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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 21/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 21/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost from the NT: Public First report on ‘Local history, local heritage and local pride, in Coventry and across the UK’ 21/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plans to turn three local villages into town to ‘help protect green belt’ backed by residents 21/11/2025
- Parliamentary Committee: Nature not a ‘blocker’ to housing; needed for ‘resilient towns & neighbourhoods’, and calls for housebuilding target changes and reduced VAT (for retrofitting) 21/11/2025
- Housebuilding around train stations will be given default ‘yes’, including in Green Belt, as: ‘Builders Speechless’ 21/11/2025
- RTPI’s State of the Profession 2025 reports across UK: One in five planners expected to leave the profession within three years, with no clear plan to replace them 21/11/2025
- TCPA Blog: Review of Homes England’s Healthy Homes Standard: Our homes are not islands 21/11/2025
- Public Practice: Recruitment & Skills Report 2025 21/11/2025
- NCT’s National Churches Survey – giving every church a voice 21/11/2025
- New APPG for National Parks and National Landscapes launched 21/11/2025
- Heritage Alliance awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for Resilience Project 21/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: WMF welcomes Belfast City Council’s decision to purchase Assembly Rooms 21/11/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 18/11/2025
Category Archives: Sector NewsBlog
HE reporting on ‘What Are the Experiences of Disabled People in the Heritage Sector in 2025?’
Results and recommendations have been reported from research conducted by Direct Access as part of Historic England’s (HE) Disability Access to Heritage project.
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Tagged accessibility, conservation, disability, expertise, heritage, research, skills, working
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IHBC celebrates learning, partnerships, friends and more at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, with thanks to all involved, and looks ahead to 2026, in June, in Newcastle, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’
image: Jonathan Taylor for the IHBC The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners and School Friends who have helped ensure that our 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – was such a success, which … Continue reading
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, cpd, environment, exhibitors, expertise, heritage, learning, planning, skills, sponsors
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HES announces £3.9Mn funding to third-sector organisations
Seven projects will receive a share of £3.9million in funding through Historic Environment Scotland’s Partnership Fund.
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Tagged building, conservation, environment, expertise, funding, heritage, Scotland, skills
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AHF funds support revival of Jacobs Wells Baths as ‘multi-use hub’
image for illustration: Jacob Wells Baths Bristol by Samuel Loxton (artist), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to announce that it has awarded a Project Development Grant to Trinity Community Arts to advance plans … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, building, conservation, environment, expertise, funding, heritage, planning, restoration, skills
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HE’s Advice Note on ‘Historic Almshouses A Guide to Managing Change’
An Historic England (HE) advice note suggests how the heritage significance of almshouses can be conserved as proposals for upgrading are developed.
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Tagged advice, building, community, conservation, heritage
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Heritage Crafts Red List of Endangered Crafts 2025 published
image for illustration: Scotland – Fiona Newton The Red List of Endangered Crafts, first published in 2017 by Heritage Crafts, has been updated for 2025.
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Tagged building, conservation, crafts, environment, expertise, heritage, planning, skills
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HES consultation on ‘Scotland’s protected historic places… a long-term strategy for heritage designation’
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has issued a strategy consultation paper and is looking for your views on our strategy for how they identify and legally protect Scotland’s most important historic sites and places.
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, Scotland, skills
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Canal & River Trust announces new chief executive
The Canal & River Trust has announced the appointment of Campbell Robb as its new chief executive.
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Tagged climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, skills, waterways
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Cross-party MPs urge Government to make Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme permanent and remove devastating cap
image for illustration: by Joanna Theobald The National Churches Trust has reported how, during a Westminster Hall debate on 13 May 2025, MPs from different political parties urged the Government to fund church buildings if they want to continue to … Continue reading
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Tagged building, church, community, conservation, expertise, funding, government, heritage, skills
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Planning reforms to slash a year off infrastructure delivery
image for illustration: Railway line by Joanna Theobald Clean energy projects, reservoirs, railway lines, and other major infrastructure to be built faster, under changes to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
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Tagged building, environment, expertise, government, infrastructure, planning
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Historic England launches Local Heritage Hub to unlock hidden histories
image for illustration: The Bell Tower, Evesham by Joanna Theobald Coinciding with this year’s Local History Month, Historic England (HE) has launched a new Local Heritage Hub, with nearly 400 locations, offering every county, city, district, major town, and national … Continue reading
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Tagged building, community, conservation, environment, heritage, history
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Mayfair resident ordered to restore 18th century home after unlawful basement works
Westminster City Council has successfully defended an appeal against enforcement action by the owner of a three-storey town house in Mayfair, who carried out unauthorised works to the Grade II listed building.
