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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: 16/03/2021
IHBC’s General Meeting 26 March, 1pm: Eligible members called on to use advance proxy votes even if attending
Eligible members of the IHBC are strongly encouraged to use proxy votes for the Special Resolution at the forthcoming General Meeting (GM) on 26 March, and help the IHBC ‘move past the pandemic’, while keeping up the discussions and the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘members only’ first Council and General Meeting of 2021: Free, 26 March, 1pm on
The IHBC is issuing exclusive invitations and formal notices to IHBC members of ALL categories to the first Council meeting of 2021, from 1pm 26 March, starting with a formal General Meeting vote to support virtual meetings, and with eligible … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new built heritage resources: Insight 1 – The Need to Appreciate the Built Heritage… Learning Handbooks
The IHBC has welcomed the new series of updated online publications on built heritage from the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC), starting with COTAC Insight 1: The Need to Appreciate the Built Heritage Units 1-6 Learning Handbooks.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Competition call for ‘City Benches 2021’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with news from across the development sector, and this week features London Festival … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Council accused of ‘one-sided spin’ over Edinburgh’s Spaces for People consultation
Campaign groups have accused council chiefs of ‘one-sided spin’ in a consultation on whether to make its controversial ‘Spaces for People schemes permanent, according to The Edinburgh Evening News. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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Launch of ‘Future Wales: The National Plan 2040’
Housing and local government minister Julie James has launched the national spatial strategy in a 180-page document called ‘Future Wales’, as a ‘new kind of development plan’.
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CoE should use own land to help deliver affordable homes – ‘Coming Home’ report recommends
The Church of England (CoE) should examine how its 6,000 acres of ‘strategic land’ could be used to deliver more affordable housing, a new report of the Commission of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on Housing Church and Community … Continue reading
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CPRE: Pressure on Green Belts quadruples – just when we need green spaces
The latest edition of the regular report from CPRE – formerly known as the Campaign to Protect Rural England – on the Green Belt, shows that pressures that put it at risk have quadrupled since 2013, just as a new … Continue reading
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Two new UK culture directors appointed to the UK National Commission for UNESCO
Two new UK culture directors have been appointed to the UK National Commission for UNESCO, as Dr Charlotte Joy and Kate Pugh OBE join the Commission for a three year term from March 2021.
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NLHF: The search is on for the 2021 Sustainable Project of the Year
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is sponsoring a sustainability award for the second year at the 2021 Museums + Heritage Awards, noting that at a time of ecological emergency, the heritage sector can play its part in reducing carbon … Continue reading
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