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- Bob Kindred updates on IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’: Cases always sought – ‘…it relies on volunteered information’ 15/04/2025
- IHBC on Context 182 (Part 3): IHBC’s Chair on ‘Trusteeship’ and what is NOT ‘hot air’ features in officer and network updates 15/04/2025
- April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say, before 1 May 15/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 15/04/2025
- Booking opens for #IHBCShrewsbury2025, 12-14/06: Certified CPD on ‘Heritage in Context – Value: Plan: Change’ – From £35+VAT (Online), free pre-conference webinars and more, for all your conservation needs…’ 15/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Legislation and Policy’ Signpost: UK Parliament… on ‘Net zero and the UK’s historic building stock’ 15/04/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from (England’s Market Town) doorsteps’: The cultural heritage of market towns, Westminster Hall debate, 04/03, debate and background 15/04/2025
- SAVE unveils 50th anniversary programme – 50 years of campaigning 1975-2025 15/04/2025
- UK Government: High streets with vacant shops revitalised via High Street Rental Auctions 15/04/2025
- UK Government: Annual report for England’s Participation Survey – parks/gardens; cities/towns, & landscapes/habitat most popular 15/04/2025
- Wilts & Berks Canal Trust calls for volunteer engineers and planners to help on UK’s largest canal restoration project 15/04/2025
- HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’ 11/04/2025
- IHBC’s April ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events, awards, calls and more, with Schools, School webinars, Sustainability, Branches & much more 11/04/2025
- April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’-Have your say, before 1 May 11/04/2025
- Booking opens for #IHBCShrewsbury2025, 12-14/06: Certified CPD on ‘Heritage in Context – Value: Plan: Change’ – From £35+VAT (Online), free pre-conference webinars and more, for all your conservation needs…’ 11/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: HE/EH on Climate Adaption, fourth round ‘Heritage’ Report 11/04/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (IHBC, AT, RSUA) doorstep’, via DB: ‘Attending a conservation training course… a personal account’ 11/04/2025
- Heritage Counts on ‘New Homes from Vacant Historic Buildings’: Up to 670K new homes ‘by repairing and repurposing existing historic buildings’ 11/04/2025
- New Towns inquiry launched by Lords Built Environment Committee: to 12/05 11/04/2025
- UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard -The Pilot Version of the Standard has Launched! 11/04/2025
- Heritage Open Days: How to get involved as registration is now open 11/04/2025
- IHBC’s Blog from Policy@Manchester (University of Manchester): Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis – why we must act now 11/04/2025
- April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say, before 1 May 08/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 08/04/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals) with ‘Lessons from Jugaadopolis… innovative community engagement’ 10/07, 1pm 08/04/2025
Daily Archives: 11/04/2025
HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s April ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events, awards, calls and more, with Schools, School webinars, Sustainability, Branches & much more
IHBC’s April CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, with the usual range of Branch and network events, publications, awards and more.
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April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’-Have your say, before 1 May
The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading
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Booking opens for #IHBCShrewsbury2025, 12-14/06: Certified CPD on ‘Heritage in Context – Value: Plan: Change’ – From £35+VAT (Online), free pre-conference webinars and more, for all your conservation needs…’
Booking is now open for the IHBC’s 2025 Annual School – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – in wonderful Shrewsbury, on 12-14 June, centred on our hybrid (in-person & Virtual) Day School (13 June), with certified IHBC CPD, exhibitors, pre-conference webinars, networking & more
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: HE/EH on Climate Adaption, fourth round ‘Heritage’ Report
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Adaptation reports to Defra by the heritage sector are part of the fourth round of the adaptation reporting process under the Climate Change 2008 Act, and examine how heritage regulators and operators are … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (IHBC, AT, RSUA) doorstep’, via DB: ‘Attending a conservation training course… a personal account’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Designing Buildings – IHBC’s host partner host for our dynamic Conservation Wiki – has published a personal account of attendance at a Conservation Training Course.
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Heritage Counts on ‘New Homes from Vacant Historic Buildings’: Up to 670K new homes ‘by repairing and repurposing existing historic buildings’
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald From vacant historic properties to new homes, there is an opportunity to provide 560,000 – 670,000 new homes in England by repairing and repurposing existing historic buildings.
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New Towns inquiry launched by Lords Built Environment Committee: to 12/05
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The House of Lords Built Environment Committee has launched a modular inquiry into new towns and expanded settlements, taking evidence to 12 May 2025.
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UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard -The Pilot Version of the Standard has Launched!
The pilot version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard has launched.
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Heritage Open Days: How to get involved as registration is now open
Heritage Open Days calls on all to ‘join the amazing network of local organisers across the country… register with us online… we’re only a phone call or an email away’.
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IHBC’s Blog from Policy@Manchester (University of Manchester): Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis – why we must act now
image for illustration: Jonathan Taylor Dr Eric Lybeck argues that problems with restoration timelines aren’t just cautionary – they’re symptomatic of a deeper crisis: the lack of heritage skills in the UK.
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