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- As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’ 23/06/2026
- IHBC launches survey seeking suggestions for improvements from officers and advisers in local government conservation services across the UK 23/06/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 23/06/2026
- IHBC sponsors SAHGB’s ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’ with ‘Call for Papers’ to 26 June 23/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost: Local Heritage Listing – Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage, by HE 23/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: New research explored at the third National Cathedrals Conference 23/06/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £6.2M+ costed works last week: Council seeks Green Belt Assessment, to 27/07, £180K 23/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Dezeen on the ‘Sagrada Familia in LEGO’! 23/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Largest ever replica of a pre-historic building at Stonehenge 23/06/2026
- ‘Simpler, shared system’ for describing skills needs in the UK now launched 23/06/2026
- IHBC features our special ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’ welcome to the new ICOMOS Website 23/06/2026
- IHBC launches survey seeking suggestions for improvements from officers and advisers in local government conservation services across the UK 19/06/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 School welcomes ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCNewcastle2026 with thanks to Exhibitors, with reminder that IHBC’s Virtual SCHOOL BOOKING CLOSES 6PM Thursday, 18 June 16/06/2026
- Still time to ‘join online’ – and check out our new-style programme pdf too)! IHBC’s Virtual School, a day on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, 19 June, from just £35+VAT (IHBC & RTPI members) 16/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’ : Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better! 16/06/2026
- PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT 16/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 16/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on shaping the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Mayor announces £1M for ‘iconic’ Moseley Road Baths restoration 16/06/2026
- CIOB urges UK Government to consider social media’s role in careers guidance in ban debate 16/06/2026
- ITFG publishes new guidance on managing competence in organisations across the built environment 16/06/2026
- Exploring the role and impact of small museums in places, by AIM 16/06/2026
- ARB accredits brand new qualifications from two universities 16/06/2026
- HEF publishes 2025-26 Year in Review informatic 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: World Architecture Festival Director blogs on UK planning and… collaboration 16/06/2026
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IHBC welcomes HE’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund: EoIs to 7 June
The IHBC is delighted to welcome Historic England’s (HE) Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, which begins with an Expression of Interest (EOI) process closing on 7 June.
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PASS ON THE WORD: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, building, climate change, conference, conservation, cpd, environment, event, expertise, government, heritage, nature, networking, planning, reuse, skills
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EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, climate change, commitments, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, planning, skills
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: New Future_Scapes platform launched to help places respond to climate change and complex challenges
The UK National Commission for UNESCO, in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, has launched Future_Scapes – a new digital platform, methodology & toolkit to help places respond more effectively to climate change and other complex environmental … Continue reading
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Tagged action, climate change, global, landscape, opensource, research, UNESCO
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2M+ costed works this week: Buildings Trust seeks heritage exhibition leads, to 22/06 & 180K
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 tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a Heritage Buildings … Continue reading
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, nature, planning, skills
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (quarry) doorstep’: Former brick shale quarry in Lancashire to be turned into wildlife sanctuary
image for illustration: Old quarry on Dalton Bank by Bobby Clegg, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons A former Lancashire quarry that once supplied materials to make bricks is set to be transformed into meadows and woodlands, reports LancsLive.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Huge loss’… University student works to preserve national database on historic sites set to be unplugged
image for illustration: Masonic Temple in Moncton by Indrid, Cold, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Wyatt Hudson is a student at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. When he isn’t busy doing homework or assignments, he’s working to save … Continue reading
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IHBC@Surveyor Live 26: At a ‘community event created by surveyors, for surveyors’ IHBC’s staff, volunteers & consultants advise and more, winning endorsements too (Thanks Richard Oxley!)
On 14 May IHBC’s Sarah Homer (IHBC Services and Support Executive Officer) and Rebecca Whewell (IHBC Branch Consultant), and South West Branch Chair Charlotte Bowles-Lewis hosted our stand at ‘Surveyor Live 26’, organised by the Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) … Continue reading
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IHBC’s latest Council Update: LA Conservation service talks and feedback, learning lessons as we shape our staff survey for a new parliamentary push
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advanced the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’, to ‘Investigate… heritage management…’ – there focussed on helping conservation services in the UK’s local government, with … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend)
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged #IHBCNewcastle2026, adaptive reuse, cpd, webinars
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IHBC opens Corporate Plan 2026-30 (‘CP30’) development with CP25 consultation, noting Charter, Parliamentary 5 Commitments, volunteer investment & more – to 28/02 & after
IHBC’s members and prospective members are asked to feed back on the summary review of our Corporate Plan for 2020-25 – ‘CP25’ – presented at our September Council, to help inform plans for our Corporate Plan for 2026-30 (CP30), with … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB looks via IHBC… ‘From medieval scribes to modern word art’
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 Designing Buildings (DB) on Spelling it out. SEE MORE ON … Continue reading
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Tagged built environment, heritage, HESPR, professionals
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: Circular construction policies key to reversing nature loss in cities, says new IUCN report
Policies that reduce how much cities demolish and build new may be the single most powerful action local governments can take to reverse biodiversity loss globally, according to a new report by International Union for Conservation of nature and natural … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Communication’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s Engine Shed on ‘Why building conservation is important for the future’
image for illustration: Hansueli Krapf CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Scotland’s The Engine Shed makes the case on ‘Why building conservation is important for the future’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (footie) doorstep’: Historic site of First Hampden scores scheduled status
image for illustration: The site of the first Hampden Park by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Remains of the pavilion at site of one of the world’s earliest purpose-built football grounds is added to list of nationally important … Continue reading
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (vinyl) doorstep’: 11 Historic Buildings and Places That Feature on Album Covers
image for illustration: Mapledurham Watermill By Chris Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons How musicians from the Fab Four to The Streets have harnessed the power of historic places in their album art
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: New Report Charts Path for Canadian Register of Historic Places
image for illustration: Just a Prairie Boy from Calgary, AB, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons A new report, ‘A Path Forward for the Canadian Register of Historic Places,’ finds that the Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP) remains a … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2026 ‘Adaptive Reuse’ School CPD Circular & Invitation: Your guide to accessible, low-cost CPD with a global reach online – Virtual School (19/06, IHBC rates for RTPI members), Free webinars (for all); Day & Full Schools with exhibitors (closed)
The IHBC has published its CPD Circular Guide to the 2026 School, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, with our Virtual School on 19 June broadcast from Newcastle, offering a huge variety of accessible CPD pitched to all disciplines and levels of interest … Continue reading
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IHBC’s latest Council Update: LA Conservation service talks and feedback, learning lessons as we shape our staff survey for a new parliamentary push
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advanced the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’, to ‘Investigate… heritage management…’ – there focussed on helping conservation services in the UK’s local government, with … Continue reading
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EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses
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 … Continue reading
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Hear more from the RTPI , IHBC’s Newcastle School ‘Friends’ – as IHBC-member rates on offer to RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06
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 … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend)
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 … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ and ‘Research’ Signpost: Call to help Scottish survey of heritage-related content in construction education
A new survey – by Maryam Forghaniallahabadi – seeks input to inform how heritage-related knowledge, traditional building skills, and historic building materials are currently included within construction-related courses in Further Education and Higher Education institutions across Scotland.
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: UNESCO sites offer a lifeline to biodiversity, new report shows
UNESCO’s latest report highlights the extraordinary contribution of its sites for both people and nature.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (risky) doorstep’: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust places Hall’s Croft on HE’s at Risk Register
image for illustration:Kev747 CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) has confirmed that Hall’s Croft, the Grade I listed home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband Dr John Hall, has been placed on Historic England’s … Continue reading
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