Daily Archives: 16/08/2024

IHBC adds new ‘Climate Change Adaptation’ category to HESPR practice areas: ‘… responding to climate change issues…’

Posted on 16/08/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading →

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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place

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The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading →

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STILL TIME – IHBC Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too) ends soon: Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

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The IHBC has launched a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing 30 … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 3: Regular updates from IHBC officers and networks

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The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, alongside themed features on heritage and nature includes a wide range of regular articles, with the spotlight in this NewsBlog on ‘Notes ‘from our Chair, on White’s … History … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £247K works this week: Museum body seeks feasibility study, to £50K and 30/08

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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 a call from a Museum body seeking a … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Welsh) doorstep’: Gavin & Stacey mural in Welsh village, Dinas Powys

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image for illustration: Trinity Street Barry Island by Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons- (This view was used on BBC3’s ‘Gavin and Stacey’ series as a ‘scene-setter’) An incredible Gavin & Stacey mural has appeared on the side … Continue reading →

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New Housing Minister writes to RTPI President supporting profession, ‘… in particular those… in local authorities across England’

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image: Matthew Pennycook –  Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) licence New Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to Lindsey Richards, President of the Royal Town Planning Institute to convey a clear message on behalf of government to professional planners – … Continue reading →

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National Heritage Science Forum ‘Consultation on Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK’, online session 21 August

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The National Heritage Science Forum (NHSF) seeks input to the next ‘Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK’, covering 2024-2027, with webinar on 21 August open to all.

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Significant investment in theatre buildings needed for sector to survive and thrive, new survey reveals

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image for illustration – RSC Stratford upon Avon The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) & UK Theatre have published the results of a survey demonstrating the urgent need for sustainable and systematic investment in theatre buildings.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Ontario gives cities more time to protect heritage buildings, but there’s a catch

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image for illustration: Ottowa Skyline by Óðinn – This image was created with Hugin., CC BY-SA 2.5 ca A new bill has extended the deadline for Canada’s Ontario municipalities to officially designate buildings by two years, but closing a loophole … Continue reading →

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