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- IHBC’s Director joins RICHeS Programme Board: ‘Honoured, of course, but mostly I’m impressed by the £80M of research opportunities for historic and built environment conservation’ 20/02/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 20/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 20/02/2026
- 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… 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Designing Buildings & more on Restoration and Renewal at Westminster 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: LPA Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025 20/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Charity seeks PM for heritage regeneration project, to 02/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer 20/02/2026
- Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals published 20/02/2026
- Government plans to train next generation of construction workers 20/02/2026
- SAVE’s Buildings at Risk register (BaR) – Call for Entries 2026 20/02/2026
- York Consortium for Craft and Conservation opens applications for Bursaries for 2026, to 16/03 20/02/2026
- Government Consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance, to 10/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: National Residential Retrofit Plan 2026 for Ireland’ makes upgrades more affordable and accessible 20/02/2026
- 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
Daily Archives: 13/08/2021
National Churches Trust on ‘supporting Northern Ireland’s churches and chapels’… with the IHBC & NI Branch
Northern Ireland has 2,500 churches and chapels – more per head than anywhere else in the United Kingdom, and the recent National Churches Trust update highlights include partnership with the IHBC and our national Branch in the Northern Ireland Places … Continue reading
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New Closing Date for IHBC’s Student Awards: Submit your coursework by 31 AUGUST to win up to £500 & a place on IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School
Following calls from participating courses, the closing date for the IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award is now 31 August, so relevant coursework submitted on ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate – from 2020 OR 2021 may be submitted online … Continue reading
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IHBC’s CPD boost: Responding to DBW’s list of 120 articles it seeks – from ‘veneer’ and ‘renaissance’ to ‘planning precedent’
Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ – has published a list of 120 subjects it needs articles written about, all good starting points for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) … Continue reading
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IHBC online registration for ‘Recognised CPD Providers’: Reminder on signing up online, for free!
IHBC’s support for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) includes our online registration for anyone – or any organisation – seeking our free recognition service and listing for CPD providers.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Southend’s Westcliff Hamlet Court Road ‘to get conservation area status’
The unique nature of Southend’s ‘second High Street’, Hamlet Court Road, is set to be recognised with conservation area status, reports The Echo.
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CLC backs largest ‘safety stand down’ of tools etc., in October, to improve ‘health, safety, and wellbeing’
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has thrown its support behind the UK’s largest construction health & safety ‘stand down’ of tools etc., to ‘encourage businesses to… participate in sessions aimed at improving the health, safety, and wellbeing’. image: for illustration … Continue reading
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Project Routemap – UK’s IPA, on setting up ’novel or complex’ infrastructure projects
Project Routemap is the Infrastructure and projects Authorities (IPA) support tool for novel or complex major projects. It helps sponsors and clients understand the capabilities needed to set projects up for success, incorporating learning from other major projects and programmes.
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New Zoom app lets UK charities fundraise within the platform
The video meeting platform Zoom has added a donation function to its platform for all registered UK charities.
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URBACT on ‘Good Practice Transfer – Why not in my City?’: Aveiro to Zugló, Kosovo to Cork
‘Good Practice Transfer – Why not in my City?’ shares positive stories from 23 cities that transferred and adapted urban good practices to their local contexts while learning from EU peers.
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CSIC launches ‘Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment’
Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) has launched ‘Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment’.
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Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk third Climate Change Risk Assessment Report published
The Adaptation Committee’s Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk in its third report sets out the priority climate change risks and opportunities for the UK.
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Cuprinol Shed of the ‘Plague’ Year Finalists Announced
A record 331 entrants are competing for the Cuprinol Shed of the Year title, as reported on June.
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