In March, The Heritage Fund launched Heritage 2033, which sets out how it will invest in the UK’s heritage over the next decade, and its latest UK Heritage Pulse survey received positive feedback on the plan.
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- IHBC takes key step forward in Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments’ delivery, joining National Federation of Builders’ National Heritage Skills Forum 10/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 10/11/2026
- Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Climate Change & Significance’, June 10-12 2027: IHBC’s Annual School, with online options, free pre-conference webinars & more… 10/11/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 10/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Deregulated housing conversions linked to poor health and wellbeing, from UCL 10/11/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: The Guardian on Clifton Suspension Bridge… ‘A big responsibility’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Back on track as Leas Lift carriages return home 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New Visitor Levy fund to help futureproof Edinburgh’s cultural and heritage buildings 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National Railway Museum celebrates start of construction on… the Porterbrook gallery 10/11/2026
- Nominate a building for the 20th edition of the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, before 4 January 10/11/2026
- National Trust: ‘Landmark act of generosity secures home of London’s oldest restaurant for the future’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Preserving Legacies Climate Heritage Cohort Program’, open to 8 January, ‘…work with a place that is culturally significant to your community’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC offers advice and support in roll out of ‘Historic Environment Policy for Northern Ireland’ 06/11/2026
- IHBC’s November CPD Circular: Your user-friendly ‘What’s on’ guide to heritage learning, networking and experiences, from Branches to ‘CPD Providers’ & beyond… 06/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 06/11/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 06/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: RICHeS Access Fund 2nd call opens, to £20K & 15/12, to access ‘cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 06/11/2026
- IHBC Director’s top pick from HESPR’s £68M+ works: BID seeks multidisciplinary team to study local retail areas, to 20/11 and £40K 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (builders) doorstep’: Budget measures welcomed, but much more work left to do – industry warns 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Castle Eden bridge demolition plans withdrawn by Stockton Borough Council 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Westminster honours engineer who helped inspire the world of James Bond 06/11/2026
- Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2029 06/11/2026
- Local History Hub launches new School & Heritage Consultancy pilot 06/11/2026
- AHF awards new grants through the Heritage Revival Fund 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: First Joint Transnational Call of the ‘Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership’ to 11 January 2027 06/11/2026
New survey shows Lottery’s ‘Heritage 2033’ plans ‘support heritage need and is relevant to organisations’ priorities’
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DCMS: Rest of charities £100M spring budget funding to be paid out from December
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that the second part of the £101.5m package for charities announced in the spring budget will be distributed from December, Civil Society reports.
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English Heritage breathes new life into endangered heritage skills with ground breaking apprenticeship programme
English Heritage is helping support endangered heritage skills with its apprenticeship programme supported by a donation of £11.2m by UK charity, the Hamish Ogston Foundation – the largest in English Heritage’s history.
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Lottery & HES: Putting heritage at the heart of regenerating places
Heritage can be a powerful force to drive successful regeneration projects and ensure local people are involved and engaged from the outset, reports the The Heritage Fund as it ‘joins forces’ with Historic Environment Scotland (HES).
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New Natural England guidance supports integrating the historic environment and nature recovery
Natural England has published new guidance for staff and networks working on nature recovery about how to integrate the Historic Environment into developing projects.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global Doorstep’: ‘Union Chain Bridge (GI/CatA) designated as ASCE Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
The conclusion of three years of restoration work on the Union Chain Bridge linking England and Scotland across the River Tweed has been formally marked as the structure was declared as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
image: for illustration – Union Chain Bridge Scotland and England – By DeFacto – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
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‘IHBC is listening’ on a Petition for Charter: New FAQs to prompt thoughts and more, with our Member Survey still open
David Williams, the IHBC’s consultant on the investigation of a Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – has agreed a first series of responses to FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) with our Petition for Charter Working Group to help inform discussions, while our first Petition Survey is still open for feedback from members and their networks.
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Build you career with the IHBC’s Student Award – for relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’: Enjoy £500 + free IHBC School, and join our list of winners
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – from the two years to 31 August 2023, just send it in online and see if you can win £500 cash, to be presented at our Annual School in Reading in June 2024.
image adapted from original by Jonathan Taylor – from left: 2022 Winners Laura Long, Caitlin Osborne, Guest Judge Clara Arokiasamy and Catherine Jack at #IHBCSwansea2023
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IHBC supports Gardens Trust on ‘Historic Landscape Designation’ – Celebrating 40th anniversary of the National Heritage Act, in London and online, 12 October
The IHBC is delighted to support the Gardens Trust Conference on Historic Landscape Designation Conference’ in London – marking the 40th anniversary of the National Heritage Act – with participants including IHBC Chair David McDonald, on 12/10, with tickets from £30.
