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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: 20/08/2024
IHBC welcomes HEF’s ‘Historic Environment Overview’, with IHBC’s ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ spotlighted!
The Historic Environment Forum’s (HEF) ‘Historic Environment Overview’, part of Historic England’s (HE) Heritage Counts is now out, including also a feature notice on the IHBC’s Conservation Professional Practice Principles.
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IHBC adds new ‘Climate Change Adaptation’ category to HESPR practice areas: ‘… responding to climate change issues…’
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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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!
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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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024 now open: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Practice’ and Learning spotlight: Angharad Hart on ‘Conservation Wiki’… for learning support in a changing climate
‘Learning support in a changing climate’ is a Designing Buildings feature article that originally appeared in the IHBC’s 2023 Yearbook, written by the IHBC’s Education, Training and Application Support Officer Angharad Hart.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings on the IHBC’s Affiliate application pilot for local authority conservation staff
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’s special news features Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s Affiliate application pilot … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Bucks Council consent for HS2’s works to Grim’s Ditch Iron Age Site
image for illustration: HS2 Buckinghamshire Council has given consent to HS2 Ltd.’s proposals for Grim’s Ditch, a Scheduled Monument, near Leather Lane, Great Missenden, as part of the HS2 project passes through this pre-historic asset of national importance.
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HE: New funding for young people to uncover ‘Hidden Histories’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Young people living in deprived areas will be helped to explore and celebrate untold local histories thanks to the launch of a national grant programme by Historic England (HE).
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THA: Call for members’ case studies for refreshed ‘Creativity Report’, to 9/09
The Heritage Alliance (THA) is calling for contributions from its members to its upcoming publication on the creative industries – saying ‘if you have an impactful example of how heritage and creativity go hand in hand, we want to hear … Continue reading
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New Trustees join AHF
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced the appointment of three new Trustees to its Board: Peter Williams, Syreeta Bayne and Andy Westwood. Peter has been appointed to replace Roy Hodson as the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Bulldozing our history’: Alberta man working to restore town’s grain elevators
image for illustration: Nanton Grain Elevator by Ken Eckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Leo Wieser, President of the Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre Nanton, is working to preserve two 21-metre icons of the Prairies – twin grain elevators in Nanton, … Continue reading
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