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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: 11/11/2022
IHBC’s Support Officer updates Branch Committee reps on new developments and opportunities in #IHBC25
The IHBC’s Branch and Volunteer Support Officer Jude Wheeler has written to IHBC Branch Committee representatives across the UK to update all on new developments and opportunities.
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IHBC welcomes 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention on 16/11, and in #IHBC25
The IHBC is delighted to welcome formally the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, on 16 November 2022.
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IHBC’s Tech Panel (and #IHBCSwansea2023 School) Chair joins FREE webinar 18/11 – Saving Energy in the Cultural Sector…
The Cultural Sector FM Hub – a volunteer run group which has members representing over 90 cultural institutions across the UK – is hosting a free webinar on 18/11 at noon, on ‘Saving Energy in the Cultural Sector…’ with contributors … Continue reading
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IHBC’s COP27 Signpost: Daily updates from the Presidency
With so many routes news from COP27, finding what you need is the challenge, so the IHBC lists a few below from the Presidency, all of which can be found HERE.
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IHBC Signpost: VAG Winter Conference bursaries (x2) closing 3 December – 7/8 Jan, Leicester
The Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG) is offering two bursaries to assist registered students or early career professionals to attend the 2023 VAG Winter Conference (based in Leicester on 7/01), closing 3 December.
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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £85K+ costed works: National heritage body seeks advice on site selection etc., due 11/11, £60K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a national natural and … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (eco) doorstep’: Former Manchester industrial wasteland now new Nature Reserve
A former industrial wasteland in Manchester has officially been designated an 1,824-acre nature reserve that will provide 300,000 locals with access to nature, reports EcoWatch. image: Wigan Council Facebook
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DCMS Committee calls for urgent financial support and new regional funding focus to level up country through culture
Urgent financial support is needed for cultural and amenity centres facing an ‘existential threat’ from the cost-of-living crisis, MPs said in a report, so to fulfil its commitment to ‘levelling up’ the UK, Government needs to tackle geographical funding imbalances. … Continue reading
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Historic England Reveals its Heritage at Risk Register 2022
Historic England (HE) has published its Heritage at Risk Register for 2022, its annual snapshot of the critical health of England’s most valued historic places and those most at risk of being lost as a result of neglect, decay or … Continue reading
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REMINDER: Europa Nostra’s 20th anniversary European Heritage Awards: Open for entries for 2023, to 25 November
The Call for Entries for the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023 is now open with webinar guidance on 7/11.
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Carbon Trust Impact Report published
The Carbon Trust has published its ‘Impact Report’ reviewing its mission, work and impact, and its journey to Net zero.
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Aerospace museum proposed for Balado’s ‘golf ball’ spy station
Balado’s famous ‘golf ball’ spy station is set to be repurposed as an aerospace museum under plans currently in development.
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