IHBC updates members on Charter progress… IHBC Council review of draft texts due in coming weeks, details TBC

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

The IHBC’s Chair and President have written to all members with IHBC’s Second Update on recent Charter progress, including outline plans for text reviews at our next Council, date To Be Confirmed (TBC).

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IHBC is planning for growth, with CP30 and more, so grow with us on Board, Committee, Branches, Panels or Groups and more as suits – just let us know!

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

With the conclusion of IHBC’s new ‘Corporate Plan’ (CP30) consultation, and details on next stages to be announced soon, we’re now seeking volunteers keen to help us grow while you grow your skills!

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IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

The IHBC has opened nominations for the next IHBC-MARSH Awards, under its new schedule, from 30 September to 15 December for 2026, offering awards that celebrate ‘Learning in Heritage Skills’ and ‘Community Contributions by Retired members’.

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IHBC Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

Applications are now open for Bursaries for the IHBC Annual School 2027, hosted in Bristol & Bath from 10 to 12 June, exploring the theme ‘Climate Change & Significance’, as we bring together conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond for three days of learning, discussion and networking, to 1 February 2027.

Applications close 1 February 2027. Find out more here.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Home insulation schemes could be underestimating heat loss, new research finds

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

A team of scientists who carried out a study of heat loss from a typical 1930s semi-detached home to measure the impact of retrofit insulation have found that current estimates of energy performance may be underestimating the heat lost.

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IHBC Director’s top pick from HESPR’s £68M+ works: BID seeks multidisciplinary team to study local retail areas, to 20/11 and £40K

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s top pick this week a BID’s call for a multidisciplinary team with expertise in urban design… engagement and research for a scoping study of its neighbourhood retail parades, to 20/11 & £40k.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (maritime) doorstep’: Heritage Group explores cultural heritage and the historic environment within estuarine and coastal habitat restoration activities

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

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The ReMeMaRe Heritage Group unites interested parties to openly discuss and explore the challenges, successes, and overarching benefits of engaging with cultural heritage and the historic environment within estuarine and coastal habitat restoration activities.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Grand Designs showcases London’s extraordinary Cloud House

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

A striking pink London house that took a decade to build has appeared on Channel 4’s Grand Designs, reports London Now.

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‘True scale of heritage’s role in Welsh jobs, economy and communities’ – 18000 Jobs + £738Mn

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

According to major new research into the historic environment in Wales, its supports nearly 18,000 jobs and contributes more than £738Mn to the nation’s economy every year.

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Historic England Reveals its Heritage at Risk Register 2026

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Historic England has released its updated Heritage at Risk Register for 2026, with 4,991 entries on the Register and with 85 historic sites rescued and removed.

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The Reuse Policy Playbook: A Retrofit-First Guide for Local Authorities

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

Don’t Waste Buildings has issued an easy-to-read guide to help councils unlock the potential of existing buildings.

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HBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: The roles of heritage when the world changes, from ICOMOS GA2026, Malaysia

Posted on 13/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

As part of the Scientific Symposium ‘Living Heritage’ of the ICOMOS 2026 General Assembly, Chair on Heritage Futures for UNESCO, Cornelius Holtorf, organized and chaired a panel discussion on ‘How can cultural heritage sites contribute to the world’s common future?’.

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IHBC takes key step forward in Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments’ delivery, joining National Federation of Builders’ National Heritage Skills Forum

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

The IHBC has taken a major step forward in delivering key 2025 Parliamentary Commitments with Board agreement to join the National Federation of Builders (NFB) Heritage Skills Forum… ‘strengthening coordination… advocacy and… the skills our workforce needs’.

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IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

The IHBC has opened nominations for the next IHBC-MARSH Awards, under its new schedule, from 30 September to 15 December for 2026, offering awards that celebrate ‘Learning in Heritage Skills’ and ‘Community Contributions by Retired members’.

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Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Climate Change & Significance’, June 10-12 2027: IHBC’s Annual School, with online options, free pre-conference webinars & more…

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of its new Annual School website, featuring exciting updates on our 2027 School, across Bristol & Bath from 10–12 June, exploring ‘Climate Change & Significance’, with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond enjoying up to three days and more of learning, discussion, exhibits and networking.

School Bookings open February 2027. Register for updates here.

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Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

Applications are now open for Bursaries for the IHBC Annual School 2027, hosted in Bristol & Bath from 10 to 12 June, exploring the theme ‘Climate Change & Significance’, as we bring together conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond for three days of learning, discussion and networking, to 1 February 2027.

Applications close 1 February 2027. Find out more here.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Deregulated housing conversions linked to poor health and wellbeing, from UCL

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

A study by the UCL Bartlett School of Planning evaluated homes created through Permitted Development Rights (PDR) and revealed significant quality and health concerns compared to traditional residential developments.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: The Guardian on Clifton Suspension Bridge… ‘A big responsibility’

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features The Guardian on Clifton Suspension Bridge as ‘A big responsibility’.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Back on track as Leas Lift carriages return home

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

image: The Leas Cliff Lift, Folkestone by pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Folkestone’s Leas Lift has reported on a major milestone in its restoration, with its two historic carriages returning to the site and being lifted back onto the track.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New Visitor Levy fund to help futureproof Edinburgh’s cultural and heritage buildings

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

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A new £3.8m funding programme to support improvements to Edinburgh’s public cultural and heritage buildings has opened for applications, reports the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC).

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National Railway Museum celebrates start of construction on… the Porterbrook gallery

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

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Construction is underway on Central Hall and Railway Futures: The Porterbrook Gallery at the National Railway Museum, marking an exciting new chapter in its transformation.

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Nominate a building for the 20th edition of the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, before 4 January

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

Griff Rhys Jones and the Victorian Society are calling on people across England and Wales to nominate threatened Victorian and Edwardian buildings for the landmark twentieth edition of its Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, open to 4 January 2027.

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National Trust: ‘Landmark act of generosity secures home of London’s oldest restaurant for the future’

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

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The National Trust has announced that ‘a beloved London institution once frequented by Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin’ has been secured for the future, with donated of Rules, ‘London’s oldest restaurant’ by its owner, J-P Mayhew.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Preserving Legacies Climate Heritage Cohort Program’, open to 8 January, ‘…work with a place that is culturally significant to your community’

Posted on 10/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

If you work with a place that is culturally significant and are ready to take action to safeguard from climate change, aply to the  Climate Heritage Cohort Program a program with tailored training, tools, networking, and funding, open to January 8, 2027.

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IHBC offers advice and support in roll out of ‘Historic Environment Policy for Northern Ireland’

Posted on 06/11/2026 by IHBC Admin

IHBC has welcomed the strategic and ambitious vision for the historic environment of Northern Ireland and offered to take an active role in partnership for the delivery of a new ‘Historic Environment Policy for Northern Ireland’.

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