The IHBC will soon launch a call to register ‘Interest’ in our new network – ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice’ – aimed at service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning programmes and courses etc., with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and plans to be shaped by Network members.
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Celia Clark, of the Portsmouth Society, the Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust and the Sustainable Conservation Trust, remarked on the relevance of the relatively new ‘Don’t Waste Buildings’ (DWB) initiative at the IHBC’s last council, and agreed to write a short blog on its work as posted below.
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As the IHBC’s looks ahead to our 2026 Annual School in Newcastle in June, we are delighted to announce a series of free webinars, all led by expert speakers and linked to the School’s theme, ‘Adaptive Reuse’, an excellent opportunity to boost your heritage CPD, and for free.
Continue readingTo connect employers’ needs with practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service helps them and brings public benefits too!
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IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy David Crawshaw as he responds to a busy day of IHBC CPD.
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The Greengauge consultancy reports on its ‘deep retrofit of a heritage community-owned pub’.
Continue readingIHBC’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 ARB on its new Registration Assurance Process (RAP), ‘to strengthen routes to registration’.
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A church in the Midlands that has leaned at an angle greater than the Tower of Pisa is in need of more than £100,000 to repair its wonky flooring, reports Premier Christian News.
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The National Churches Trust (NCT) has reported on how, with supporters and Friends – those who leave a legacy to the National Churches Trust – as well as partner organisations, 77 more churches have been saved for the future thanks to a grant.
Continue readingThe Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has announced the launch of its first-ever degree programme in partnership with De Montfort University in Leicester.
Continue readingThe ‘Impact of Assessment Reform on Built Environment Technical & Professional Apprenticeships’ report warns that apprenticeship assessment reform in England must not weaken competence, professional recognition or employer confidence in technical and professional apprenticeships across the sector.
Continue readingThe National Archives reports on the government’s new national vision for archives in England ‘Archives at the Heart of Society’.
Continue readingThe Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee has announced its final recommendations for a permanent national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, to coincide with the centenary of her birth.
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After three years of careful work, the World Heritage Preserved project at Fallingwater is now complete, reports the World Heritage Preserved Blog.
Continue readingTo connect employers’ needs with practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service helps them and brings public benefits too!
Continue readingThe IHBC has welcomed the launch of Historic England’s ‘Strategic Plan 2026-2031’, which ‘sets out how Historic England will deliver against our three new priorities of growth,?place?and sector.
Continue readingAs the IHBC’s looks ahead to our 2026 Annual School in Newcastle in June, we are delighted to announce a series of free webinars, all led by expert speakers and linked to the School’s theme, ‘Adaptive Reuse’, an excellent opportunity to boost your heritage CPD, and for free.
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The IHBC has recently secured permission to seek a Charter while delivery of our 5 Parliamentary Commitments is under way and Branch Consultants are in place, and much more too, so we’re now calling for volunteers to help, and grow your skills with us!
Continue readingThe Traditional Materials Framework (TMF) sets out a clear delivery framework to guide work on sustainable supply and best practice use of traditional building materials in Scotland.
Continue readingThe 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 tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call by a Building Preservation Trust (BPT) for a consultant for a community engagement and activity project, to £50K.
Continue readingThe tragic story of the Titanic has captured the public’s imagination since it struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912 as, more than a century later, many designs and drawings are made available to the public for the first time by National Museums NI, reports RTE News.
Continue readingAn alliance of Northern Ireland’s heritage organisations, Heritage Delivers believes that ‘protecting and investing in our heritage is essential to creating a better future… Our heritage supports our prosperity, strengthens our society, and shapes our character.’
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Durham University has signed a new partnership with Historic England to advance research and public engagement on North East England’s natural and cultural heritage
Continue readingThe RIBA has set out its approach to ensure a competent built environment profession’ in ‘Repeal, Reserve, Regulate: Our campaign for a competence-led approach to regulating the built environment for the public good’.
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The UK Parliamentary Committee on Tourism reports that a new inquiry, which will cover both domestic and international tourism, will explore how the UK promotes itself overseas, the role of culture and heritage in attracting visitors and how the UK competes with other destinations, closing on 18 May.
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