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- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 23/10/2026
- IHBC looks forward, from our last Council: Public Practice Associate Programme open to 16/11, as Trustee Serena Cardozo highlights potential 23/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 23/10/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 23/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s first joint National-Branch CPD Partnership event – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘Enforcement…’, 27/10: In person in London, and Online (from £15-£50) 23/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Design Economy – Evidencing the value of the UK’s design sector across nations and regions. 23/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: York Minster’s New Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management 23/10/2026
- IHBC Director’s ‘double-up’ taster from HESPR’s £969K works: Council seeks structural engineer for church (@£15K) & heritage trust calls for learning specialist on Schools resource (@£3.8K) 23/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: An 180-year old church has disappeared overnight, and people are angry 23/10/2026
- National Heritage Memorial Fund seeks Memorial Fund Panel Members, to 5 November 23/10/2026
- NT: Landmark act of generosity secures home of London’s oldest restaurant for the future 23/10/2026
- Conservation areas excluded from England’s new pavement charging rights 23/10/2026
- Scotland’s Historic Environment Audit (SHEA) 2026 now out 23/10/2026
- HES: Eight in ten heritage employers report skills gaps 23/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: What the Bayeux tapestry reveals about medieval buildings on both sides of the Channel 23/10/2026
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spanning disciplines, levels & sectors, from Conservation Professionals to early career, and trustees to building & collection managers 20/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes CHN’s ‘Birthday Month’ – From Local Action to COP31: ‘Join Culture for Climate’, launch 24/10 20/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s first joint National-Branch CPD Partnership event – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘Enforcement…’, 27/10: In person in London, and Online (from £15-£50) 20/10/2026
- 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… 20/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 20/10/2026
- LAST CHANCE: IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 20/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC consults on ‘Corporate Plan 2026-30’ (‘CP30’): Feedback sought by 30 October 20/10/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: WAF features as ‘Chapel wins Architects’ Journal Retrofit Award’ 20/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Major conservation work begins at Glasgow Cathedral spire 20/10/2026
- Boarded-up high streets brought back to life with £210m boost 20/10/2026
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: URBACT Call for Transfer Networks, to 30/06
URBACT’s Call for Transfer Networks, is running from 1 April until 30 June 2025. Discover the Good Practices that will be transferred, note the dates of the information sessions in your agenda, and get ready to hop on the transfer … Continue reading
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IHBC & friends are at London’s UK Construction Week (with The Stone Show too) 7-9 May, Excel, all free CPD, with HE on 9/05, on ‘Stone’!
image for illustration: London Skyline by © User:Colin and Kim Hansen / Wikimedia Commons With just a couple of weeks until London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – this year co-located with The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces – the event is set … Continue reading
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Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05
Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to … Continue reading
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April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say, before 1 May
The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, professionals, questionnaire, skills, stress, volunteers, wellbeing, work, working
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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £157K+ of weekly works: Council seeks heritage project reports, designs etc, for accessibility, enhancement etc. from £120K and to 07/05
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 Council for consultant reports, … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Church) doorstep’: National Churches Trust’s blueprint on how to save churches from closure
image for illustration: Peter Badcock The National Churches Trust is drawing up blueprint to show how to save churches from closure, reports Church Times.
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UK Government heritage partnership – Cadw, Historic England and HES – publish retrofit training handbook for Level 3 Award
Cadw, Historic England and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) have been working together to improve the standard of retrofit training delivery in response to known skills and knowledge gaps in the current retrofit workforce and have published a new handbook to … Continue reading
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Scotland’s guidance on ‘Effective community engagement in local development planning’
The Scottish Government has issued new guidance to assist with engagement activities in the preparation of local development plans, and is part of measures introduced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 to ‘put community voices at the heart of the … Continue reading
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HTVF invites new trustee applications, to 6 May
The Historic Towns and Villages Forum (HTVF) is seeking new trustees to help the Board make the most of a transformative stage in its history.
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IHBC looks back… at Context 182 – Gus Astley Student Awards, viewed from across the pond – … and ahead, to presentations at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and 2025 Awards, now open to 31/08
The previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05
Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to … Continue reading
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April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May
The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories)
The IHBC is has agreed a 10% discount for all members on West Dean’s celebrated and specialist Conservation courses (see terms, conditions and code below).
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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Practice’ Signpost: New Report – ‘Challenges to Thatch Supply Threaten Vital Rural Industry
image for illustration The majority of growers and producers of cereal straw for England’s traditional thatching industry are currently relying on old, inefficient and unreliable machinery, according to a new Historic England report. A new report published by Historic England … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB’s next double-up, Planning Bill collation & Stress Awareness Month, with IHBC’s ‘Wellbeing at Work’ Survey
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’ updateon ‘The Planning and Infrastructure Bill’ and IHBC’s … Continue reading
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THA: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Briefing
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has published its Briefing on Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
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Construction Leadership Forum report sets direction for a National Existing Buildings Database
The Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has published a new report assessing the quality, usefulness, and validity of data currently held by building owners across Scotland.
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IHBC issues 2025 AGM notice – online from 5.30pm for 6.00pm, 13/05, exclusive to all member categories – with Alastair Godfrey, on ‘… Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings’, prefacing #IHBCShrewsbury2025
The IHBC has sent all members the 2025 AGM’s formal notice – for 13 May, with online proceedings from 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start – and includes our pre-AGM talk, this year with Alastair Godfrey on ‘The history and restoration … Continue reading
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IHBC leads in our ‘Legislation and Policy’ Signpost to DB: ‘The Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, and reactions to it…
Designing Buildings (DB) – host and partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has summarised the Planning and Infrastructure bill and reactions to it – including concerns expressed by IHBC.
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April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May
The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories)
The IHBC is has agreed a 10% discount for all members on West Dean’s celebrated and specialist Conservation courses (see terms, conditions and code below).
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1.3M+ of weekly works: Council seeks team to ‘restore and enhance’, in a GII context, to 09/05 and £500K.
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 Council for a team … Continue reading
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Protrade on ‘State of Construction Apprenticeships in 2025’: 1.4% fall in new apprentices last year; after 5% the year before
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Protrade annual report on the ‘State of Construction Apprenticeships in 2025’ highlights a significant construction skills gap in the UK as, analysing its latest research has revealed a 1.4% decline in new … Continue reading
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