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- IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more 28/11/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 28/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments 28/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution 28/11/2025
- Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026 28/11/2025
- Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’ 28/11/2025
- NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026 28/11/2025
- As UK City of Culture 2029 opens, new ‘UK Town of Culture’ competition – to shine a spotlight on towns – opens soon too 28/11/2025
- UK Parliamentary Cttee. launches International Climate Policy Inquiry, ‘on UK climate policy and finance’, seeking evidence, to 7/01/2026 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Excellence Day 2025 spotlights innovation, creativity and community engagement 28/11/2025
- PAS 28/11/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
Tag Archives: heritage
IHBC says ‘Happy half-century, SAVE!’, as the charity that’s helped ‘SAVE’ some of the UK’s biggest landmarks turns 50
image: SAVE The IHBC is delighted to support the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of one of the most distinguished and energetic advocates of our built heritage, SAVE Britain’s Heritage (SAVE).
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Need a MATE? LAST CHANCE FOR 1 JULY – IHBC’s free monthly online accreditation guidance, from 1 July… 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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LAST CHANCE: Join our North Branch day on ‘Legislation…’ (Charles Mynors) & ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption’ (Martin Howard), 4 July, Newcastle, and ‘Get in the CPD Groove’ for IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School on ‘Adaptive Reuse’
Places are still available on IHBC’s next North Branch ‘CPD Branch Partnership’ full-day programme of low-cost, hard-to-access CPD on ‘Listed Building and Conservation Areas Legislation’ (Charles Mynors, on) and ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption…’ (Martin Howard), Newcastle, 4 July, £50 IHBC members, £75 … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Bulletin – new issue now out!
As part of its education and advocacy, The Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, which ‘represents beer drinkers and pub-goers across the UK’ issues regular updates on its 3-level listing of ‘Heritage Pubs’ though its ‘Pub Heritage Bulletin’ and its new … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £89K+ of weekly works: Welsh authority seeks consultant for lottery bid, to 07/07, £15K
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 a call from a Welsh authority for a … Continue reading
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HE’s landmark agreement with National Highways to protect and promote nation’s heritage
National Highways and Historic England (HE) have signed a landmark agreement to protect and promote England’s heritage, ensuring delivery of good outcomes for people and communities.
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Victorian Society publishes 2025 list of Top Ten Endangered Buildings
image for illustration: Derek Harper / Pavilion, Torquay – Commons Wiki Every year, The Victorian Society publishes a list of England and Wales’s top ten endangered buildings and now the most recent list for 2025 has been published with information on each … Continue reading
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Heritage Alliance publishes Spending Review Analysis
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has published our analysis of the June 2025 spending review, noting that ‘the government’s announcement brings a mixed but cautiously optimistic picture for our sector, and presents some new opportunities.’
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£85M to support arts and cultural organisations across the UK, open to EoIs from 30/06
image for illustration: Nottingham Town Hall by Fiona Newton Local people’s access to arts venues across the country set to be protected with cash to support vital repairs and upgrades, reports government, and Expressions Of Interest (EoI)opening from 30 June.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ECHOES Consultation update, open to mid-July: Help ‘…map cultural heritage communities’ needs & expectations’
The ECHOES Consultation aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud. With their contribution, we will be able to set up the Cultural Heritage Cloud with and for the communities.
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Micro-grants for new organisers of Heritage Open Days: Applications open for £350 for festival event, to 30 June
Heritage Open Days want to help you share new stories and sites and applications are now open for a second round of grants to support organisers new to the festival.
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Need a MATE? IHBC introduces free monthly online MATE sessions from 1 July: All welcome (max. 30 per session), including Full and Associates seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC’s future training and assessment service
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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IHBC seeks ‘Branch Consultants’ with strong interpersonal, IT & comms skills for flexible part-time (typically 4 hours/week) regional support: Help boost locally-led conservation and volunteers, @£25/hour + expenses, closes 18 July
If you want to help the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice Branch network, have strong IT, comms & interpersonal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for engagement, travel and supporting interdisciplinary conservation, please let us … Continue reading
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Join our North Branch day on ‘Legislation…’ (Charles Mynors) & ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption’ (Martin Howard), 4 July, Newcastle, and ‘Get in the CPD Groove’ for IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School on ‘Adaptive Reuse’
Places are still available on IHBC’s next North Branch ‘CPD Branch Partnership’ full-day programme of low-cost, hard-to-access CPD on ‘Listed Building and Conservation Areas Legislation’ (Charles Mynors, on) and ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption…’ (Martin Howard), Newcastle, 4 July, £50 IHBC members, £75 … Continue reading
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IHBC celebrates learning, partnerships, friends and more at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, with thanks to all involved, and looks ahead to 2026, in June, in Newcastle, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’
image: Jonathan Taylor for the IHBC The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners and School Friends who have helped ensure that our 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – was such a success, which … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Dezeen on ‘…outstanding British buildings’ eligible for listing and DB with IHBC’s Context on ‘people-first…retrofit’
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features both Dezeen on ten ‘outstanding British buildings’ eligible for heritage … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (earthen) doorstep’: Johnnie McNamara’s home in Tullaroe, near Querrin is one of the last remaining mud houses in County Clare
One of the last remaining partial mud (and stone) houses in County Clare is being surveyed by archaeologist Dave Pollock, prior to its deconstruction for road safety purposes.
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NT’s Cultural Heritage Magazine now out
Launched in October 2022 and published twice a year, the National Trust (NT) Cultural Heritage Magazine showcases the latest curatorial findings, conservation projects and research initiatives.
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Delivering the PAS Nature Toolkit: Understand how to bring all the Toolkit learning together to inform discussion and identify priorities, activities and interventions
image for illustration: Peter Badcock The Planning Advisory Service (PAS) toolkit was originally designed to be delivered within local authorities as a series of three workshops while there are accompanying resources in workshop resources outlined below.
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SPAB’s Work on Old House in Boxley is complete
image: SPAB The Society for the protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has completed work on a Grade II ‘building at risk’ near Maidstone, the Old House in Boxley, Kent.
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West Midlands Heritage Trust launch as Sir Andy Street endorses launch of new regional heritage charity
image: Ed Barron, Deputy Chair of WMHT, Corinne Brazier Chair WMHT & Sir Andy Street by James Atkinson photographer: JDA Media West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT), a new regional charity dedicated to rescuing and reusing historic buildings at risk, was … Continue reading
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#IHBCShrewsbury2025’s first CPD scoping on ‘Boosting your School CPD’: Interim updates on adding value to School learning, with a call for examples & suggestions from delegates
The IHBC’s recent exploration of a Charter has helped focus our support for interdisciplinary learning by Conservation Professionals, so we’re looking at how our Schools can help delegates add value for themselves and their networks, and calling for more ideas … Continue reading
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Join IHBC North Branch day on ‘Legislation…’ (Mynors) & ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption’ (Howard), 4 July, Newcastle, and ‘Get in the CPD Groove’ for our 2026 Newcastle School, ‘Adaptive Reuse’
Places are still available on IHBC’s next North Branch ‘CPD Branch Partnership’ full-day programme of low-cost, hard-to-access CPD on ‘Listed Building and Conservation Areas Legislation’ (Charles Mynors, on) and ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption…’ (Martin Howard), Newcastle, 4 July, £50 IHBC members, £75 … Continue reading
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Need a MATE? IHBC introduces free monthly online MATE sessions from 1 July: All welcome (max. 30 per session), including Full and Associates seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC’s future training and assessment service
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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IHBC seeks ‘Branch Consultants’ with strong interpersonal, IT & comms skills for flexible part-time (typically 4 hours/week) regional support: Help boost locally-led conservation and volunteers, @£25/hour + expenses, closes 18 July
If you want to help the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice Branch network, have strong IT, comms & interpersonal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for engagement, travel and supporting interdisciplinary conservation, please let us … Continue reading
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