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Tagged building, conservation, enforcement, expertise, heritage, legislation, prosecutions, urban
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HES: Skills Survey for Historic Environment Employers, to 30/06
image for illustration: Jonathan Taylor Whether an employer, sole trader or organisation in the heritage sector, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) seeks views on skills needs and gaps, and the accessibility and appropriateness of training provision, to 30 June.
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Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, investment, skills
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Two guilty over Sycamore Gap tree felling
Two men have been found guilty over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree.
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Tagged conservation, environment, heritage, legislation, nature, prosecution
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Connections Through Culture Grants 2025, to 23 June
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A British Council grant programme designed to nurture fresh cultural partnerships between the UK and selected countries is open to 23 June.
HE Foundation launches ‘its first-ever Patrons’ Scheme’
Dr Fabian Richter, Chair of the Historic England (HE) Foundation has announced the launch of its new ‘Patrons’ Scheme’.
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Tagged archaeology, building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, history, patronage, skills
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BOOK NOW: IHBC’s 2025 Day School options close Monday 2 June at 10.00am as Full School (3-day) now closed, and low-cost Virtual School booking (for 13 June, from £35+VAT) ends Thursday 12 June, 5.00pm
Listen to Griff Rhys Jones on heritage, economy and Shrewsbury, and book your share of #IHBCShrewsbury2025 CPD now, while you can.
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Tagged building, conservation, cpd, environment, event, expertise, government, heritage, hybrid, networking, planning, skills, sponsors, supporters, virtual
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MPs put on ‘Notice for Nature’ as charities warn Planning & Infrastructure Bill could demolish wildlife with… ‘spoof planning notices’
Wildlife and Countryside reports that 28 environmental charities have served a spoof planning notice to MPs, warning that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is an application to demolish wildlife, while the coalition calls on Government to urgently fix the Bill … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, infrastructure, legislation, nature, planning
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Historic England launches Heritage Investment Prospectus
Historic England’s ‘Heritage Investment Prospectus’ showcases historic sites and buildings across England where owners are actively seeking investment partners or buyers right now.
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Tagged conservation, economics, environment, expertise, heritage, investment, regeneration
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50th anniversary of the 1975 European Architectural Heritage Year blog, from HTVF
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the European Architectural Heritage Year and the post from the Historic Towns and Villages Forum – written by James Thatcher –provides an introduction to the events and impact of this Year.
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Tagged anniversary, building, comms, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, history, towns, villages
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Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference: 5 June
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald On 5 June 2025, Nature Towns and Cities will be holding its inaugural online conference, as a partnership between Natural England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Trust working to ensure everyone in … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, nature, partnerships, planning, urban
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New operating plan published by HES to grow the economy and address climate emergency
Skills, helping to grow the economy, and addressing the climate emergency are at the heart of Historic Environment Scotland (HES) roadmap for the next three years, HES reports.
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, operations, planning, skills
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LPOC re-establishes All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties (APPG)
The Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC) has secured the support of over 70 new MPs and peers as it re-establishes the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties (APPG).
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ECHOES Consultation: Be part of the ECHOES Cultural Heritage Cloud Initiative – Help ‘…map cultural heritage communities’ needs & expectations’, to end June
The European Cloud for Heritage Open SCIENCE (ECHOES) Consultation is open to all cultural heritage stakeholders and aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud.
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Tagged community, consultation, culture, heritage, questionnaire
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Grants totalling c£75k awarded to 10 Theatres at Risk
The Theatres Trust has announced the third round of grants awarded through its Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities programme.
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Tagged building, community, conservation, expertise, funding, heritage, restoration
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