UK – Heritage has the power to change lives

“Heritage – that expensive, inspiring, prestigious and self-evidently good part of human endeavour”, writes Jonathan Ruffer, “is increasingly having to justify itself in the cold light of cost cuts.” This is why the Heritage Lottery Fund is calling for heritage to engage with social need. To prove its worth, heritage must demonstrate that it can be “the very instrument of social change.”

In a recent article for The Telegraph, Jonathan Ruffer, a hedge fund manager turned campaigner for architectural heritage, discusses the significance of historic buildings in the 21st century. Speaking from a financier’s point of view, Ruffler examines the “gulf” between public and private funding for restorative architectural schemes.

Read the full article here.