Daily Archives: 12/02/2021

IHBC joins RIAS and more in Glasgow (virtually) on accreditation, standards, MATEs and more: 22-24 March

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The IHBC will offer guidance and feature our celebrated MATE programme at a Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) 3-day online Conference on ‘Your Career in Conservation’, all aimed at ‘anyone working, or interested in working, within the building and heritage … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March

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The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £642K+ costed works: National body  seeks WHS archaeological survey,  closing 1/03 and valued at £30K- £40K

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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 pick features a … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Long Man of Wilmington chalk man vandalised with ‘face mask’

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Police are investigating a case of criminal damage after a face mask was painted on a huge South Downs landmark the Long Man of Wilmington.

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Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission: MHCLG response to the ‘Living with Beauty’ report, with foreword by Jenrick’s

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England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has issued its response to the Commission’s ‘Living with Beauty’ report, on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods, and including a … Continue reading →

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Funding boost for Northern Ireland’s churches and chapels

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Church and chapel buildings in Northern Ireland are to benefit from £250,000 of funding thanks to a grant awarded to the National Churches Trust from the Department for Communities. image: NCT website

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MHCLG: All new developments must meet local standards of beauty, quality and design under new rules

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Plans outlined by England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) aim to make sure that new developments are ‘beautiful and well-designed’, following a ‘local design code’ and with a ‘New ‘Office for Place’…  to help communities turn these … Continue reading →

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Historic Royal Palaces seeks trustee with buildings conservation/sites expertise, on IHBC’s Jobs etc. service, closing 25/02

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Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), via the Cabinet Office, seeks a trustee with ‘expertise and experience in historic buildings conservation and/or developing the potential of heritage sites’, closing 25 February, and featured also on the IHBC’s Jobs etc. service.

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CLIMATE HERITAGE NETWORK: ‘February 2021 eNews’ now out

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The Climate Heritage Network (CHN), the international network of which the IHBC is a member, has issued it February 2021 eNews, which offers updates on ‘news from the global effort to mobilise arts, culture & heritage for climate action’.

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WeCanAccess Student Challenge: Enhance accessibility in 1000 words, by 1 March

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WeCanAccess is calling on students to devise suggestions on how to make their own subject area or future profession more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities; who are neurodiverse or have other access needs, in an essay competition with … Continue reading →

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