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- IHBC’s been busy! Director’s new Bulletin to Branch Committees outlines extra support for volunteers, new pilot MATEs, 2025 School and much more 29/11/2024
- IHBC welcomes RIBA’s new ‘must-have’ conservation practice guide), with ICOMOS 1993 Guidelines at its heart… and IHBC at its head 29/11/2024
- IHBC Chair & Membership Secretary invite members to free MATE sessions piloting shorter accreditation forms: Next MATEs for members working with Churches etc. (9/12); Local Authorities (11/12) & the private sector (13/12) – and more to come in 2025 29/11/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Biodiversity COP 16 in brief, from DB 29/11/2024
- IHBC ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £5.2M+ of weekly works: Church seeks restoration works etc., to 03/01/2025 29/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Group looks to take on viaduct to stop BCP Council’s ‘demolition’ 29/11/2024
- Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects: A ‘brand-new’ advice page on ‘Good Design’ from the Planning Inspectorate 29/11/2024
- Architecture’s lagging progress on gender bias to be explored in new RIBA and Fawcett Society study 29/11/2024
- Historic England seeks LB EPC Demonstrator Cases for consideration, by 6/12 29/11/2024
- Heritage Alliance’ Heritage Heroes 2024: Nominations Open to 1/12 29/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: CHN on ‘becoming a key player in the global movement to protect your heritage from climate change’? 29/11/2024
- IHBC welcomes new appointments to the HES Board, including IHBC Supporter member Ian Baxter 26/11/2024
- IHBC Chair & Membership Secretary invite members to free MATE sessions piloting shorter accreditation forms: Next MATEs for members working with Churches etc. (9/12); Local Authorities (11/12) & the private sector (13/12) – and more to come in 2025 26/11/2024
- Don’t forget: IHBC’s HESPR-linked service promotion is now even more accessible to clients when using our map-based search 26/11/2024
- IHBC’s Professional’ Signpost: New Government Policy paper (25/10), ‘Brownfield Passport: Making the Most of Urban Land’ 26/11/2024
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC congratulates HESPR member Dyfi Architecture on success at Historic Houses Awards 2024 26/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Developers appeal over Woolwich tower plans rejected due to 19th century chimney 26/11/2024
- NCT’s ‘Discover Churches’: A Toolkit for Welcoming Visitors 26/11/2024
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund awards £10m to help save Birnbeck Pier as it celebrates 160th anniversary 26/11/2024
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee membership appointed 26/11/2024
- Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO CBE appointed Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund 26/11/2024
- Full Government ‘New Towns Statement’ with vision for new towns, 8/10/24 26/11/2024
- Parliamentary Grey Belt Inquiry is seeking to gain a better understanding of what Grey Belt land is 26/11/2024
- IHBC Chair & Membership Secretary invite members to free MATE sessions piloting shorter accreditation forms: Next MATEs for members working with Churches etc. (9/12); Local Authorities (11/12) & the private sector (13/12) – and more to come in 2025 22/11/2024
- Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories 22/11/2024
Daily Archives: 05/11/2024
IHBC’s new ‘Board insight’ for members & readers: IHBC NewsBlogs etc as prompts & reminders to Trustees on recent achievements
IHBC’s National Office reports to the Board of Trustees include our NewsBlog posts as prompts and reminders of recent achievements, as our free and accessible NewsBlogs etc. outreach servicealso serves as a critical and cost-effective resource in our governance.
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Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories
The IHBC is delighted to remind members of the IHBC who have published books still in print that they can promote these for free on our ‘Members Publications’ web page: Just send the details to Peter Badcock at it@ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC’s Finance & Economics Signpost: British Land on ‘Brownfield’ – how to deliver more growth, homes & jobs, with communities’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 British Land’s report on ‘Brownfield urban regeneration: how to deliver more growth, homes and jobs with the support of communities’ has been published.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Designing Buildings site features IHBC NewsBlogs etc to c.20K development sector users, from Scotland’s Standards to education from Venice
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’, with our update this week being Designing Buildings’ promotion of IHBC NewsBlogs etc posts … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (demolition) doorstep’: ‘Existential threat’ of ‘Embodied Carbon Briefing’ to demolition
‘Embodied Carbon Briefing Document’ highlights an ‘existential threat to the demolition sector’ – argues DemolitionNews: ‘a lot like COVID-19 just because no-one is talking about it doesn’t mean the problem has gone away!’
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National Churches Trust: The house of good & easing pressures on the NHS
A new National Churches Trust research report – The house of good: health: Churches are good for our health – shows that the UK’s churches take an immense amount of pressure off the NHS.
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Dorset dairy farm Wraxall Yard wins 2024 Stephen Lawrence Prize
image for illustration: Wraxall: towards the village by Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects as the winner of the 2024 Stephen Lawrence Prize.
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Great Yarmouth winter gardens restoration wins AJ retrofit award
image for illustration: Evelyn Simak / The Winter Gardens (detail), Commons Wikimedia The restoration of the Grade II* Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth, being led by BFF Architects, has won an AJ Retrofit Award. It was the winner of the ‘Future Reuse’ … Continue reading
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Ombudsman shares 100+ maladministration cases on damp & mould ahead of Awaab’s Law
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Ombudsman shares over 100 severe maladministration cases on damp and mould ahead of Awaab’s Law to prevent future failings.
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UVAC warns of threat to public services posed by reform of government’s apprenticeship levy
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A new report by the University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC) has warned that drastic reform or the abolishment of the government’s Apprenticeship Levy scheme will have a hugely detrimental impact on public services.
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James Grierson appointed Chair of the Victorian Society
image for illustration: The Victorian Society The Victorian Society announces appointment of James Grierson as Chair of the Society in succession to Professor Hilary Grainger OBE.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Winnipeg history among ruins of Air Canada Window Park demolition
image for illustration: Corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba by Photogelatine Engraving Co: Publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Winnipeg history buffs and heritage organizations are shocked and angered to find pieces of the city’s past left … Continue reading
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