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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 doorstep’: Hull’s Lord Line update as listed status for ‘eyesore landmark’ rejected
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UK Community Renewal Fund: £220M more to ‘prepare for the introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund’
The UK Community Renewal Fund will provide £220 million additional funding to help places across the UK prepare for the introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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Nominations are now open for the 2021 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize
Nominations are now open for the 2021 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize, which recognises outstanding and innovative design solutions that save modern architecture associated with the international style.
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SocEnv’s ‘Soil and Stones’ – ‘… good practice for professionals working with soil and stones’
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) has published its report ‘Soli and Stones – Sustaining our future by influencing change in the UK and beyond’, aimed at highlighting good practice for professionals working with soil and stones.
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National Lottery Open Week: saying a big ‘thank you’ to players, over 5-13 June
Between 5 and 13 June 2021, National Lottery funded organisations and attractions will offer free entry and other deals to visitors who show a National Lottery ticket or scratchcard.
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St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire features a figure wearing a face-mask!
This summer, visitors to St Albans Cathedral Hertfordshire will have the chance to see the medieval shrine of St Amphibalus restored to its former glory, now with ‘a modern addition of a face wearing a face-mask to commemorate the shrine’s restoration project’ in the pandemic!
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IHBC’s Day School afternoon spotlight on ‘Examining changes’: US heritage economist Donovan Rypkema leads to England’s local listing adviser and Scotland’s Director of Heritage
The IHBC’s Day School afternoon webinar on 18 June– on ‘Examining changes’ in places – the IHBC hosts Donovan Rypkema, lead heritage economist in the US, with Charles O’Brien, England’s Local Listing Heritage Adviser, and Elizabeth McCrone Historic Environment Scotland‘s (HES) Heritage Directorate lead – all from only £25+VAT, but book ASAP as numbers and CPD access are limited.
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New data sought for IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’: Help the IHBC help you (and in court too)!
New data is sought for IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’ so if you have been involved with a case please forward the details to Bob Kindred at government@ihbc.org.uk – preferably with the data used in our online table linked below. Continue reading
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IHBC’s Day School #IHBCMarketPlace offers web ‘Billboard’ listing + Day School for c.£100+VAT, to hear Jan Gehl, Donovan Rypkema, and more on ‘Historic Places: People Places’!
Businesses, suppliers, charities, societies, trusts and others can access the IHBC’s 2021 School and delegates – including our Day School content – for around £100+VAT, with a stall at our virtual School ‘Heritage MarketPlace’ on 18 June. #IHBCBrighton2021 #IHBCMarketPlace.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: On ‘turning office and retail units into residential…’ from DBW
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, which this week features a post from Designing Buildings Wiki on ‘turning office and retail units into residential housing’.
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IHBC features ‘heritage from the doorstep’: Hereford historic rectory to be demolished in favour of homes
Plans to demolish a historic Hereford rectory and replace it with nine homes have been given the go-ahead, reports The Hereford Times.
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High Court dismisses legal challenge to continue LA remote meetings after 6 May
A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to extend local authority (LA) remote meetings beyond 6 May, noting that it recognised ‘powerful arguments in favour of permitting remote meetings’ but that ‘there are also arguments against doing so’.
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Jenners building owner launches probe after signs removed
The owner of Edinburgh’s Jenners building has begun an investigation after signs bearing its name were removed from the landmark shop.
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New guide with NT shows the pathways to a stronger connection with nature
Research from the University of Derby has devised five ‘pathways’ which the National Trust (NT) is using to help people form a stronger connection with nature.
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Two funds to support the uptake of neighbourhood planning in England
England’s Government introduces two funds to support the uptake of neighbourhood planning.
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Ulster Canal to be restored and reopened in border region
A section of the Ulster Canal, a disused canal in the border region of Monaghan and Fermanagh, will be restored and reopened as a public amenity more than 90 years after it was abandoned.
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IHBC welcomes host of new CPP APPG members, as Layla Moran, Baron Kerslake etc. are joined by Lord Vaizey, Diedre Brock MP, and more – Now 20+ and growing!
The IHBC, as secretariat to Westminster’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG) @CPPeopleAPPG, is delighted to welcome a host of new members to join Chair Layla Moran MP, co-Vice Chair Baron Kerslake and others, including Lord Vaizey and Diedre Brock MP and more.
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IHBC’s Day School Morning session spotlight on ‘Making changes’ in places’: Urbanist Jan Gehl anchors, McTernan on regen, and Lottery’s McGuinness on investment: from only £25+VAT, places limited!
The IHBC is delighted to host the globally renowned urbanist, Jan Gehl, on design, Paul McTernan, private sector regeneration planner, and the Heritage Fund’s Business Delivery executive director Eilish McGuinness at the first Brighton Day School webinar #IHBCBrighton2021 on 18 June – from only £25+VAT, and book ASAP as numbers and CPD access are limited.
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SAHBG-IHBC Research Award launched: Celebrating the ‘quality of architectural-historical research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Closing 01/07
The IHBC is delighted to announce a new joint venture with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) that celebrates the quality of architectural-historical research produced as private consultants or for public bodies etc., with winners to receive a medal and a free place at an IHBC Annual School, with entries closing 1 July.
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IHBC’s Day School #IHBCMarketPlace offers web ‘Billboard’ listing + Day School for c.£100+VAT, to hear Jan Gehl, Donovan Rypkema, and more on ‘Historic Places: People Places’!
Businesses, suppliers, charities, societies, trusts and others can access the IHBC’s 2021 School and delegates – including our Day School content – for around £100+VAT, with a stall at our virtual School ‘Heritage MarketPlace’ on 18 June. #IHBCBrighton2021 #IHBCMarketPlace.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £79K+ costed works this week: Welsh partnership seeks digital reconstruction of site, closes 28/05, valued £9K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick features this week features is the call by a partnership in Wales for a digital reconstruction of a site, closing 28/05, valued £9K.
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IHBC features ‘heritage from the doorstep’: Carham Hall – historic mansion near Borders – to be torn down
An historic mansion near the Borders, Carham Hall in Northumberland, is set to be demolished writes The Border Telegraph.
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The Arts and Culture Impact Fund calls for more applicants to ‘the world’s largest creative arts impact investment fund’
Following the successful first £1.2million round of funding, the world’s largest creative arts impact investment fund is now launching its next round of support loans.
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Design Council announces new ‘multi-disciplinary, diverse community of practice’
The Design Council has announced its refreshed network of more than 400 built and natural environment experts who ‘collectively embody the organisation’s commitment to make life better by design’.
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UKRI ‘Hidden histories of environmental science’: partnership seed fund – closing 12 May
Apply for funding to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to help form a new interdisciplinary partnership, closing 12 May.
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