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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Daily Archives: 18/10/2022
IHBC’s new Context (173) on your doorstep in September & online now: Aspects of ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ in the heritage world
The new issue of the IHBC’s journal, Context, No.173, explores ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ with content ranging from ‘Multiple perspectives’ on heritage; ‘Modernist Women’ and ‘Troublesome statues’ to LGBTQ+ histories.
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EXCLUSIVE AND FREE CPD at IHBC Council: ‘Understand leadership & management in conservation bodies – local trusts to the IHBC and beyond’, online, 2pm, 19 Oct
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free Council from 2pm on 19 October which includes IHBC updates, training on charity leadership and trustee/director roles, and our … Continue reading
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IHBC and HE for free CPD: Updates on Building Regs at HE’s Technical Tuesday – ‘… Update to parts F and L’, 25 October, 1pm
The IHBC and Historic England (HE) are partnering in a HE ‘Technical Tuesday’ free CPD event to outline of the key policy changes of Building Regulations Parts F and L since June 2022 where we will discuss new changes and … Continue reading
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#IHBCAberdeen2022: Fourth reprise – AHF Funding revitalises Portsoy and beyond
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to have awarded two new grants to projects aiming to revitalise historic harbour buildings in both Portsoy – a site explored in detail by IHBC Aberdeen School delegates – and Annan. image: Portsoy … Continue reading
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Urgent IHBC Signpost: Heritage property etc. bodies asked to shape BEIS survey on future of Energy Bill Relief Scheme – ends 24/10
An urgent 3-month review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme – to inform decisions about its future – is being informed by a survey by BEIS, and heritage bodies are called on to respond before 23:55, 24 Oct.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Free Climate Change webinars from HE – ‘Lessons from the Global South’ – to Council & #IHBC25
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’, and this week features the IHBC’s NewsBlog that welcomes the new COP27 ‘Climate Wednesdays’ … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (taste) doorstep’: Eight of the ugliest buildings in Edinburgh, according the Evening News
The Edinburgh Evening News reports that its readers have very strong opinions about some of the architecture in Edinburgh, as they didn’t hold back when asked! image: for illustration only – Fiona Newton
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Keep up to date with the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill’s progress
A new addition to the Cadw web pages on the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill offers the latest news on the Bill and a handy aid to keep track of the legislation’s progress through the Senedd.
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Europa Nostra presents the Prague Manifesto ‘For a Value-based and Culture-driven Europe’
Europa Nostra, the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural Heritage, has just released the Prague Manifesto ‘For a Value-based and Culture-driven Europe’.
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Great Musgrave bridge: Concrete infill must be removed – Eden DC
Hundreds of tonnes of concrete poured under Victorian Great Musgrave railway bridge will have to be removed after being refused retrospective planning permission by Eden District Council (DC). image: By RuthAS – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50687148
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Findings from round 2 of UK Heritage Pulse published
Initial findings from the 2nd UK Heritage Pulse survey were released in an interactive webinar, with the full results now published by the National Heritage Lottery Fund.
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NTS introduces first female President: Jackie Bird
Members endorsed the appointment of Jackie Bird as the first female President of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) at the Trust’s Annual General Meeting on Saturday 24 September.
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Landmark Trust offers free holidays in historic buildings for charities: Offer ends 2/12 (includes a helicopter!)
The Landmark Trust is offering 50 free stays in historic buildings for charities with the closing date for applicants is Friday 2 December.
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