IHBC congratulates Conservation Wiki partner Designing Buildings as it reaches 20,000 articles

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

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Designing Buildings (DB) – host and partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has reached a major milestone, with 20,000 articles published.

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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

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

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 insights, learning, discussion and investigation into how context and conservation combine.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (heritage) doorstep’: History of Stoke-on-Trent in 8 Places…  from Historic England

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

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In the 18th century, the ceramic industry was essential to industrial Britain’s development. Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire played a key role in the pottery industry for over 300 years, gaining its affectionate nickname ‘The Potteries’, as reported by Historic England.

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New operating plan published by HES to grow the economy and address climate emergency

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

Skills, helping to grow the economy, and addressing the climate emergency are at the heart of Historic Environment Scotland (HES) roadmap for the next three years, HES reports.

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LPOC re-establishes All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties (APPG)

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

The Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC) has secured the support of over 70 new MPs and peers as it re-establishes the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties (APPG).

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ECHOES Consultation: Be part of the ECHOES Cultural Heritage Cloud Initiative – Help ‘…map cultural heritage communities’ needs & expectations’, to end June

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

The European Cloud for Heritage Open SCIENCE (ECHOES) Consultation is open to all cultural heritage stakeholders and aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud.

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Grants totalling c£75k awarded to 10 Theatres at Risk

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

The Theatres Trust has announced the third round of grants awarded through its Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities programme.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Preserving the past, rethinking the future – … students reimagine Ontario’s historic buildings

Posted on 27/05/2025 by IHBC

image for illustration: Former Train station (Kingston, Ontario) by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Arts & Science art history students are offering fresh ideas, narratives and out of the box thinking for how to best preserve and promote some of the province’s most treasured structures, reports the University of Toronto.

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IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School announces ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCShrewsbury2025 as booking options narrow fast: New delegate-led engagement & learning with Exhibitors & Sponsors

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce that our 2025 Shrewsbury Day School has added a new learning thread, as now specialist exhibitors will add even more CPD learning, engagement and networking opportunities for in-person delegates, with a call for Virtual School delegates to make contact too, but booking options are closing fast!

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IHBC 2025 MarshAwards announced: Carole Ryan for ‘Retired- Community Contribution’ and William Johnson for ‘Successful Learning’ – Awards presented at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, 13/06

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

Judges in the tenth year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the 2025 Awards, as Carole Ryan secures the ‘Community Contribution by a Retired Member of the IHBC’ award, while the ‘Successful Learning in Heritage Skills’ goes to William Johnson of Stonewest and the Building Crafts College.

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IHBC Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey now closed

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors for the strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, while announcing that the survey is now closed so that analysis, plans and actions can advance.

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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

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

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 insights, learning, discussion and investigation into how context and conservation combine.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: ‘Spillover impacts’ in publicly funded arts and culture sector measured

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

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The Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) has found that public funding in the arts and culture sector generates indirect economic impact – or ‘spillovers’ – that support the continued growth of the creative industries and wider economic development.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Landmark church faces VAT blow under new church heritage funding rules, threatening community renovation, says CoE

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

image for illustration: St Mary’s Church, Banbury by AJD, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

St Mary’s Banbury is the biggest arts venue in a town with more than 50,000 residents, but now struggles to fund a £1M renovation with a new claims cap in the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS), reports The Church of England (CoE).

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The Countryside Alliance investigation: Over 9000 crimes reported at churches across UK in just three years

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

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The Countryside Alliance’s latest investigation has revealed that from 2022 to 2024 over 9,000 crimes have been committed on church property as well as other religious premises.

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Government-commissioned evidence review on UK City of Culture programme

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

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DCMS commissioned the University of Warwick (Warwick Business School) to undertake an evidence review of the impact of the UK Cities of Culture programme, with the report now issued.

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Planning and Infrastructure Bill Impact assessment published

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

The Impact Assessment for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

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DCMS Arts Council England review: Closing extended to 30/06

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

An independent review of the Arts Council England (ACE) for  the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) – covering strategic objectives, working relationships and partnerships, and the relationship between ACE and government – has had its call for evidence date extended to 30 June 2025.

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THA issues evidence to DESNZ on energy performance of private rented homes in England and Wales

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

The Heritage Alliance (THA) has submitted evidence to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) on its consultation on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’:  Designboom interviews Venice Architecture Biennale Curator Carlo Ratti

Posted on 23/05/2025 by IHBC

The 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale has opened its doors to November 23rd, transforming the city into a global stage for architectural innovation, critical discourse, and creative exchange with the title ‘Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.’, reports Designboom in conversation with Carlo Ratti curator, Italian architect and MIT professor.

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IHBC’s NewsBlog ‘Thanks and Feedback’ on our shared Heritage Hub at the London Stone Show (and UKCW)

Posted on 20/05/2025 by IHBC

Last week the IHBC’s Angharad Hart and Michael Netter (also STBA Director) hosted our stand in the Heritage Hub at London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – which includes The Stone Show – alongside SPAB, ICON, and host partners, Historic England led by Clara Willet IHBC.

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IHBC REMINDER– DEADLINE EXTENDED for our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey: Open to 22 May

Posted on 20/05/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to thank all for your strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, and to ensure we capture a full and representative picture, we’re extending the deadline to Wednesday 22 May, 11.59pm.

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IHBC’s 2025 AGM concludes, featuring Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025, new trustees (and old), a ‘stop-press’ update on our Charter-linked Memorandum and much more…

Posted on 20/05/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) saw new (and old) trustees appointed; confirmation of the IHBC’s Charter Memorandum submission on May 13@14:15, and other business, all bookended by Griff Rhys Jones on our 2025 Annual School, #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and Tim Greensmith on ‘Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings…’.

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IHBC’s Finance and Economics’ signpost: Parliamentary Cttee issues land value capture (& 1.5m new homes) inquiry evidence

Posted on 20/05/2025 by IHBC

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The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has published the written evidence submissions for its inquiry into how land value capture policies – which seek to capture the value uplift on land when it is granted planning permission – can contribute to Government’s house building plans.

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IHBC’s ‘Design and Presentation’ Signpost:  Dezeen Agenda Special Edition features stories from Art Deco Centenary series

Posted on 20/05/2025 by IHBC

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Timed to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Paris exposition that introduced art deco to the world, Dezeen Agenda Special Edition explores the style’s origins, key moments, major figures and legacy.

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