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- IHBC seeks ‘Support Officer’ consultant/service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10 13/09/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to The Listed Property Show in Malvern, 23-24/09… just email Charlie! 13/09/2024
- IHBC’s ‘History’ and amenity spotlight: Historic Buildings & Places’ Online Centenary Lecture – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘…what do conservation officers do (all day)?’ – 17/09 13/09/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Design and presentation’ spotlight: Neighbourhood Planning Design Coding Guidance – for ‘groups… to prepare a design code for their area’ 13/09/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £330K of works this week: National body seeks heritage & wellbeing research, to 16/09 & £30K 13/09/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Aberdeen Council concludes demolition safest option for RAAC-affected homes to be followed by a rebuilding programme 13/09/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Swimming pool plans for Broadway house approved by Wychavon District Council 13/09/2024
- TCPA on ‘Health, hope and prosperity: a vision for healthy new towns’ 13/09/2024
- Civic Voice poll reveals doubts among community civic leaders about planning reforms 13/09/2024
- Project to help cultural and heritage organisations commission decarbonisation work: Call for Expressions of Interest to 23/09 13/09/2024
- HES seeks feedback on ‘ Managing Change’ Guidance series 13/09/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: PlaceEconomics’ White Paper ‘Response to the YIMBY… pro-development… for de-regulation to promote housing…’ 13/09/2024
- IHBC North West Branch: Historic Building Conservation Award 2024, to 4 October 10/09/2024
- PROGRAMME LAUNCHED for IHBC London Branch Day Conference: 1 October 2024 – ‘A Walk on the Wild Side: Balancing the Built and Natural Environments’ 10/09/2024
- Wales Branch Conference: In-person update from heritage at risk projects & the Historic Environment Wales Act, tour and branch AGM, on 20/09 10/09/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ signpost: Government policy statement on new towns, and the independent New Towns Taskforce 10/09/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fresh plans to demolish historic Hillhead Baptist Church building Glasgow for flats 10/09/2024
- HES’s Buildings at Risk Register on pause as new review says ‘insufficient evidence to demonstrate… significant impact in bringing buildings back into use’ 10/09/2024
- AHRC (HE & EH) Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Call for Proposals 2024 open to 29/11, on digital, paint, paths, open spaces & compounded climate change hazards 10/09/2024
- CLC: Demonstrating Organisational Capability with the Common Assessment Standard 10/09/2024
- New President for Stone Federation (2024-2026): Adrian Attwood 10/09/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Ireland‘s ‘… Heritage Climate Action – Climate Change… Plan’ update, 2024 10/09/2024
- IHBC welcomes Historic England’s Heritage Counts on ‘Cultural Heritage… and the Creative Economy’ as it confirms ‘… heritage can positively influence… local economic development’ 06/09/2024
- IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09 06/09/2024
- IHBC’s ‘History’ and amenity spotlight: Historic Buildings & Places’ Online Centenary Lecture – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘…what do conservation officers do (all day)?’ – 17/09 06/09/2024
Daily Archives: 28/05/2024
IHBC Research for Practice Digest No. 4: Connecting conservation research & practice, featuring Strathclyde’s research with updates on heritage research, funding etc
The fourth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers – sign up HERE – and features a profile of Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, founder and director of the University of Strathclyde’s fully recognised IHBC course, and … Continue reading
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IHBC to be represented at Housing Cymru conference and exhibition 11 July 2024 – Charities etc. FREE!
IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards will share the stage with Jill Fairweather of Cadw and natural insulation product manufacturers to talk about the need for a more informed approach towards retrofit and insulation of traditional building.
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£400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06
The Environment Study Centre (ESC) has been offered funding to deliver two more courses at a hugely reduced cost saving £400 per place.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway’s) doorstep’: Boosting York with a £1bn development
Network Rail has signed a £1.1bn agreement to regenerate one of UK’s largest brownfield sites – York Central – in a significant boost the economy. image for illustration: Aerial view of York by DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inscribed stone found in a Coventry garden
A MYSTERIOUS medieval inscribed stone thought to date back more than 1,600 years, is to go on public display, reports The Coventry Observer. image for illustration: Ogham Stone Rathass Church Tralee Kerry by Jaqian, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) on STBA’s ‘Championing natural materials to de-risk retrofit’
The Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) has hosted a new paper from the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA), that identifies a number of barriers to best practice retrofit of traditional solid wall buildings. image for illustration
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Mavisbank will be saved!
Thanks to a major grant of £5.3m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund we are now able to begin rescuing Mavisbank: one of the most important buildings at risk in Britain. image for illustration: Mavisbank – en:William Adam (architect), Public … Continue reading
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UKGBC meeting with the Government to champion stronger new build standards
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has met with Baroness Swinburne to discuss our concerns about the draft Future Homes and Buildings Standard.
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European Parliamentary Research Service: ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has issued a briefing on ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’. image for illustration
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SPAB’s ‘Best Loved’ Award now open
SPAB’s ‘The Best Loved Award’ recognises and celebrates old buildings getting the maintenance they deserve, and the people looking after them.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Historic Obelisk Bridge near Drogheda to reopen
An historic bridge in Ireland has been re-opened after repair works, reports RTE. image for illustration: Drogheda – Obelisk Bridge over the R Boyne by Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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