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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: 14/02/2023
IHBC’s Education Secretary welcomes WM Branch feedback survey results for ‘The Conservation Hour’
The IHBC’s West Midlands (WM) Branch has posted exemplary Branch survey feedback on its highly rated CPD programme ‘The Conservation Hour’, a ‘10-part series of lunchtime lectures focused around the IHBC core competencies’.
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Interested is serving as an IHBC trustee? New Board statement encourages diversity and more, so review guidance and terms and explore, all before 22 March close
IHBC’s Board has issued a new statement on ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ to encourage Board nominations most representative of our membership, with further guidance on our web pages and in person, helping all member categories engage with our governance and … Continue reading
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2023: Seeking Nominations for ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2023
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate both civic contributions by retired members and successful learning in heritage skills, with awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s Swansea 2023 School in June, closing … Continue reading
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IHBC project signpost to: SRM on Gradel Quads, New College Oxford, with stone façade and ‘Brave roof redesign’
Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) reports on how its team is working to deliver purpose-designed quadrangles which will form new residential buildings for New College Oxford, and features a complex, high-quality limestone and sandstone façade as well as a ‘Brave roof … Continue reading
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IHBC signposts new closing date of 17/02 for HE’s call for input to ‘Article 4 Direction: Local Authority Survey’
Historic England is seeking ressposnes to research into heritage-related Article 4 Directions (A4Ds) with the aim of developing a better understanding of their use and effectiveness.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB features IHBC on ‘where IHBC came from’ in 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 Designing Buildings (DB), host of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, on … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Skateboarders transform medieval disused church in Norwich into skate park
Two skateboarding fanatics have transformed a disused medieval church in Norwich into a skate park after successfully raising thousands of pounds on a crowdfunding site, reports Scottish Construction Now.
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Grenfell fire: Housing developers given ultimatum to fix unsafe buildings
England’s housing developers have been given an ultimatum: commit to repairing unsafe buildings or be banned from operating in the market. Developers now have six weeks to sign a government contract to fix their unsafe buildings from the past 30 years. … Continue reading
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Under resourcing, harassment, and internet trolling leaves more than 75% of planners in Wales overstretched
Three-quarters of Local Planning Authority officers in Wales felt overstretched in their work, according to a Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) survey of 209 planners in Wales produced as part of its Big Conversation report.
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Europa Nostra: 11 European heritage sites shortlisted for 7 Most Endangered Programme 2023
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 7 Most Endangered Programme in 2023, Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank Institute have announced the 11 most threatened heritage sites in Europe shortlisted for this year’s edition of the … Continue reading
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Community Ownership Fund bidding prospectus out: £140M over 4 years across UK
The Community Ownership Fund bidding prospectus provides detailed guidance on the purpose of the fund, eligibility criteria, funding and support assessment criteria and the decision-making process. Please see below for update on Round 2.
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Applicant’s guide out on Countryside Stewardship Woodland Management Plan grant 2023
Countryside Stewardship (CS) Woodland Management Plan (WMP) grants are open for applications all year from 5 January 2023. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Newly updated ICOMOS Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism
ICOMOS is very pleased with the adoption of the newly updated ICOMOS International Cultural Heritage Tourism Charter, which was approved at its last General Assembly in October 2022 in Bangkok (Thailand).
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