IHBC welcomes HE’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund: EoIs to 7 June

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to welcome Historic England’s (HE) Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, which begins with an Expression of Interest (EOI) process closing on 7 June.

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PASS ON THE WORD: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy David Crawshaw as he responds to a busy day of IHBC CPD.

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EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

The IHBC will soon launch a call to register ‘Interest’ in our new network – ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice’ – aimed at service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning programmes and courses etc., with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and plans to be shaped by Network members.

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IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: New Future_Scapes platform launched to help places respond to climate change and complex challenges

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

The UK National Commission for UNESCO, in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, has launched Future_Scapes – a new digital platform, methodology & toolkit to help places respond more effectively to climate change and other complex environmental and social challenges.

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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2M+ costed works this week: Buildings Trust seeks heritage exhibition leads, to 22/06 & 180K

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a Heritage Buildings Trust for heritage exhibition leads, to 22/06 and 180K.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (quarry) doorstep’: Former brick shale quarry in Lancashire to be turned into wildlife sanctuary

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

image for illustration: Old quarry on Dalton Bank by Bobby Clegg, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

A former Lancashire quarry that once supplied materials to make bricks is set to be transformed into meadows and woodlands, reports LancsLive.

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Victorian Society’s ‘Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026’ now out

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

image for illustration: Mausoleum at Y Faenol, Bangor by Meirion, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Victorian Society’s list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2026 has been published.

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Heritage Sector Resilience & Collaboration 2025-26: Call for case studies and survey responses to 19 June

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

England’s Historic Environment Forum (HEF) is launching a new annual report taking stock of heritage bodies’ actions to strengthen sector resilience, and seeks survey input (only 15 mins) & case studies by 19/06.

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Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) User Needs Survey – Year 2: Open to 31 May

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

The Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) is a new national platform designed to support heritage science research across the UK.

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THA & University of Oxford explore ‘what makes partnerships across heritage sector and academia work’: Survey closing extended to 12 June

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

The Heritage Alliance (THA) seeks survey input, case studies etc to produce a report/guide showcasing the value of academic engagement with the heritage sector, highlighting case studies, best practice, challenges…

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Huge loss’… University student works to preserve national database on historic sites set to be unplugged

Posted on 30/05/2026 by IHBC

image for illustration: Masonic Temple in Moncton by Indrid, Cold, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Wyatt Hudson is a student at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. When he isn’t busy doing homework or assignments, he’s working to save the information from a unique internet archive that is set to disappear soon.

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IHBC@Surveyor Live 26: At a ‘community event created by surveyors, for surveyors’ IHBC’s staff, volunteers & consultants advise and more, winning endorsements too (Thanks Richard Oxley!)

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

On 14 May IHBC’s Sarah Homer (IHBC Services and Support Executive Officer) and Rebecca Whewell (IHBC Branch Consultant), and South West Branch Chair Charlotte Bowles-Lewis hosted our stand at ‘Surveyor Live 26’, organised by the Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) to bringing together 350 residential surveyors and exhibitors in Swindon, the largest event of its type.

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IHBC’s latest Council Update: LA Conservation service talks and feedback, learning lessons as we shape our staff survey for a new parliamentary push

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advanced the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’, to ‘Investigate… heritage management…’ – there focussed on helping conservation services in the UK’s local government, with more details & updates to come.

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IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend)

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

As the IHBC’s looks ahead to our 2026 Annual School in Newcastle in June, we are delighted to announce a series of free webinars, all led by expert speakers and linked to the School’s theme, ‘Adaptive Reuse’, an excellent opportunity to boost your heritage CPD, and for free.

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IHBC opens Corporate Plan 2026-30 (‘CP30’) development with CP25 consultation, noting Charter, Parliamentary 5 Commitments, volunteer investment & more – to 28/02 & after

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

IHBC’s members and prospective members are asked to feed back on the summary review of our Corporate Plan for 2020-25  – ‘CP25’ – presented at our September Council, to help inform plans for our Corporate Plan for 2026-30 (CP30), with initial responses encouraged by 28 February 2026.

