Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), generally referred to as ‘Living Heritage’, is the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognise as part of their cultural heritage.
The new website will provide a coherant overview of the Inventory of Living Heritage in the UK (with downloadable resources such as guidance documents etc.) and facilitate the Application Process for anyone wishing to make a proposal to have a form of living heritage considered for inclusion on the Inventory.
The site will then hold the Inventory(ies), taking ito account for the unique structure of the UK, which comprises four countries - England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales - along with the possible inclusion of its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. Each of the nations will have its own Inventory, which will be part of a United Kingdom Inventory.
