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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
Monthly Archives: August 2025
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Iconic Round House building renovation to begin in Evesham
image for illustration: The Round House, Evesham (2018) by Joanna Theobald Work is set to begin on an iconic Round House building in the town centre that has been covered in scaffolding for more than a year, reports The Evesham … Continue reading
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Tagged building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, history, planning, renovation, skills
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UPDATE: Coalition secures Peter Womersley’s Bernat Klein Studio for the nation, for £279,000
image for illustration: Bernat Klein Studio 2010 by Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A coalition of leading Scottish heritage and design organisations – The Bernat Klein Foundation (BKF), the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, building, charity, conservation, expertise, funding, heritage, Scotland
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Derbyshire HBT campaign promotes Parliamentary petition on Wingfield Manor ‘preservation and protection’ presented by Linsey Farnsworth MP
image for illustration: Sam Styles / Wingfield Manor Commons Wiki Following promotion by Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust Linsey Farnsworth MP (Labour, Amber Valley) has presented a petition to Parliament on the future of Wingfield Manor, calling for its preservation and protection.
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THA’s refreshed Heritage Funding Directory is Live
After months of research and development, we successfully unveiled the refreshed Heritage Funding Directory, with thanks to our sponsors Historic Houses Foundation, PixelFridge, and Architectural Heritage Fund.
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Tagged conservation, expertise, funding, heritage, networking
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AHF: £400K+ grants help communities rescue & repurpose England’s Historic Buildings
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is very pleased to announce that it has awarded additional grants through the Heritage Revival Fund, with £424,738 given in support of nine different projects in June, ranging from a former parish school in Gateshead … Continue reading
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Tagged building, community, conservation, expertise, funding, heritage
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Royal Museums Greenwich: Landmark capital project ‘First Light’ to transform Royal Observatory, home of GMT & Prime Meridian
image for illustration: Royal Observatory, South Building, Greenwich by Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Royal Museums Greenwich is ‘Transforming the Royal Observatory…’, embarking on a landmark capital project known as ‘First Light’ to make science and astronomy … Continue reading
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