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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The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work’ survey for professionals and volunteers across the sector (closing 1 May).
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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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image for illustration: View of Syon House from Syon Park by Robert Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic England (HE) has explored how to measure the value of heritage attractions in a way that captures the additional benefits people receive beyond just the ticketed experience.
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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 Council for consultant reports, including designs, for heritage project enhancement, accessibility and preservation, from £120K and to 07/05.
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The National Churches Trust is drawing up blueprint to show how to save churches from closure, reports Church Times.
Continue readingCadw, Historic England and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) have been working together to improve the standard of retrofit training delivery in response to known skills and knowledge gaps in the current retrofit workforce and have published a new handbook to support learners undertaking retrofit qualifications.
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The Scottish Government has issued new guidance to assist with engagement activities in the preparation of local development plans, and is part of measures introduced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 to ‘put community voices at the heart of the planning system in Scotland’.
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Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme provides grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.
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The Historic Towns and Villages Forum (HTVF) is seeking new trustees to help the Board make the most of a transformative stage in its history.
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Open Culture features architectural historian Tony Robins in a half-hour video explores the enduring ‘big stars of the New York City skyline’
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The previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the awards presentations at our 2025 School, #IHBCShrewsbury2025, on 13 June.
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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.
Continue readingThe IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work’ survey for professionals and volunteers across the sector (closing 1 May).
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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).
Continue readingThe 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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The majority of growers and producers of cereal straw for England’s traditional thatching industry are currently relying on old, inefficient and unreliable machinery, according to a new Historic England report. A new report published by Historic England and Historic Environment Scotland highlights threats to thatching industry.
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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 Designing Buildings’ updateon ‘The Planning and Infrastructure Bill’ and IHBC’s own Wellbeing at Work Survey.
Continue readingA 74-year-old woman’s thatched cottage in Aberfeldy was destroyed in the blaze, reports STV news.
Continue readingThe Built environment Committee of the House of Lords is currently conducting three enquiries in relation to the built environment which include: ‘New towns: Practical Delivery’; ‘The Grey Belt’; and ‘High Streets in Towns and Small Cities’.
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The Heritage Alliance (THA) has published its Briefing on Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
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The Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has published a new report assessing the quality, usefulness, and validity of data currently held by building owners across Scotland.
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Spill count and duration remains unacceptably high across England, with data analysis and stricter rules to reduce pollution going forward.
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image for illustration: Sinclair Inn (know as Farmers Hotel – 1930) Annapolis Heritage Society, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Some of the oldest structures in Canada are part of the National Trust Canada (NTC) Passport Places program, a Trust membership benefit that provides free access to 100 historic places in Canada, as well as 1000+ National Trust places abroad.
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The IHBC has sent all members the 2025 AGM’s formal notice – for 13 May, with online proceedings from 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start – and includes our pre-AGM talk, this year with Alastair Godfrey on ‘The history and restoration of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings‘ – the ‘grandparent of skyscrapers’ – and our membership-only prelude to the 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury, from 12-14 June: #IHBCShrewsbury2025.
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