Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the UK’s professional body for built and historic environment conservation specialists, has elected Mrs Jo Evans, Conservation Officer in Guildford BC, as its new Chair. Jo Evans is a trained planner and mother … Continue reading →

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the UK’s professional body for built and historic environment conservation specialists, adopted its Corporate Plan 2010-15 at the 2010 AGM, with a unanimous vote from the members. Charles Strang, Chair of the Communications … Continue reading →

Two IHBC members have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2010, with a knighthood for Donald Insall CBE, ‘considered by many to be one of the leading conservation architects of his generation’, for services to conservation architecture, and … Continue reading →

Sir William McAlpine, Chairman of the Brooking Architectural Museum Trust, guardian of Charles Brooking’s unique and outstanding collection of architectural detail, salvage and fabric from across the UK, writes as follows of the need for funds to help secure the … Continue reading →

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is seeking two Commissioners for Education/Community Engagement and Local Authority Representation for English Heritage, with applications, along with a copy of their CV, required by Tuesday 6 July 2010. The Commission is the … Continue reading →

Baroness Andrews, Chair of English Heritage, claimed to be making a kind of maiden speech in the House of Lords on 3 June because it was her first from the Opposition benches (Kay Andrews was previously Labour’s Parliamentary Under Secretary … Continue reading →

A unique opportunity to contribute your skills and experience of the heritage sector to help take forward this influential national organisation, as current Director (and IHBC Associate Member) Chris Winter stands down in the Autumn. Based at the UWE, Bristol … Continue reading →

Plans to create tourism legacy from Olympic Games and Diamond Jubilee, and pledge to boost domestic market share. A new Government priority – to produce ‘the best marketing plan that any country has ever had’ around 2012, was set out … Continue reading →

The UK Government will be convening a panel of experts to consider applications for inclusion on a new Tentative List of sites for potential nomination to UNESCO for World Heritage status and to make recommendations to Ministers by the end … Continue reading →

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Local Government Association Chair Baroness Eaton joined forces to urge all councils to publish details of all spending over £500 in full and online as part of wider action to bring about a revolution in … Continue reading →

Several of Scotland’s rail stations have netted £168,000 to share in an effort to breathe new life into the facilities, it has been announced. Five projects have received funding from the Station Community Regeneration Fund – a £1m pot of … Continue reading →

The CLA on Tuesday, 1 June called on the Government to fix Britain’s failing planning system, with CLA President William Worsley calling for heritage policy to allow ‘modernisation of buildings without harming their historic or architectural significance.’ The Association launched … Continue reading →

Save targets BSF and Pathfinder. The government’s building programme has caused the destruction of the country’s heritage ‘at an alarming rate’, according to a new report. Pathfinder, Building Schools for the Future and the academies programme are singled out for … Continue reading →

The National Trust (NT) has created a major new Apprenticeship Scheme in a bid to tackle the severe building skills shortage in the heritage sector. The programme, which is aimed largely at 16 – 19 year olds, will train young … Continue reading →

IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly has welcomed the forthcoming, 3 June, launch of Historypin, a web-based image gathering initiative developed by social development organisation ‘We Are What We Do’, in partnership with Google, which creates ‘a digital time machine that allows … Continue reading →

English Heritage is running a web based survey as part of consultation on the National Heritage Protection Plan (NHPP), which will govern a substantial part of the work that English Heritage undertakes to protect the nation’s heritage, with the survey … Continue reading →

The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (AHSS) has extended the closing date for applicants for the post of Director (Resources & Outreach) to 11 June. The AHSS is the leading amenity body for the protection, preservation, study and appreciation of … Continue reading →

As part of the new Government’s Lottery reforms, it seeks views on the draft Order to enact a change to the shares going to the National Lottery good causes of arts, sport, heritage and charitable expenditure, health, education and the … Continue reading →

For the first time the public will be able to search online a catalogue describing more than a million historical photographs and documents relating to England’s historic buildings and archaeological sites held by the National Monuments Record (NMR), English Heritage’s … Continue reading →

Heritage Lottery Fund earmarks £17m to help communities look after their landscapes The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced 10 earmarked first-round passes totalling £17m made through its Landscape Partnership (LP) programme.  This programme helps conserve areas of distinctive landscape … Continue reading →