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- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 03/03/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 03/03/2026
- 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. 03/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: Poetry from concrete – Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture 03/03/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: HESPR Alert on early booking & special offer for ALL staff on Virtual #IHBCNewcastle2026’! 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call to Tyneside authorities to restore historic swing bridge (closed since 2019!) 03/03/2026
- Ministerial Update: on ‘Relationship between Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales’ 03/03/2026
- Tell The Heritage Fund: Is your historic park or garden prepared for the climate crisis? TO 16/03 03/03/2026
- Georgian Group objects to visitor pavilions in British Museum forecourts 03/03/2026
- Consultation on new regeneration body for Greater Cambridge 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: HE on ‘Stanley Kubrick – A Heritage Odyssey’ 03/03/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 Annual Day School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, in person & online, June 19: Accessible & Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT 27/02/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 27/02/2026
- Looking back to IHBC’s Council on ‘Heritage Skills in Conservation’, and ahead to our new ‘response-led’ DRAFT Minutes, for review and feedback 27/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £77K of weekly works: Authority seeks design team for a new development, to 22/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: HE introduces the Monumental Works of Giles Gilbert Scott 27/02/2026
- DCMS Honours Team on New Year 2027 (NY27) ‘Invitation to nominate’, information sessions and nomination form (to 31/03) 27/02/2026
- RTPI asks: Can England still build its utopian vision of a ‘new town’? 27/02/2026
- New design guidance to raise the bar for new build developments 27/02/2026
- RICS modernises CPD framework and launches new member app 27/02/2026
- UK Research and Innovation launches creative industries strategy 27/02/2026
- ARB’s five-year strategy to strengthen safety, competence and culture in architecture 27/02/2026
- Pride in Place: 40 neighbourhoods join transformational programme 27/02/2026
Daily Archives: 14/10/2025
Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop
IHBC’s members’ journal Context from June 2025 – No. 184 – focussed on ‘Leaders of conservation thought’, and featured in our Vox Pop Mike Brown, Immediate Past President (IPP) of the IHBC.
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IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online
The IHBC has posted online its updated Communications and Outreach Strategy, for 2025-28, with a foreword by IHBC Chair David McDonald, which also serves as the current Business Plan for the IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Committee, chaired by Dave Chetwyn, … Continue reading
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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
The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of the Home Page of the 2026 Annual School, to take place in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ and across up to 20 hours CPD.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England
image for illustration: Coventry swimming baths by E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Historic England will not stand in the way of Coventry’s Grade II listed Olympic-sized swimming pool building being demolished, reports BBC News.
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Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme
Government has launched its response to the Report of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee of the House of Commons, with a £13.2bn programme.
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HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector
The Historic Houses (HH) report, ‘Historic houses: the heart of Scotland’s rural tourism’ has found that legislative uncertainty, complex regulation and mounting fiscal pressures are threatening the future of rural tourism businesses in Scotland.
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People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11
Funding available to support regional museums and galleries to ensure collections are more accessible to the public, open to applications to 14 November.
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THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October
The Heritage Alliance (THA) is planning to publish a report exploring how the heritage sector is helping to create vibrant, creative, thriving, and sustainable places for people to live, work, and enjoy, to feed into their upcoming Heritage Debate 2025.
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BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025)
‘Wellbeing in Buildings’, a Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) Topic Guide by Sorcha Redmond, has been issued.
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‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos
Political think tank DEMOS has published ‘A room with a view: remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog by Lucy Bush, Director of Research and Participation.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act
The Town of Oakville is investigating after a designated heritage home was demolished despite having the protection of the Ontario Heritage Act.
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