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IHBC’s ‘Communication’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s Engine Shed on ‘Why building conservation is important for the future’

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

image for illustration: Hansueli Krapf CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scotland’s The Engine Shed makes the case on ‘Why building conservation is important for the future’.

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IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: Circular construction policies key to reversing nature loss in cities, says new IUCN report

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

Policies that reduce how much cities demolish and build new may be the single most powerful action local governments can take to reverse biodiversity loss globally, according to a new report by International Union for Conservation of nature and natural Resources (IUCN).

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB looks via IHBC… ‘From medieval scribes to modern word art’

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

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 (DB) on Spelling it out.

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DB features IHBC’s Context on: ‘Spelling it out: From medieval scribes to modern word art’.

Join IHBC’s 2026 Virtual School online on 19 June, from only £35+VAT

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REMEMBER: IHBC rates for RTPI members (see more HERE)

IHBC Pre-School CPD Webinars: UPDATE

  • 29/05: Engagement, (mis)understanding and outreach: Do we have the education and skills we need to plan for Adaptive re-use? with Professor John Sturzaker FRTPI, Director of Careers, Education & Planning Aid England at the Royal Town Planning Institute & Dr Alison McCandlish MRTPI IHBC, Lecturer in City Planning at the University of Glasgow.

 The RTPI is a friend of the School

  • 05/06: Enhancing Adaptive Reuse: An exploration of heritage architectural intervention in international contexts with Alina Holyst

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If you have any queries please contact Angharad Hart, Education & Outreach Executive Officer at a.hart@ihbc.org.uk


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For HESPR offer code and details, just contact your company’s HESPR Designated Service Adviser, as listed on your company’s HESPR page, or email IHBC at contact@ihbc.org.uk.

See more HERE, on IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and ion Context’s archive HERE

See more on Context

For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC’s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk, as soon as possible.

Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with IHBC Jobs etc, including a targeted email to 2500+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.25,000) and websites with c. 250,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (footie) doorstep’: Historic site of First Hampden scores scheduled status

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin
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image for illustration: The site of the first Hampden Park by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Remains of the pavilion at site of one of the world’s earliest purpose-built football grounds is added to list of nationally important sites by HES

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (vinyl) doorstep’: 11 Historic Buildings and Places That Feature on Album Covers

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

image for illustration: Mapledurham Watermill By Chris Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

How musicians from the Fab Four to The Streets have harnessed the power of historic places in their album art

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CLC’s Construct Zero: A refreshed programme with updated priorities.

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has announced its refreshed Construct Zero programme and updated priorities, with Business Champion programme applications invited too.

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Heritage Network’s ‘Digital Heroes’… ‘to connect digitally savvy 18-30 year olds with UK’s heritage organisations and help with their digital challenges’

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

Heritage Network recruits, trains, and matches volunteer Digital Heroes with our members, with self-guided training materials also available for Heroes.

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ACE report finds commercial strategy drives cultural sector income growth

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

Bringing together data and insights from more than 260 sites, ‘A Seat at the Table: Embedding Commercial Thinking in the Cultural Sector’ is a new report from the arts, heritage and cultural sector charity and trade body, the Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE), that looks at the factors driving financial resilience across the sector.

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Icon appoints Michael Osbaldeston as new Chair of the Board of Trustees

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

The Institute of Conservation (Icon) has announced that it has appointed Michael Osbaldeston as Chair of its Board of Trustees

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: New Report Charts Path for Canadian Register of Historic Places

Posted on 26/05/2026 by IHBC Admin

image for illustration: Just a Prairie Boy from Calgary, AB, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

A new report, ‘A Path Forward for the Canadian Register of Historic Places,’ finds that the Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP) remains a highly valued national public resource, relied on by a wide range of users for research, planning, education, tourism, and development decisions.

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