Daily Archives: 07/04/2023

IHBC’s 2023 AGM Notice issued, with registration and proxies open, exclusively for ALL IHBC member categories: 3 May, online from 5.30pm for 6.00pm start

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The IHBC has issued to members of ALL categories the formal notice of the online 2023 AGM, on 3 May 2023 at 6.00pm (proceedings start at 5.30pm) – email admin@ihbc.org.uk if you have not received yours – with registration now … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s April CPD Circular now out: Easy access to training, awards and more, featuring IHBC’s 2023 Annual School – online and in-person, in Swansea, 21-24 June

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The IHBC’s April CPD Circular is now out, listing low-cost training and upskilling opportunities – including Research and Awards listings and featuring the 2023 Annual School, on line and in Swansea – helping guide busy heritage practitioners to the best … Continue reading →

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IHBC co-sponsors ICOMOS UK conference: ‘Embedding a Rights-Based Approach into UK World Heritage Sites’, in person and in Greenwich, 25/04, from £20 (students)

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ICOMOS-UK’s one-day conference, co-sponsored by the IHBC, will explore how a Rights-Based Approach, including Decolonisation practices, can be a valuable tool, from £20 (Students) to £80, to include lunch and evening reception, all at the University of Greenwich.

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Easier IHBC Affiliate applications UPDATE: Support now includes new video screencast, all IHBC CPD too!

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The IHBC has launched a suite of new help and guidance to make it easier for our Supporter members to advance to the new Affiliate member category, including a dedicated web page; surgeries and more recently a video screencast by … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £215K costed works: Wales authority seeks community professionals, closing 28/04, £15K

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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 features a call from a Welsh Authority for … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ GII Bude storm tower to be moved brick by brick before it falls into the sea

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Bude’s iconic Compass Point cliffside storm tower in Cornwall is to be moved brick by brick further inland before it is destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels, reports Cornwall Live. image: for illustration – By Nilfanion – Own … Continue reading →

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Historic Environment (Wales) Bill approved in unanimous Senedd vote

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The Historic Environment (Wales) Bill reached the final stage in its passage through Senedd Cymru during the early evening of 28 March.

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England’s LURB update on potential amendments

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The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (LURB)  – ‘to make provision for the setting of levelling-up missions and reporting on progress in delivering them’ etc. – has passed through the House of Commons and the amended Bill is now advancing through … Continue reading →

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£1.8 billion awarded to boost energy efficiency and cut emissions of homes and public buildings across England

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Government has awarded £1.8Bn through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, Home Upgrade Grant and Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to upgrade social homes and public buildings. image: Open Government licence v3.0

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The Heritage Alliance: Update on 20th Anniversary celebrations at Heritage Day 2023

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The Heritage Alliance held a hybrid Heritage Day 2023 programmes across 1 and 2 March, with heritage leaders, professionals and volunteers online and in-person at the historic venue, The Charterhouse, London, with the programme culminating in a reception to mark … Continue reading →

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IHBC Signpost: AJ race and diversity survey 2023 – Tell AJ about your experiences in architecture

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The  Architect’s Journal (AJ) has again teamed up with Blueprint for All – formerly the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust – to launch a new survey to gather the latest evidence on race diversity within architecture. image: AJ website

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IHBC Signpost to Health and Safety, from an old Building: Dodging falling bricks at the Natural History Museum construction, 1876

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An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1876 has been featured anew by Building. image: for illustration – By Diliff – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=559965

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