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- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s October ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch events, CPD Partnerships, Lime, Lutyens & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s Professional Signpost: Historic Rochester Grade II listed bridge undergoes detailed principal inspection 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £87.5K+ weekly works: Social landlord seeks affordable housing services, to 10/10, £84K 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Decision on plan for Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands sign 03/10/2025
- Housing Secretary issues ‘call to arms’ to ‘build, baby, build’ 03/10/2025
- Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘The Environment in Focus’, open to suggestions to 10 Oct 03/10/2025
- Surge in 18–25-year-old new members as National Trust annual report reveals growth of 39% 03/10/2025
- Edinburgh’s Cockburn Association welcomes new Director, Rowan Brown 03/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Europa Nostra on ‘European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025’, Brussels 12-15 Oct – ‘Heritage Matters for Europe 03/10/2025
- UPDATE: IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council features ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations and impacts, & much more: Book now for 8 October, from 4.30pm 01/10/2025
- Context 184: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals – A first take on ‘Leaders of conservation thought…’ Ruskin & Morris, Lord Kennet, John Ashurst and much more 01/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 01/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/09… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 01/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: UCL reports on ‘Value of Arts and Culture’, investment, returns and more 01/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Double up with DB on IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards closing 30/09 and IHBC free access to LPOC at Malvern, 10/11 Oct 01/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum put up for sale by NatureScot 01/10/2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice for UEA Ziggurats Design Competition: ‘for the transformation & renewal of… Grade II*-listed ziggurats’ 01/10/2025
- Why we’re evolving the RTPI brand: A New RTPI is coming- clearer stronger, more connected 01/10/2025
- Scotland’s The Places of Worship (POWF) Newsletter – Would you like to contribute to a blog? 01/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: URBACT on ‘We art the cities’ – Six European cities on cultural regeneration 01/10/2025
- Government ‘Pride in Place’ powers: Communities to seize control over high streets and restore pride 01/10/2025
IHBC update on Civic Societies APPG on draft NPPF: ‘Will it deliver England’s future homes?’: ‘Not a chance’ say all!
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REMINDER: IHBC member survey reminder on interim report: ‘Are we missing anything’?
The IHBC has launched the next stage in its 2017-18 member survey, calling for members’ thoughts on feedback to date, with responses to be sent to our consultant, Joanna, as soon as possible, at contact@ihbc.org.uk.
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Check out IHBC NI Branch Chair’s Manchester video lead up to Belfast’s 2018 School
At the 2017 Annual School, IHBC Northern Ireland Branch Chair Andrew McClelland introduced early thoughts for the 2018 Belfast School – now coming up fast, in June 21-3 – so, using our video link and current programme, prospective delegates (and bursary applicants) can see what was explored then and what is on offer today!
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IHBC HESPR’s top pick from up to c.£1.8+M of costed work this week: Haringey Council’s Bruce Grove Toilet Restoration project, closing 26/03, valued £25-50K
The IHBC’s heritage business list, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth some £1.8+M this week, while the IHBC Director’s current top pick for NewsBlog readers features Haringey Council’s search for an architect or team for its Bruce Grove Toilet Restoration project, valued at £25,000-50,000 and closing 26 March.
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IHBC’s outreach and recruitment update on NFB’s Heritage Group conference: Gorton Monastery, Manchester, 7 March
David McDonald, IHBC President, and Carla Pianese, IHBC Support Officer, represented the IHBC’s outreach and recruitment stand at the recent day conference of the National Federation of Builders (NFB) Heritage Group in Manchester’s historic Gorton Monastery venue.
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IHBC CPD in Context: Violet Pinwill, woodcarver to Devon and Cornwall
2017 saw the 60th anniversary of the death of a woman whose career of more than 50 years as a woodcarver produced a body of work that can be seen in more than 300 churches in Devon and Cornwall.
image Context 152, p. 35 – pulpit in St Peter & St Paul, Ermington
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UPVC windows on Boston, Lincs, Grade II listed building lead to £1,430+ fine from magistrates
A property owner in Boston, Lincolnshire, who fitted UPVC windows to a Grade II Listed Building (LB) without permission has been ordered to pay more than £1,430 by magistrates, while the case is currently being added to the IHBC’s Listed Buildings Prosecutions Database resource by its manager Bob Kindred.
image Boston Standard website
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UCL’s ISH call: Ecclesiastical Insurance Bursary for 2018-2019 – closes 18 June
The University College London’s (UCL) Institute for Sustainable Heritage (ISH) has announces its call for the Ecclesiastical Insurance Bursary for the academic year 2018-2019, with a closing date for receipt of applications of 18 June 2018.
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New London Awards 2018 now open for entries – deadline 29 March
Now open for its eighth year, the New London Awards recognises the very best projects across 15 sectors of the built environment, and are the only London-wide awards for built and unbuilt projects, while the deadline for 2018 is 29 March.
