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- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 17/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
- The Heritage Fund on ‘Putting people’s memories at the heart of heritage-inspired regeneration’ – ‘Felt experience’ 17/02/2026
- Headline findings of Official Statistics from the Community Life Survey 2024/25 released 10 December 2025 17/02/2026
- Scottish Infrastructure Strategy 2027-2037 Consultation now out 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 13/02/2026
- IHBC welcomes National Apprenticeship Week: to 15/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 13/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 13/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 13/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Managing Surplus Government Property, guidance from the Government 13/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £64K of weekly works: UK heritage body seeks Chief Exec, to 28/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘super-rich’ doorstep’: Britain’s building standards so bad that even super-rich face housing misery… 13/02/2026
- Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs 13/02/2026
- Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects 13/02/2026
- 2026 SPAB Fellows and Scholars announced 13/02/2026
- New £11.5Mn fund to help England’s charities and councils support local communities 13/02/2026
Daily Archives: 17/04/2020
IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School now booking: ‘OLD TOWNS | NEW FUTURES’, Heritage reflections and speculations from a pandemic, June 19, online and interactive, sessions starting at £15+VAT
With some speakers agreed – including architect Carl Elefante, 94th President of The American Institute of Architects – and delegate places limited, booking has been opened on the IHBC’s CPD highlight for 2020, our ‘Virtual School’, as we look ahead … Continue reading
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IHBC seeks volunteers to shape ‘Virtual MATE’ sessions: More free IHBC CPD supporting membership applications
The IHBC is developing new models to deliver online MATE (Membership Application Training Event) sessions, and seeks prospective applicants for 2-3 hour support sessions to test our plans for ‘Virtual MATEs’.
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IHBC encourages responses to HE Local Authority Strategic Framework (LASF) 10 year plan consultation… closing extended to 25 May
Historic England (HE) is holding a consultation on its new Local Authority Strategic Framework (LASF), which will guide engagement with local authorities, support the prioritisation of resources, and help local authorities to understand what Historic England does, why and how, … Continue reading
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 17: TCI on Planning and infrastructure, different approaches and unanswered questions
The Consultation Institute (TCI) highlights how the UK has fast tracked passage of the Coronavirus Act, while around the world different states have similarly legislated to attempt to counter the consequences of coronavirus, and asks ‘Where do these changes take … Continue reading
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 18: CLC Survey on construction industry at the end of lock-down
Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has issued a short member survey to identify ‘the biggest issues following the end of the Coronavirus lockdown’.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 19: HES survey of pandemic impacts on sector, developed in partnership with BEFS
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is conducting a new survey of businesses and organisations to understand the impacts of this fast-changing situation on the historic environment sector across Scotland, developed in partnership with BEFS.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 20: AHRC seeks research and innovation ideas to address Covid-19
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) welcomes applications to the UKRI open call for research and innovation ideas to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £180K costed works: English BC seeks QS for museum modernisation, closing 04/05, no value stated
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Conservation from the doorstep’: 1933 Church in New Brighton secures funds for dome restoration
The Tablet has reported on how the church of Ss Peter and Paul and St Philomena, in New Brighton, Wallasey, has been awarded more than £300,000 by the National Lottery to restore the dome of the basilica.
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IHBC CPD Boost: Frank Lloyd Wright houses offer virtual tours – Hollyhock House, Taliesin West, Fallingwater & more
To make sure the public still has access to twelve of those famous works, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy— along with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation — has launched #WrightVirtualVisits, which offers virtual … Continue reading
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Exploring volunteers’ attitudes to health and safety in charity sector – volunteers sought!
Ecclesiastical is partnering with leading researchers at the Health and Safety Executive’s Science and Research Centre to develop practical advice for charities, and seeks volunteers.
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High street benefits £22 billion grants and business rates package
High streets have begun to receive a £22 billion coronavirus boost, with grants of up to £25,000 already being paid into bank accounts of high street businesses, government reports. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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England’s Strategic Stone Study to be relaunched and promoted
The Strategic Stone Study, which has been described as ‘the most important project ever undertaken to identify and record the sources and uses of building stones in England’ has been completed this March.
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