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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- 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 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
- IHBC joins 33 leading organisations calling for £6.8M in urgent funding to support Planning Schools 10/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 10/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Management’ signpost): AJ on legal challenge to Barbican demolition… which ‘can proceed’ 10/10/2025
- Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments… to ‘do what it takes to get Britain building’ 10/10/2025
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 10/10/2025
- £214m new funding for Welsh communities to improve neighbourhoods and restore pride 10/10/2025
- RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways 10/10/2025
- RTPI launches five-year strategy to elevate planning: Empower 2030 10/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Donovan Rypkema & Heritage Strategies International seek input on ‘measuring in Arts, Culture, and Heritage’ 10/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s CPD Blog from #IHBCShrewsbury2025: Some ‘Academic Reflections on the IHBC Annual School… and participation’ from Dr Alison McCandlish IHBC, University of Glasgow 07/10/2025
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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, and now countries too as Wexford CC seeks Exec ACO, to €82,929!
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 tell your boss how our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, … Continue reading
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BOOKING ENDS MONDAY – IHBC NW goes hybrid on ‘Placemaking & Context’, with Dave Chetwyn in Lancaster, 6/08, from£15
Join the IHBC’s North West (NW) Branch and Dave Chetwyn of Urban Vision Enterprise online or in person for a programme of ‘Placemaking & Context’ CPD, site-specific in Lancaster too, Wednesday 6 August, with fees (online) from £15, as another … Continue reading
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Need a MATE? Last chance for 5 August: IHBC’s free monthly online accreditation guidance… all welcome, including accredited members seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC training and assessments
As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.
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REMINDER: IHBC welcomes RICS’ #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School ‘Friend’ benefit: RICS’ rates for members at Global Building Conservation Conference, ‘Sharing heritage skills…’, 25/09, online, 7hrs CPD
The IHBC is delighted to announce that, thanks not least to the efforts of our West Midlands Branch team and School Friend lead, RICS & IHBC member Jessica Jones, IHBC members (all categories) can enjoy RICS rates at the online … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Iconic Round House building renovation to begin in Evesham
image for illustration: The Round House, Evesham (2018) by Joanna Theobald Work is set to begin on an iconic Round House building in the town centre that has been covered in scaffolding for more than a year, reports The Evesham … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Royal Museums Greenwich: Landmark capital project ‘First Light’ to transform Royal Observatory, home of GMT & Prime Meridian
image for illustration: Royal Observatory, South Building, Greenwich by Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Royal Museums Greenwich is ‘Transforming the Royal Observatory…’, embarking on a landmark capital project known as ‘First Light’ to make science and astronomy … Continue reading
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IHBC sends #IHBCShrewsbury2025 delegates Day School videos: ‘Heritage in Context – Value : Plan : Change’ – and welcomes all seeking CPD, insights and more, from only £42 +VAT
Selected recordings of the IHBC’s 2025 Day School, on 13 June, have been made available to all delegates, so if you’ve not received your access links, let us know at booking@ihbc.org.uk.
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Need a MATE? Next chance 5 August: IHBC’s free monthly online accreditation guidance… all welcome, including accredited members seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC training and assessments
As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.
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IHBC’s ‘Design’ Signpost: HE’s ‘Design in the Historic Environment’ update
Historic England (HE) provides information on good practice for design when making changes to the built historic environment through development.
IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: SHN on ‘student accommodation near to Glasgow School of Art called in’
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 Scottish Housing News that Glasgow student accommodation plans near to … Continue reading
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IStructE: Drought, prolonged dry weather, and heatwaves – subsidence risks could increase… and the signs to check
The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) explains what an increase in subsidence problems could mean, and the signs to look out for so that homeowners are aware.
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Funding the future of traditional skills in Scotland: ‘Centre of Excellence for Canals & Traditional Skills’
image for illustration: Thatching in Scotland by Fiona Newton A new national training centre for Scotland, focused on traditional skills, has secured £3.7m of National Lottery support.
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HE issues amended HEA Note 10 on ‘Listed Buildings and Curtilage’: … for the LPA to conclude..
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald Historic England’s (HE’s) Planning Bulletin from June has noted the amended update of its ‘HEAN 10: Listed Buildings and Curtilage (June 2025)’, noting that it is ‘for the local planning authority [LPA] to reach a … Continue reading
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BBC: National Trust blames tax rises as it cuts 550 jobs
The National Trust has announced plans to cut 6% of its current workforce, about 550 jobs, partly blaming an inflated pay bill and tax rises.
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IHBC joins collective mourning on death of Andrew Saint: ‘… not only a first rate architectural historian…’, with Vic Soc, Cambridge and many more
IHBC David McDonald has offered his thoughts and condolences on the passing of Andrew Saint, joining the Victorian Society (Vic Soc), Cambridge University and more.
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IHBC welcomes HES’ ‘Heritage Training Course for Planners’ consultation – Please ‘Give your Views’, via survey (to 22/08), workshops (sign up by 28/07) & more
The IHBC has welcomed the news that Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is developing an online training course for planners about the historic environment, and seeks input to shape the content.
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Need a MATE? Next chance 5 August: IHBC’s free monthly online accreditation guidance… all welcome, including accredited members seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC training and assessments
As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £151K+ of weekly works: Church seeks practice for NLHF-linked project, to £116K+ and 06/08
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 from a church seeking a practice to deliver … Continue reading
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SAVE at 50! Fundraising appeal aims for £100K
image for illustration SAVE Britain’s Heritage – SAVE – is 50 this year, and asking for donors to be part of its anniversary year for which there is ongoing appeal with a target of £100,000.
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HEF with HE issue England’s new ‘Historic Environment Overview’: Celebrating ‘impact of… strategic collaboration’
image for illustration: Fiona Newton The latest edition of the ‘Historic Environment Overview’ has been issued by Historic Environment Forum (HEF), with support from Historic England (HE).
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SPAB ‘Old House Project’ completes, and now for sale ‘to become a home’
image for illustration: SPAB The SPAB team is delighted that the seven-year Old House Project is now completed as the house, St Andrew’s Chapel is for sale, ready to become a home again.
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New Coalition to save Peter Womersley’s Bernat Klein Studio
image for illustration: Bernat Klein Studio 2010 by Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Bernat Klein Foundation (BKF), the National Trust for Scotland and Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) have launched a coalition bid, supported by The … Continue reading
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Volunteering is thriving – Just not where you’ve been looking: We are parts of something bigger
If volunteering is really in crisis, why are so many volunteer-led organisations flourishing, asks Reach Volunteering?
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: From Principles to Practice – Approaches for High-Quality Baukultur
Davos Baukultur Alliance – which ‘brings together… focus groups to expand thought leadership and develop practical tools’ – has published ‘From Principles to Practice-Approaches for High Quality Baukultur’.
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Need a MATE? Next chance 5 August: IHBC’s free monthly online accreditation guidance… all welcome, including accredited members seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC training and assessments
As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.
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