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Time to celebrate ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award closes 1/09/23
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing end August 2023.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £3.6M+ costed works: English Community Trust seeks lead consultant for a Lottery funded scheme, to 18/09 & £200K.
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is the call from an English Community Trust for a lead consultant to engage etc. a team for a Lottery funded scheme, closing 18/09, valued £200K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National planning reforms will harm local economies, warn national parks
National park chiefs in Hampshire have expressed ‘disappointment’ and ‘concern’ over a Government consultation which could see agricultural buildings converted into houses without planning permission, reports The Farnham Herald.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New push to save Newcastle’s Swing Bridge…
Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah wants the bridge to be swinging again by its 150th anniversary in 2026, but repairing its Victorian mechanisms will be a complex task reports Chronicle Live.
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RTPI selects Grayling to battle misinformation on planning and planners
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has selected Grayling to lead its campaign to battle misinformation around planners and their role in the planning system.
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Three-year strategy delivery plans on how the National Lottery plans to invest over £1Bn from 2023–2026
In the first of National Lotteries three-year strategy delivery plans, it is sharing details about budgets, priorities and changes to our funding programmes, investing £870m via National Lottery Grants for Heritage and a further £140m in strategic initiatives.
image for illustration: North York Moors Railway – Peter Badcock
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Fund Britain’s Waterways Action Group launched
The Fund Britain’s Waterways Action Group was formally launched with a press release calling on Government to stop Inland Waterways falling into disrepair.
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QEST Heritage Crafts sustainability award: Closes 01/09
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) Sustainability Award seeks to play a role in building a sustainable future by celebrating and rewarding ‘those who have innovated in their craft’, closing 1 September.
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Cornish headland transferred to Falmouth for £1
Cornwall Council has transferred the historic Pendennis Headland to Falmouth Town Council for £1.
image: Falmouth Town Council
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global Doorstep’: ‘It’s gone forever’ – Al Jazeera on wildfires in town at heart of Hawaiian culture
Large parts of Lahania, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, have been left in ashes as the Maui fires burn, reports Al Jazeera.
image: for illustration Lahaina waterfront before the wildfires by en:User: Calbear22
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IHBC welcomes ‘Seaside Heritage Network’s Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences’, 11/09, Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, with special guest Wayne Hemingway
The IHBC is delighted to support the Seaside Heritage Network’s ‘Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences’ review, with ‘in conversation’ guest Wayne Hemingway, in the Winter Gardens and hosted by Blackpool Council, 2-5 pm, 11/09, with a free optional tour.
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IHBC’s Research & Practice Signpost: Work-related fatal injuries in GB… 135 killed in work-related accidents in 2022/23 (RIDDOR)
Officially, 135 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the 2022/23 Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) update, with the construction and agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors continuing to account for the greatest number of workers killed in fatal accidents each year.
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Build you career with the IHBC’s Student Award – for relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’: Enjoy £500 + free IHBC School, and join our list of winners
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – from the two years to 31 August 2023, just send it in online and see if you can win £500 cash, to be presented at our Annual School in Reading in June 2024.
image adapted from original by Jonathan Taylor – from left: 2022 Winners Laura Long, Caitlin Osborne, Guest Judge Clara Arokiasamy and Catherine Jack at #IHBCSwansea2023
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Time to celebrate ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award closes 1/09/23
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing end August 2023.
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IHBC’s Petition for Charter survey update: Still time to add your thoughts to our #IHBCPetitionforCharter initiative
David Williams, IHBC’s independent consultant on the investigation of a Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – has compiled a member survey to ‘gather initial thoughts from members and stakeholders’, asking especially for ‘frank…comments’ on behalf of both.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ double-up: DB on IHBC-Supported APPG briefing + AJ on ‘crooked house’ demolition & protection issues
IHBC’s weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’ to our heritage business register HESPR – Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition – this week features Designing Buildings (DB) on ‘Community involvement in heritage regeneration’ from Parliament (and the IHBC), and the Architect’s Journal (AJ) on Crooked House demolition and deficiencies in listing.
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