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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Daily Archives: 18/07/2025
IHBC welcomes RICS’ #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School ‘Friend’ benefit: RICS’ rates for members at Global Building Conservation Conference, ‘Sharing heritage skills…’, 25/09, online, 7hrs CPD
The IHBC is delighted to announce that, thanks not least to the efforts of our West Midlands Branch team and School Friend lead, RICS & IHBC member Jessica Jones, IHBC members (all categories) can enjoy RICS rates at the online … Continue reading
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, global, government, heritage, nature, networks, planning, skills
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IHBC SE Branch Summer Social – Friday 25 July, Pevensey Castle: Places available – ‘Book, bring a picnic… & pop in & out as suits!’
The IHBC’s South East (SE) Branch summer gathering and site visit for 2025 is to Pevensey Castle, a scheduled monument in the care of English Heritage, with all welcome (including ‘kids and dogs’) and CPD certificates on request, but please … Continue reading
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Need a MATE? Next chance 5 August: IHBC’s free monthly online accreditation guidance… all welcome, including accredited members seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC training and assessments
As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.
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Tagged accreditation, building, climate change, conservation, cpd, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, skills, training, webinar
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IHBC Research for Practice Digest No.6 now out: ‘Connecting conservation research and professional practice’
The IHBC’s sixth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers features French public agency for ecological transition alongside our regular updated on Research and Guidance; Calls for Papers, Abstracts & Researchers and our ‘Broader Context’ … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Protected sites and development from the LGA and PAS
image for illustration: Peter Badcock Part of the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) protected site strategy project is aimed at local planning authorities and explores available regulatory and policy drivers for development to deliver improvements to the condition of protected sites, … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Major Fire at Edwardian Busbridge Hall, Godalming, after BBQ sparks blaze
A serious fire has broken out at Busbridge Hall in Godalming after a BBQ spread to a room of the property, prompting a large-scale emergency response involving fire crews from three counties, reports UK News in Pictures.
Welsh Planning Reforms to ‘…. speed up infrastructure decisions and create jobs..’, to make ‘… Wales the fastest country in the UK for determining planning applications’
Reforms aimed at making Wales the fastest country in the UK for determining planning applications, creating new jobs and driving economic growth have been unveiled.
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HES: National campaign, ‘Historic Places, Breathing Spaces’, calls on all to ‘connect with heritage to boost.. wellbeing…’
image for illustration: Fiona Newton Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is calling for people across the country to connect with heritage to boost their wellbeing as a part of a national campaign, Historic Places, Breathing Spaces following a recent survey.
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England’s Dormant Assets Scheme: Forgotten assets to help families and young people thrive
The England’s first ever Dormant Assets Scheme Strategy unlocks £440 million funding.
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MPs say ‘Warm homes retrofit failures pushing UK clean, secure energy targets further off track’
A new report sets out practical measures needed to provide essential certainty and confidence for households and supply chains.
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Scotland’s urgent Church Challenge helped by National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant to Scotland’s Churches Trust & Soc Ant Scot
image for illustration: St John’s, Ballachulish by Fiona Newton The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (Soc Ant Scot) and Scotland’s Churches Trust have announced a £229,015 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help ensure a sustainable future for … Continue reading
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CMS Select Committee update on protecting built heritage, hear calls for end to ‘boom and bust’ heritage funding
MPs in the course of evidence given to the Culture Media and Sport (CMS) Select Committee on protecting built heritage were told that time-limited grants and skills gaps in heritage crafts and trades are among challenges facing the sector, reports … Continue reading
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