LAWHF) is a network of local authorities in the UK that have the whole or part of an Inscribed World Heritage Site or Tentative Site within their administrative boundaries.
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10 UNESCO World Heritage Centre
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
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