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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Public Practice is recruiting talented, motivated and experienced planners from England and Wales to join place-shaping work in the public sector, while an IHBC trustee’s recent focus on the programme at our last members-only Council, and open to 10AM, 16/11.
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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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The IHBC has launched its call to register ‘Interest’ in our new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’, for service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning & training programmes & courses, with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and plans to be shaped by Network members.
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The IHBC’s first joint Branch event is a National-Branch CPD Partnership event organised by IHBC London Branch, IHBC South East and IHBC South Branch, supported by London Branch Consultant Claire Hegarty, exploring Enforcement and taking place on 27 October in person in London and Online, with IHBC members and non-members welcome, from £15!
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The Design Council’s ‘Design Economy’ offers ‘the UK’s most comprehensive exploration of the value of design: economic, social, and environmental.’
Continue readingYork Minster’s new ‘Centre of Excellence’ is a first-of-its-kind project, and is crucial for helping us to secure the environmental, financial and heritage sustainability of York Minster for many years to come.
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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 double-up taster this week a Council call for a Conservation Structural Engineer for Church work, to 13/11 and £15K, with a heritage estate trust seeking a creative learning specialist for a project-linked School resource, to 26/10 & £3.8K.
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image: Bill Boaden, All Souls, Every Street, Ancoats, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
As yellow diggers crush the 186-year-old Grade II listed All Souls Church on Every Street, heritage campaigners and heartbroken Ancoats residents demand answers over how the historic 1840 landmark was left to crumble into rubble, reports the Manchester Evening News.
Continue readingThe National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) is currently recruiting new members to our Memorial Fund Panel with expertise in areas including architecture, archaeology, natural & designed landscapes and more, closing 5/11.
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The home of a beloved London institution once frequented by Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin has been secured for the future as its owner, J-P Mayhew, has donated the building and its collection to the National Trust (NT).
Continue readingEngland’s new pavement charging rights will exclude conservation areas. Drivers can still seek planning permission, with highway approval also required, reports The Charging Scheme.
Continue readingScotland’s Historic Environment Audit 2026 (SHEA) has been issued.
Continue readingResearch highlights specialist skills, training and workforce challenges as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) marks 30 years of its Craft Fellowship programme.
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For the architectural historian, it is the 33 buildings represented on the Bayeux embroidery that catch the eye, argues The Conversation.
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Continue readingThe Climate Heritage Network (CHN) has opened invitations to join in and help advance the experiences of CHN members and their communities as, to mark CHN’s birthday on 24 October, it is launching ‘Culture for Climate: CHN Birthday Month – From Local Action to COP31’.
Continue readingThe IHBC’s first joint Branch event is a National-Branch CPD Partnership event organised by IHBC London Branch, IHBC South East and IHBC South Branch, supported by London Branch Consultant Claire Hegarty, exploring Enforcement and taking place on 27 October in person in London and Online, with IHBC members and non-members welcome, from £15!
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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.
Continue readingThe 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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image: Worcester Cathedral interior by Steve McLeish for IHBC Annual School 2016
This IHBC and our West Midlands Branch will join the next West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT) Careers Fair, which will come to Worcester Cathedral on 21 October 2026.
Continue readingDavid McDonald OBE, IHBC Chair, and IHBC President Rebecca Thompson, have written to members and prospective members asking for input to the consultation around our next Corporate Plan, for 2026-30, (‘CP30’), with responses sought by 30 October 2026.
IHBC Members: If you have not received your email on the consultation contact Lydia at admin@ihbc.org.uk with your membership number
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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 World Architecture Festival (WAFG) features ‘Le Corbusier and the stones of Istanbul’.
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Major works to protect the medieval spire of Glasgow Cathedral have started, bringing a visible change to the city’s skyline, reports Historic Environment Scotland.
Continue readingDerelict high street buildings will be transformed into shared workspaces, cafes and community hubs, to bring people back into town centres as part of a £210m package.
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