IHBC’s May CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, with the usual range of Branch and network events, publications, awards and more.
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The IHBC has updated the 2025 AGM’s formal notice – for 13 May, with online proceedings from 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start – which includes a new pre-AGM talk, by Tim Greensmith and entitled ‘Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings – Back from the Brink’, which still serves as a membership-only prelude to our 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury, from 12-14 June: #IHBCShrewsbury2025.
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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 to be the biggest and best yet, so the IHBC will be there, with partners from the SPAB, ICON, and our host partners, Historic England.
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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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Published in January 2025, ‘Wellbeing in Buildings’ looks at the growing importance of wellbeing in the built environment, including information on building assessment schemes.
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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 Construction Buzz on the ‘Dedicated Heritage Hub’ with conservation, IHBC and friends in the spotlight at The Stone Show and UK Construction Week (UKCW) 7-9 May, London, Excel.
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Locals can make their mark on one of the nation’s most important historic buildings as the restoration of an historic building is giving locals the chance to put their mark on the history of Farnham, reports Surrey Live.
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In a joint letter, over 30 charity leaders issued a warning to Government calling for urgent repairs to the new planning reforms as ‘The reforms fail to deliver the Government’s promise of a ‘win-win’ for nature and development, and threaten to demolish environmental law.
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Government UK reports that new funding, delivered by the Architectural Heritage Fund, will ‘boost people’s access to local heritage, delivering government’s Plan for Change to increase opportunities for all’.
Continue readingHistoric Environment Scotland (HES) has published a new three year operational plan ‘Heritage For All’,stating it wants Scotland’s historic environment to be for everyone, and ‘deliver heritage for all’.
Continue readingThe IHBC has updated the 2025 AGM’s formal notice – for 13 May, with online proceedings from 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start – which includes a new pre-AGM talk, by Tim Greensmith and entitled ‘Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings – Back from the Brink’, which still serves as a membership-only prelude to our 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury, from 12-14 June: #IHBCShrewsbury2025.
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The IHBC has welcomed the appointment of Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire to become the new ‘Joint Chief Executive’ of Historic England following the retirement of Duncan Wilson in October 2025.
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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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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 to be the biggest and best yet, so the IHBC will be there, with partners from the SPAB, ICON, and our host partners, Historic England.
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The Kings Foundation has launched a new publication, ‘Best Value in Land…’ offering case studies and a decision-making framework to help landowners navigate choices.
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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 National Park Authority (NPA) for a team for new works, to 26/05 and £50K.
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On World Heritage Day, the Cockburn Association enjoys a moment of particular reflection as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.
Continue readingThe Architects Registration Board (ARB) has agreed to approve three new Master’s level qualifications by the University of Leeds, two of which ‘take an innovative integrated format’.
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Welsh Government Consultation want your views on proposed changes to the building control regime and building regulations in Wales, closing 25 May.
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A new Design Council report – ‘Advising the government on the design challenge of creating 1.5 million homes within the UK’s legally-binding climate commitments’-says better housing design could save hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon while delivering government house building target.
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The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to announce the extension of its long-standing strategic partnership with Historic Environment Scotland (HES) as, thanks to the HES Partnership Fund, the AHF will continue and enhance delivery of core grants and project support in Scotland.
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Government UK has issued the response to consultation on the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, helps your prospects too!
Continue readingThe 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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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 the school theme of ‘Heritage in Context’, all open to everyone and free to attend, and all supporting #IHBCShrewsbury2025.
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