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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: 18/07/2020
IHBC Chair co-signs letter promoting heritage alongside arts for Government support, in advance of £1.57Bn fund: ‘Heritage is not just old stuff’
IHBC Chair David McDonald co-signed a letter from The Heritage Alliance (THA) to the Telegraph – published on 4 July – highlighting the need to include heritage as well as the arts in financial assistance from Government, noting that ‘Heritage … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Conservation Wiki host DBW bares all, with ‘Mistakes we will admit to’: Will you?
Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – the construction industry knowledge base and host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has ‘listed a few classic mistakes’ it admits to having ‘witnessed’’, and calls for more!
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £4.1M+ costed works: Welsh council seeks partner for listed venue refurb, closing 16 July, valued £370K, closing 3/08
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 ‘Heritage from the (country) doorstep’: West Wellow couple ‘shocked’ by unexpected new farm building
A couple have been left ‘flabbergasted’ after a large agricultural building was unexpectedly erected a few metres from their house, reports the BBC.
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Chancellor announces £2bn Green Homes Grant, part of £3Bn package
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new £2bn Green Homes Grant to retrofit homes and buildings across the country, part of a £3bn green investment package.
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Ulster Architectural Heritage secures funding for Hands-On Heritage Project
Ulster Architectural Heritage (UAH) is delighted to announce support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of for an exciting new 3 year project, ‘Hands-On Heritage’. image: UAH
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CITB survey on ‘Net Zero: what does it mean for you?’
CITB is working with government to understand the support that industry needs to decarbonise the built environment and we will publish our findings and recommendations later in the year.
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Art Fund’s ‘Respond and reimagine’ help responses to Covid-19 – next round closes 17 August
The Art Fund’s ‘Respond and reimagine’ grants – which offer funding from £10,000 to £50,000 – aim to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond to immediate challenges connected to the Covid-19 crisis, with the next round closing on 17 … Continue reading
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Green Alliance: Urgent revision of planned UK infrastructure projects needed to achieve green recovery – put ‘people, climate and nature at its heart.’
In a new report published today, the independent environmental think-tank Green Alliance sets out a vision for the UK’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic that puts people, climate and nature at its heart.
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AHRC appointment to Advisory Board 2020/2021: EOI deadline 28 August
The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced individuals to join its Advisory Board in September 2020 or September 2021.
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HES publishes Policy and Guidance for the reopening of its historic properties to support heritage sector recovery
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published Policy and Guidance for the reopening of the properties in its care, as the organisation announced plans for the phased reopening of some of Scotland’s most iconic historic attractions, including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle … Continue reading
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New research shows £5.5bn fund needed to level up access to urban green space as part of UK’s green recovery
As the Prime Minister set out his ambition for the country’s recovery in the West Midlands last week, the National Trust, the Mayor of the West Midlands, Sustrans, Create Streets and local council leaders have written to him urging a … Continue reading
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The European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards 2021 Open for Submissions: Deadline 1 October 2020
Europa Nostra is now calling for entries for the 2021 Awards – with the UK eligible for all the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards this year, including the second and final year of the Ilucidare prizes – with … Continue reading
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Biggest prehistoric monument in UK discovered just a stone’s throw away from Stonehenge
What may be the largest prehistoric monument in the entire United Kingdom has been uncovered, and it’s just a stone’s throw away from Stonehenge.
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