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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: 25/08/2023
‘IHBC is listening’ on a Petition for Charter: New FAQs to prompt thoughts and more, with our Member Survey still open
David Williams, the IHBC’s consultant on the investigation of a Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – has agreed a first series of responses to FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) with our Petition for Charter Working Group to help inform discussions, while … Continue reading
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Build you career with the IHBC’s Student Award – for relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’: Enjoy £500 + free IHBC School, and join our list of winners
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – from the two years to … Continue reading
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IHBC supports Gardens Trust on ‘Historic Landscape Designation’ – Celebrating 40th anniversary of the National Heritage Act, in London and online, 12 October
The IHBC is delighted to support the Gardens Trust Conference on Historic Landscape Designation Conference’ in London – marking the 40th anniversary of the National Heritage Act – with participants including IHBC Chair David McDonald, on 12/10, with tickets from … Continue reading
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Time to celebrate ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award closes 1/09/23
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £3.6M+ costed works: English Community Trust seeks lead consultant for a Lottery funded scheme, to 18/09 & £200K.
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is the call from an English Community Trust for … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National planning reforms will harm local economies, warn national parks
National park chiefs in Hampshire have expressed ‘disappointment’ and ‘concern’ over a Government consultation which could see agricultural buildings converted into houses without planning permission, reports The Farnham Herald. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New push to save Newcastle’s Swing Bridge…
Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah wants the bridge to be swinging again by its 150th anniversary in 2026, but repairing its Victorian mechanisms will be a complex task reports Chronicle Live. image for illustration: taken by Tagishsimon (14th August 2004) … Continue reading
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RTPI selects Grayling to battle misinformation on planning and planners
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has selected Grayling to lead its campaign to battle misinformation around planners and their role in the planning system.
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Three-year strategy delivery plans on how the National Lottery plans to invest over £1Bn from 2023–2026
In the first of National Lotteries three-year strategy delivery plans, it is sharing details about budgets, priorities and changes to our funding programmes, investing £870m via National Lottery Grants for Heritage and a further £140m in strategic initiatives. image for … Continue reading
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Fund Britain’s Waterways Action Group launched
The Fund Britain’s Waterways Action Group was formally launched with a press release calling on Government to stop Inland Waterways falling into disrepair.
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QEST Heritage Crafts sustainability award: Closes 01/09
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) Sustainability Award seeks to play a role in building a sustainable future by celebrating and rewarding ‘those who have innovated in their craft’, closing 1 September.
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Cornish headland transferred to Falmouth for £1
Cornwall Council has transferred the historic Pendennis Headland to Falmouth Town Council for £1. image: Falmouth Town Council
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global Doorstep’: ‘It’s gone forever’ – Al Jazeera on wildfires in town at heart of Hawaiian culture
Large parts of Lahania, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, have been left in ashes as the Maui fires burn, reports Al Jazeera. image: for illustration Lahaina waterfront before the wildfires by en:User: Calbear22
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