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New Coastal Adaptation Pilots to help England’s most at-risk coastal areas prepare for climate change have been announced.
Continue readingTony Hales CBE, former Chair of the Canal and River Trust and the Greenwich Foundation, now leads the charity.
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‘… in honour of the 250th Anniversary of our Country’ US President Donald Trump has announced The Kennedy Center in Washington DC will close for a two-year renovation, beginning in July, reports BBC News.
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IHBC Director and Chief Executive Dr Sean O’Reilly has been appointed to the Programme Board of the UK’s Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS), helping to oversee the £80m programme of investment in Conservation and Heritage Science infrastructure.
Continue readingIf you are no longer interested in holding on to your hardcopy Context don’t let it go to waste: ‘Help The Conservation Professional’ and pass it on to a friend or colleague, and help us all spread the word about the great benefits offered by the IHBC and our members!
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Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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The IHBC is delighted to announce that booking of Full School places is now open for the IHBC Annual School 2026, in Newcastle, from 18–20 June, exploring ‘Adaptive Reuse’ with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond over three days of learning, discussion, and networking.
Continue readingThe Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) has opened its Full Access Fund – to help heritage science and conservation researchers etc to access RICHeS-funded equipment, with a support webinar on 11 March.
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Designing Buildings (DB) has summarised the history and outlined a future for the Palace of Westminster, as alternative takes on the options and plans highlight the complexity in an iconic project that is ‘owned’ by everyone.
Continue readingTheGovernment UK has published its Local Planning Authorities’ (LPA) ‘Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025’.
Continue readingThe IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call by a charity for a Project Manager (PM) to lead on the regeneration of a listed property, to 02/03/2026.
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A legal bid has been launched to secure protected legal status for a brutalist landmark under threat of being bulldozed, reports The Herald Scotland.
Continue readingOn 5 February 2026 Parliament’s Restoration and Renewal (R&R) Client Board published its report ‘Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals’.
Continue reading13,000 apprenticeship and T Level opportunities are being created by government’s plan to transform school buildings.
Continue readingSAVE Britain’s Heritage has called for nominations for historic buildings at risk to be considered for its 2026 Buildings at Risk register.
Continue readingThe York Consortium for Craft and Conservation has opened the application round for 2026 Bursaries, which closes on Monday 16 March.
Continue readingGovernment UK seeks views on the usability of consolidated Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance and this consultation closes at 11:45pm on 10 March 2026
Continue readingA package of new and enhanced grants for homeowners across Ireland will help those looking to benefit from home energy upgrades.
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Bursaries for the IHBC’s 2026 Annual School on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, in Newcastle from 18-20 June, are now open, offering some of the most accessible and essential learning & CPD on how old and new fabric and places can best work together.
Continue readingKnow any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
Continue readingIHBC members should have received their invitation from our President, Rebecca Thompson, to join in our new-style and ‘members-only’ online Council from 4.30pm on 8 April, when, as well as Charters & much more, we start to ‘investigate conservation roles and services in local government’ – part of our 3rd Parliamentary Commitment.
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to announce that booking of Full School places is now open for the IHBC Annual School 2026, in Newcastle, from 18–20 June, exploring ‘Adaptive Reuse’ with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond over three days of learning, discussion, and networking.
Continue readingOn 21 October 2025, the National Churches Trust, in partnership with the V&A Museum, The King’s Foundation, and the Churches Conservation Trust, hosted Great Expectations at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with access to up to 17 recorded talks now available.
Continue readingIHBC’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 the IHBC on ‘Booking Opens for #IHBCNewcastle2026’.
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A Scottish heritage charity will change its name after completing the multi-million-pound sale of its 20,000-acre estate on the Isle of Skye, which it says will allow ‘a renewed focus on its core mission’.
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