Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting it by launching the logo inviting your ideas on how to mark this special year!
‘… delighted to welcome the launch of a year of activities and events to mark….#IHBC25…’
IHBC’s President Mike Brown and IHBC Chair David McDonald, representing the IHBC’s Council and Board respectively, said jointly: ‘We’re delighted to welcome the launch of a year of activities and events to mark the IHBC’s 25th anniversary, #IHBC25.’
‘… we will adopt a suitably sustainable conservation strategy…’
‘Most will guess that we will want to look at our future as much as our past, and push ahead with our modernisation informed by our unique heritage. So we will adopt a suitably sustainable conservation strategy, and use our history to inform our future.’
‘Of course the IHBC’s newly elected Board will have to scrutinise our current plans, so for now we’re calling on all members and tiers of governance – Council, Committees, Branches and members – to think about how you might like to join in or contribute.’
‘… making headway on the digital infrastructure for #IHBC25 – inspired by our IHBC@COP26 Helpdesk+ service…’
‘In the meantime we’re making headway on the digital infrastructure for #IHBC25 – inspired by our IHBC@COP26 Helpdesk+ service – to let us mark the IHBC’s progress efficiently and cost-effectively.’
IHBC Treasurer Jill Kerry and IHBC Secretary Jo Evans said: ‘We’re delighted to be able to adopt a strategy for IHBC25 that makes the most of the institute’s proven digital skills and hard-won resources.’
‘We will mark the anniversary across our new subscription year. This means we can continue to invest in re-building Branches and member and volunteer networks as we move on past the pandemic’s depredations.’
‘… especially keen to hear suggestions from Branches and volunteers…’
IHBC Vice Chair Lone Le Vay said: ‘Following on from our successful Branch Reconnection Day last November, and the additional fund allocations to Branches, we’re of course especially keen to hear suggestions from Branches and volunteers on how best to mark and celebrate our anniversary.’
IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: ‘Our new – and accessible – digital platform will support the communications infrastructure and legacy marking our 25th anniversary: #IHBC25.’
‘For now, using the resources listed below where helpful, please do feel free to email your thoughts and suggestions, to Jude Wheeler, our Branch Support Officer, at support@ihbc.org.uk. Or you can just post them on your social media platforms, tagged with #IHBC25.
‘We’ll have the web resource in place as soon as it’s signed off or – in Beta version – maybe even before that. To help spur your thoughts, we’ve selected some more accessible online prompts and resources below’
See more background and get inspired with:
- Context issues from 1997, the year of our incorporation:
- Our 10th Anniversary Context
- Our first NewsBlogs, also from 2007
- The first listed HESPR company is IHBC Enterprises, naturally, as our vote of confidence, but the company on HESPR for longest is The Architectural History Practice (August 2008)
- Our first IHBC E-letter dates from 2009 (it’s now Membership Matters)
- The first Jobs etc. advert was for a Trainee Conservation Officer (Rossendale Borough Council), which went live on 15 October 2010.
- By 2012 our Jobs etc. service substantially increased its digital reach (2012)
- Our first online Events Calendar posting online is from 2013
- The new ‘mobile first’ website launched in 2014
- The first CPD Circular was in 2020, but its predecessor, the first ‘Branch Event’ NewsBlog, appeared in 2018
- Our digital Archive of corporate papers (‘Archive’ tab) has lots more detail
- There’s also an abundance of information on our Branch web pages often historic, with the pages linked below:
