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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
REGISTER NOW for IHBC Council, 30/03, online from 2PM: Exclusive to all IHBC member categories, with charter briefings, election (Vice President), Branch & training updates & more
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LAST CHANCE ON IHBC Marsh Awards 2023 in #IHBC25: Nominate ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and ‘Successful Learners’, 31 March
The last chance is approaching (31/03) for nominations to both IHBC Marsh Awards for this anniversary year, #IHBC25 – for civic contributions by retired members and successful learning in heritage skills – with awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s Swansea 2023 School in June.
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IHBC Signpost: Three standards set to impact the built environment in 2023, ex BSI
As the UK’s national standards body, BSI publishes a plethora of standards to support those who operate within the built environment and Dan Rossiter FCIAT, sector lead at BSI and vice-president technical at CIAT, highlights three in particular.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on how Liverpool Street station was saved last time
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 the Building how campaigners saved Liverpool Street station, last time.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: 10-year campaign by Croydon locals wins reprieve for Central Hill Estate
Plans by a labour-controlled south London council to bulldoze a residential estate, the Central Hill Estate, Crystal Palace have been binned, after a decade-long campaign by locals, reports Inside Croydon.
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University of York to establish new Department of Architecture and the Built Environment
The University of York is to establish a new Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, with a focus on sustainable and societally-informed design, and now seeks an inspirational leader.
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Ecclesiastical’s Heritage Heroes announced
Two Heritage Heroes have been recognised for their exceptional service to the UK’s heritage sector, reports Ecclesiastical.
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Wren 300 announces celebrations during 2023 to mark the tercentenary of the death of Sit Christopher Wren, and seeks volunteers
Wren300 is a multifaceted celebration of the life and work of the renowned British architect, mathematician, astronomer and scientist Sir Christopher Wren, marking the tercentenary of his death in 2023, and seeks volunteers.
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Building Improvement Grants – Protecting and enhancing Christian buildings
Protecting and enhancing Christian buildings – Benefact Trust’s Building Improvement Grants programme provides essential support to protect and enhance churches and Christian charity buildings, ensuring their continued use, viability, and the safeguarding of their heritage.
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National Creative Health Survey closes 6 April 2023
A new ‘State of the Sector Survey’ is open to everyone who is involved in doing, commissioning or supporting creative health work in the UK, whether you work in museums, as a freelance artist /creative, as a researcher, in health and care settings, in community settings, in sector support organisations.
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REGISTER NOW for IHBC Council, 30/03, online from 2PM: Exclusive to all IHBC member categories, with charter briefings, election (Vice President), Branch & training updates & more
All categories of IHBC member – Supporter, Affiliate, Associate, Full Member and Retired – are invited to join Council from 2pm on 30 March for a packed afternoon of CPD, from a new election (Vice President) to practice and Affiliate updates as well as more news on the impacts and issues of an IHBC petition for Charter.
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LAST CHANCE ON IHBC Marsh Awards 2023 in #IHBC25: Nominate ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and ‘Successful Learners’, 31 March
The last chance is approaching (31/03) for nominations to both IHBC Marsh Awards for this anniversary year, #IHBC25 – for civic contributions by retired members and successful learning in heritage skills – with awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s Swansea 2023 School in June.
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IHBC co-sponsors ICOMOS UK conference: ‘Embedding a Rights-Based Approach into UK World Heritage Sites’, in person and in Greenwich, 25/04, from £20 (students)
ICOMOS-UK’s one-day conference, co-sponsored by the IHBC, will explore how a Rights-Based Approach, including Decolonisation practices, can be a valuable tool, from £20 (Students) to £80, to include lunch and evening reception, all at the University of Greenwich.
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IHBC Signpost: Increasing planning fees and performance -technical consultation for England
Government UK has launched a new technical consultation on ‘increased planning fees and performance’.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £975K costed works: Council seeks team for pier project, ends 13/04, value £700K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features a call from a Council for a design team for a pier project, closing 13/04, valued £700K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plan To Save The Birthplace Of ‘Auld Lang Syne’
Plans to save the only farm built by the poet Robert Burns are unveiled as the ‘FutureVision’, which seeks to safeguard the 170 acre Ellisland Farm, on the banks of the River Nith, where Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne, Tam o Shanter etc., reports the Dumfries and Galloway News.
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Supreme Court says Shrewsbury’s old statutory trust gives public rights to land despite council’s sale for housing
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a resident who claimed a statutory trust created in 1926 gives residents rights of recreation over a piece of land even after Shrewsbury Town Council sold it to a developer.
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RTPI: 87% of planners say social media fuels misinformation on local planning issues
A survey conducted by the RTPI magazine The Planner found that 87% of planners feel social media is fuelling misinformation around local planning issues.
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CHN Update: COP27 2022 Global Status Report for buildings and construction spotlights ‘Heritage’ and ‘Traditional Knowledge’
The 2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction Towards a zero-emissions, efficient and resilient buildings and construction sector.
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Culture Secretary encourages public to add Coronation events to digital map
An interactive map detailing events taking place to celebrate the Coronation will be launched this week by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Continue reading
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IWA launches a major campaign to protect waterways core funding across the UK
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is deeply concerned about the threat to our waterways posed by funding cuts, with for example Canal & River Trust and Scottish Canals financial situations being especially critical.
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IHBC’s Ukraine Signpost: French firm pilots scheme to rebuild Ukraine with rubble of bombed buildings
A French company specialising in recycling rubble for building materials has teamed up with the Ukrainian military and Ukrainian organisations to build new apartment blocks from the remains of bombed ones.
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REGISTRATION OPEN for IHBC Council 30 March 2023, online from 2pm: Open to all IHBC member categories, for charter updates, election (Vice President), Branch issues and more
All categories of IHBC member – Supporter, Affiliate, Associate and Full Member – are invited to join Council from 2pm on 30 March for a packed afternoon of CPD, from a new election (Vice President) to practice and support updates as well as new exploration of the impacts and issues of the IHBC petitioning for a Charter.
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Easier IHBC Affiliate applications UPDATE: Support now includes new video screencast, all IHBC CPD too!
The IHBC has launched a suite of new help and guidance to make it easier for our Supporter members to advance to the new Affiliate member category, including a dedicated web page; surgeries and more recently a video screencast by Anna Hart, IHBC’s lead on the new support programme.
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IHBC Signpost: Circular Economy Scotland Report published by Green Alliance outlines economic opportunities available
The economic opportunities available to Scotland by becoming a more circular economy are outlined in the Circular Economy Scotland Report.
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