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British Islamic heritage celebrated by Historic England
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London Central Mosque, Regent’s Park (Grade II*) and the Fazl Mosque, Southfields (Grade II) have been listed on advice from Historic England, and Britain’s first purpose-built mosque in Woking, Surrey has been upgraded to Grade I, while the Liverpool home of Britain’s first functioning mosque has been upgraded to Grade II*.
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Historic Environment Scotland unveils new £12M Investment Plan
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has unveiled a new £12 million investment plan for conservation projects on some of Scotland’s most iconic historic sites.
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Gladstone’s Library: Architect-led Submissions sought for new building and redevelopment of GI building & landscape
Gladstone’s Library is seeking submissions from architect–led teams with exceptional design skills for a prestigious new building and re-development of the existing Grade I (GI) listed building and its landscape with a shortlist of five teams to be chosen by an Evaluation Panel for Gladstone’s living heritage project, closing 10 April.
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Iconic Spaghetti Junction immortalised in new Birmingham attraction
Highways England has highlighted how the iconic Spaghetti Junction structure is set to be immortalised at the new LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Birmingham.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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CCT – IHBC’s latest 2018 School Friend – offers Blogpost on the 2018 School while welcoming new CPD recognition
The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT), one of the IHBC 2018 School’s newest ‘School Friends’, has posted a blog on its recognition as an ‘IHBC CPD provider’ and used that to promote the IHBC’s Belfast School, in June, on ‘Our Shared Heritage’.
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IHBC’s 2018 School ‘Sharing’ theme supports ICOMOS’ International Day – ‘Heritage for Generations’ – 18 April: #EuropeForCulture
The 2018 theme for the ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites on 18 April is ‘Heritage for Generations’, complementing the IHBC’s 2018 School theme on ‘Shared heritage’, both being tied to the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage; #EuropeForCulture.
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IHBC’s CPD boost for all, via Conservation Wiki and DBW: Landscapes of Cambridge… from Context 151
The IHBC’s Context journal article by Graham Tite, on ‘Buildings, lawns, gardens, wilderness’, from Context No. 151, has been featured in the email news bulletin from Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW), to its 75000+ registered users, extending further the IHBC’s reach into the development and construction sector.
Westcott House Old Court Lawn (Photo: Westcotthouse, CC BY-SA 3.0,
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Call for expressions of interest for AHRC-Funded Research to showcase on Heritage Research website
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Heritage Priority Area Leadership team is inviting AHRC-Funded Principal Investigators to contribute a piece on their research projects as part of the ‘case studies’ section of the Heritage Research website.
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New survey reveals charities’ top 10 risks…and Brexit is way down the list
A new survey by specialist insurer, Ecclesiastical, shows that while funding tops the list of concerns heading into 2018, the impact of Government changes is next on the charity risk list.
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National Lottery funding for nine Scottish Great Places
Nine towns and cities in Scotland are celebrating an injection of £2.4million to help shape their future development, thanks to a new National Lottery scheme which puts heritage at the heart of regeneration.
image Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis – HLF website
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MHCLG publishes English Housing Survey’ Report: 2016-17
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published ‘The English Housing Survey’ (EHS), providing the findings from the 2016-17 national survey of people’s housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England.
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RTPI journal gets top academic listing
Planning Theory and Practice (PTP), the RTPI’s academic journal published jointly with Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, has been accepted by Clarivate Analytics for inclusion in the Social Sciences Citation Index™.
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For the chop: the battle to save Sheffield’s trees
‘Europe’s greenest city’ has lost 5,000 trees, chopped down by a private company despite furious local protests, and even Michael Gove calls the destruction ‘bonkers’, but now the chainsaws are about to start their work again, reports the Guardian.
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Be a ‘Friend’ to the IHBC’s 2018 Belfast School and join THA, AHF, HLF, COTAC and more in learning support, absolutely free! (Limited Offer)
Interested bodies can join a prestigious group of ‘Friends’ of the IHBC’s 2018 Belfast School, and have their logo and website links from our ‘Friends of the School’ page, all for free, simply by agreeing to raise the School’s learning opportunities across their free and accessible news and/or social media networks.
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IHBC Members with benefits: CCT’s ‘Champing™’ is back for 2018, with more reductions for members!
The IHBC is delighted to announce the renewal of its promotional partnership with the Churches Conservation Trust’s (CCT) innovative ‘Champing’ initiative, to promote ‘church camping’, as IHBC members can again receive a 10% discount until the end of the season in September.
image CCT website
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IHBC HESPR’s top pick from c.£270+K of costed work this week: Milton Keynes seeks ‘Specialist in Listed Building Project Work’, closing 15/03
The IHBC’s heritage business list, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth some £270+K this week, while the IHBC Director’s current top pick for NewsBlog readers features Milton Keynes Council’s search for a ‘Specialist in Listed Building Project Work’, with no value stated and closing 15 March.
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