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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
IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB features IHBC’s CPD Circular NewsBlog to 16000 registered users
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Millionaire, 70, jailed after refusing to tear down ‘Britain’s best man cave’
A millionaire accountant has been jailed for ignoring a court order to tear down ‘Britain’s best man cave’ after a marathon battle with the council, reports Metro.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Gormley’s ‘Alan Turing’ at King’s approved, but should the public view improve?’
King’s College Cambridge has been given planning permission to install Sir Antony Gormley’s sculpture commemorating Alan Turing, but some councillors called for a more public view, reports the Cambridge Independent.
image: for illustration – Alan Turing – age 16 by Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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UK Government announces Youth Worker Bursary Fund 22/23: Call for delivery closes 11/09
A Grant Competition for the delivery of the Youth Worker Bursary Fund (2022-2023) has been announced, and government is offering a grant to deliver the £500,000 Youth Worker Bursary Fund, with a deadline of Sunday 11 September.
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Investing in Scotland’s workforce: Up to £15K for eligible businesses
Businesses can now apply for up to £15K to help retrain and upskill their workforce through the Scottish Government’s Flexible Workforce Development Fund.
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Progress updates on Govt. UK ‘25 Year Environment Plan’ and indicator framework
The UK Government has published reports setting out the progress made in improving the environment through the ‘25 Year Environment Plan’ and indicator framework.
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To save Norway’s Stave Churches, conservators had to re-learn a lost art for weatherproofing
To save Norway’s Stave Churches, conservators had to relearn a lost art as these iconic wooden buildings require ancient weatherproofing technology.
image: for illustration – Tjensvoll stave Church from 1999 By Arne Kvitrud – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89819139
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Bon Accord Baths and The Little Kicks on video: A first reprise (and more) from #IHBCAberdeen2022
The IHBC is delighted to further extend our thanks to the Bon Accord Baths Trust for hosting our 2022 Annual School Thursday Reception in June, with a signpost to another notable record.
image: Jonathan Taylor
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Conservation on the BBC, with IHBC too, as You and Yours features local Buildings at Risk
The You and Yours episode on 25/05 featured an important piece on Buildings at Risk – local and national – including a ‘very positive’ contribution from IHBC Member Mike Tagg, CO at Bassetlaw District Council.
image: for illustration only – Joanna Theobald
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LAST CHANCE for SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award, closes 31/08
The IHBC is delighted to announce the 2022 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’ is open for submissions, closing 31 August.
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IHBC’s reminder signpost: Heritage Fund consultation: Heritage sector workers (and public) surveys open to 5/09
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is looking for views to shape its new 10-year strategy, and has opened a survey for those working in the heritage sector, with a deadline of 5 September.
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LAST CHANCE IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award: Closes 31/08 – £500 + free #IHBCSwansea2023!
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in June 2023.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £105M+ costed works: University seeks consultant for chapel works closing 9/09
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 is a call from a university for a consultant to lead works on a locally listed chapel building, closing 9/09.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Scottish) doorstep’: Govt. ignores experts as 45% of planning decision appeals win
Ministers have come under fire for ignoring specialist decision-making as it emerged they overturned nearly all appealed planning decisions made last year.
image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Victorian Society says farewell to founder Dr Mark Girouard
It is with great sadness that the Society has learned of the death of Dr Mark Girouard, architectural historian and a founder of the Victorian Society.
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UK Government recommends cutting unnecessary bureaucracy in research sector
The Government has published the final report of the Independent Review of Research Bureaucracy, launched in March 2021 to identify ways to substantially reduce unnecessary bureaucracy in all parts of the research system.
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UK Finance and FMB launch guide to development finance for SME house builders
A new guide offers practical advice on how small house builders should present their finance applications to lenders to improve their chances of success.
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Design Museum: Open Call for Design Researchers in Residence 2022/23 closes 19/09, with ‘Islands’ theme
The Design Museum has announced that applications are now open for Design Researchers in Residence on the theme of Islands and the deadline for entries is Monday 19 September 2022 at 09.00 am.
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CIAT Chief Executive, Francesca Berriman MBE to leave
CIAT Chief Executive, Francesca Berriman MBE, will step down from her role at the end of the year, after 34 years at the Institute.
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SPAB Scholarships for 2023 applicants opens
SPAB is welcoming applications for 2023 between June and October 2022 from Architects, building surveyors and structural engineers etc.
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US: Preservationists say Library of Congress makeover plan is ‘vandalism’
The library’s Main Reading Room, included in a $60 million renovation of the Thomas Jefferson Building, now lands on the D.C. Preservation League’s list of endangered places.
image: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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IHBC says: ‘Write an article for DB (host to IHBC’s Conservation Wiki)… it’s free, fast, helpful and promotional’
The IHBC is encouraging practitioners to contribute their knowledge to the Designing Budling wiki resource – host to IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – as it’s free, fast and helpful, and there’s accessible guidance there too!
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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2022 for ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, closes 31/08
The IHBC is delighted to announce the 2022 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’ is open for submissions, closing 31 August.
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IHBC’s joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP) survey: Add your thoughts now!
The joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ consultation survey has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector (IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice) statement on practice principles for those working in built and historic environment conservation.
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IHBC Wales Branch FREE CPD + reception 5 Sept: Looking to #IHBCSwansea2023 and #IHBC25
The IHBC’s Wales Branch is offering free CPD on ‘Retrofitting Historic Buildings for Energy Efficiency’ on 5 September, laying new foundations for the IHBC’s 2023 annual School in Swansea as well offering a local celebration of the institute’s 25th anniversary: #IHBC25.
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