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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 features ‘Heritage from the (CIAT) doorstep’: ‘Remarkable survival’ in south London listed by HE
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Free guide to help charities recruit young trustees
Our Bright Future, a partnership led by the Wildlife Trusts, has published a free guide to help charities recruit young trustees to their boards.
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England’s Communities to agree proposed street name changes
All councils in England will need to get agreement from two-thirds of people who live or run businesses on a street before changing its name.
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Young construction leaders form Future Innovation Group
A new cross-specialism group has been formed to bring together the brightest young minds across construction in order to future-proof the industry.
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Scotland’s Traditional Buildings Health Check Scheme opens to more areas
After the successful trial expansion to Bridge of Allan, the Traditional Buildings Health Check scheme is extending the expansion trial to Dunblane and Blairlogie.
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HE Research Issue 20, on ‘Heritage and Wellbeing’
Health and wellbeing are more prominent than ever in politics and the media than ever before and Historic England’s (HE) latest volume of Research focuses on the positive relationship between heritage and wellbeing’.
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Ukrainian chapel undergoing £80k renovation to serve refugees
A controversial chapel built by Ukrainian prisoners of war in Lockerbie is undergoing an £80,000 renovation to provide a religious and cultural centre for a new generation of Ukrainian refugees.
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IHBC’s Feedback Report for #IHBCAberdeen2022 School and MarketPlace: 90%+ all round; ‘Topical, informative, & inspiring…’
Initial feedback on the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 School was impressive – especially for such an experimental format – with that 90%+ positive response now confirmed in our regular School feedback analysis and report.
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IHBC welcomes Vic Soc’s Welsh Heritage Day, Cardiff 3/09, with Griff and more: How to help save our… architectural heritage
The IHBC has warmly welcomed the Victorian Society’s Welsh Heritage Day on 3/09 in Cardiff, especially the focus on community engagement which forms a perfect foil both to our Branch CPD and #IHBC25 event on 5/09 and the ‘Technology’ focus in our 2023 School in #IHBCSwansea2023.
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REMEMBER: IHBC’s Student Award closes 31/08 – £500 + free 2023 School place for #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 Signpost: BSI introduces best practice guidance standards – The built environment’s journey to net zero
The built environment contributes around 40% of the UK’s total carbon footprint, indicating just how important the sector is to achieving net zero, so BSIgroup is introducing best practice guidance standards on managing and reducing carbon emissions.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £900K of recent works: Heritage body seeks data analysis, closing 12/09, valued to £15K
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 national heritage lead body seeking heritage data analysis, closing 12/09 and valued £12.5K- £15K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction awards) doorstep’: Conversion of Kirkcaldy LB wins 3 environmental awards
Kingdom Housing Association celebrates three awards for the renovation of Hunter House, Kirkcaldy, a Category B listed building (LB), at the 2022 Green Apple Environment Excellence Awards, reports Scottish Construction Now.
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Help ‘Shape the Future Work’ of the Heritage Fund: Heritage sector workers survey 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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Liverpool Council sets out tall buildings policy
Liverpool City Council has produced a framework aimed at guiding the development of tall buildings to ensure they ‘positively contribute to the legibility and architectural richness of the city’.
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Latest housing data: 1.9M households affected by overheating
New housing data in the English Housing Survey shows that in 2020-21, 1.9 million (8%) households reported that at least one part of their home got uncomfortably hot, reports BRE.
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Funding for 57 new projects across England for ‘our nation’s working-class heritage’: HE’s ‘Everyday Heritage Grants’
The untold histories of West Yorkshire’s boxing clubs, Leicester’s hidden nightclub scene and Deptford’s 19th-century slaughterhouse workers are amongst 57 new projects that Historic England (HE) will fund through its Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
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RTPI research project on UK & Ireland Rural Planning in the 2020s published
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published a new research report on Rural Planning in the 2020s across the UK and Ireland.
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Designers unite to meet climate challenges through £25m fund
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Design Museum have launched a £25M fund to bring businesses and design researchers together to tackle the climate and environmental crises.
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National Trust reveals new plans for fire ravaged Clandon Park: Unique ‘X-ray’ view of how a country house is made
The National Trust has announced a new approach for Clandon Park, the early 18th-century house in Surrey, designed by the innovative Italian architect Giacomo Leoni and catastrophically damaged by fire in April 2015.
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IHBC’s response to Parliamentary Committee on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill: Without capacity, ‘little realistic prospect’ of delivery
The IHBC has submitted its evidence to the Public Bill Parliamentary Committee on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, noting that ‘until capacity issues are properly addressed and resourced, there is little realistic prospect’ of successful delivery on the ground.
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REMINDER: IHBC Wales Branch FREE CPD + reception: Looking to #IHBCSwansea2023 and #IHBC25 – 5/09
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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REMINDER: IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award closes 31/08 – £500 + free 2023 School place for #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 ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings on Branch & volunteer support for 25th Anniversary (#IHBC25) initiatives
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 Designing Buildings on IHBC’s Branches and volunteers support for 25th Anniversary initiatives, #IHBC25.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (LG) doorstep’: LocalGov highlights historic docklands receiving £233m for infrastructure
The Government has pledged £233m of infrastructure funding to drive the regeneration of one of the largest brownfield sites in London’s historic docklands, reports LocalGov.
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