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IHBC UPDATE – DEADLINE EXTENDED for our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey: Open to 22 May

The IHBC is delighted to thank all for your strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, and to ensure we … Continue reading

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IHBC & friends are at London’s UK Construction Week (with The Stone Show too) 7-9 May, Excel, all free CPD, with HE on 9/05, on ‘Stone’!

image for illustration: London Skyline by © User:Colin and Kim Hansen / Wikimedia Commons With just a couple of weeks until London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – this year co-located with The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces – the event is set … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Finance and Economics’ signpost: Kings Foundation on ‘Best Value in Land: a decision-making framework for Landowners and Trustees’

image for illustration: Blenheim Palace by DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Kings Foundation has launched a new publication, ‘Best Value in Land…’ offering case studies and a decision-making framework to help landowners navigate choices.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £16Mn of weekly works: NPA seeks team for works, to 26/05 and £50K

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a National Park Authority (NPA) … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (civic society) doorstep’: For World Heritage Day, the Cockburn Association reflected on 150 years of civic guardianship in Edinburgh

image for illustration: Fiona Newton On World Heritage Day, the Cockburn Association enjoys a moment of particular reflection as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – UK consultation update (12/04/2025)

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Government UK has issued the response to consultation on the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, while posts from charities get c.25% off

To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05

Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to … Continue reading

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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’

The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading

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IHBC looks back at Context 182: Gus Astley Student Awards, viewed from across the pond, and ahead as 2024 Awards at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and 2025 Awards open to 31/08

The previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Design’ Signpost: ‘Guidance on Inclusive Design for Town Centres and Busy Streets’

image for illustration: Fiona Newton New non-statutory national guidance has been developed by Transport Scotland to support the design of town centres and busy streets that are inclusive for all.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Government’s new Inventory of Traditions, with community nominations across seven categories

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 plans for the UK’s plans for a new inventory of … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (training) doorstep’: Farnborough College unveils ‘Half-house’ for Sustainable Construction training

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Farnborough College of Technology’s construction campus in Aldershot has unveiled the Half-house, a cutting-edge facility designed to teach sustainable building practices.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: URBACT Call for Transfer Networks, to 30/06

URBACT’s Call for Transfer Networks, is running from 1 April until 30 June 2025. Discover the Good Practices that will be transferred, note the dates of the information sessions in your agenda, and get ready to hop on the transfer … Continue reading

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IHBC & friends are at London’s UK Construction Week (with The Stone Show too) 7-9 May, Excel, all free CPD, with HE on 9/05, on ‘Stone’!

image for illustration: London Skyline by © User:Colin and Kim Hansen / Wikimedia Commons With just a couple of weeks until London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – this year co-located with The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces – the event is set … Continue reading

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Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05

Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to … Continue reading

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April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say, before 1 May

The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading

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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’

The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Finance and Economics’ Signpost, from HE: Understanding the value of England’s Historic Attractions sites

image for illustration: View of Syon House from Syon Park by Robert Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Historic England (HE) has explored how to measure the value of heritage attractions in a way that captures the additional benefits people … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £157K+ of weekly works: Council seeks heritage project reports, designs etc, for accessibility, enhancement etc. from £120K and to 07/05

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a Council for consultant reports, … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Church) doorstep’: National Churches Trust’s blueprint on how to save churches from closure

image for illustration: Peter Badcock The National Churches Trust is drawing up blueprint to show how to save churches from closure, reports Church Times.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Every Hidden Detail of New York’s Classic Skyscrapers – The Chrysler, Empire State & Woolworth Buildings – from Open Culture

image for illustration: Peter Badcock Open Culture features architectural historian Tony Robins in a half-hour video explores the enduring ‘big stars of the New York City skyline’

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IHBC looks back… at Context 182 – Gus Astley Student Awards, viewed from across the pond – … and ahead, to presentations at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and 2025 Awards, now open to 31/08

The previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05

Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to … Continue reading

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April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May

The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading

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