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

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of the Home Page of the 2026 Annual School, to take place in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ and across up to 20 hours CPD.

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IHBC’s ‘Legislation’ Signpost: Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

The Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Meghan Gallacher MSP on 14 May 2025 as a Member’s Bill seeking to create a criminal offence of destroying, damaging or desecrating a war memorial.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on Leicester Cathedral’s New Extension

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

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 Building on Leicester Cathedral’s New Extension.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘venue’ doorstep’: Demand for Nandy’s buildings fund exceeds budget by £600m

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

The Stage reports that the £85 million DCMS Creative Foundations Fund, launched in February 2025 to support urgent capital repairs and upgrades for arts and cultural venues across England, has been massively oversubscribed.

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THA launches Ecclesiastical #HeritageHeroes Awards 2025, for THA members, to 30/11

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

The Heritage Alliance (THA) has open nominations for the Ecclesiastical #HeritageHeroes Awards 2025, open to THA members as an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the sector’s invaluable voluntary workforce, to 30/11.

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National Lottery Players Investment milestone: £1Billion for Scottish heritage

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

Over the past 30 years we’ve supported 5,000 projects and to celebrate this £1bn milestone the Lottery is highlighting a small selection of our favourite projects over three decades.

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RICS: Retrofit tool aims offer a new hierarchy of interventions to ‘ensure historic buildings contribute to a sustainable future’

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

Elizabeth Otter’s ‘Opinion Piece’ for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) notes that ‘While talk of heritage retrofits may conjure images of costly and invasive installations, a new hierarchy of interventions can help ensure historic buildings contribute to a sustainable future’.

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RTPI announces winners for 2025 Awards for Research Excellence

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is delighted to announce the winners for the eleventh edition of the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.

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Kew awarded landmark £5 million grant from The Julia Rausing Trust towards the Palm House renovation project

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has announced a landmark philanthropic donation of £5 million from The Julia Rausing Trust toward the Palm House renovation project, the largest philanthropic gift to date for the project and one of the most significant single donations in Kew’s history.

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Historic Arts and Crafts Garden in Essex Protected

Posted on 23/09/2025 by IHBC

The Garden of Great Ruffins in Wickham Bishops, Essex, has been protected by registration at Grade II and added to the National Heritage List for England.

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Join IHBC’s special ‘members-only’ online Council, for exclusive CPD and IHBC updates, featuring Nicola Duncan-Finn on Heritage Skills and the CITB, from 4.30, 8/10

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

All IHBC members will receive a personal email invitation from IHBC President Rebecca Thompson to attend the next virtual meeting of IHBC’s Council, from 4.30pm on Wednesday 8 October, and featuring Nicola Duncan-Finn on Heritage Skills and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) alongside updates on Petitions, planning and more.

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IHBC welcomes West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2025

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

image for illustration: Geoffrey Buildings, Birmingham – Peter Badcock

The West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust is hosting a heritage Careers fair on 13 October 2025, from 10.00am.

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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Submit representations to HM Treasury on Autumn Budget 2025, by 15 October

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

HM Treasury ‘welcomes representations as part of the policy-making process…’ they may be made on the Autumn Budget 2025 by October 15. as a written submission, commenting on government policy or suggesting new policy ideas to be considered in the upcoming Budget.

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PASS IT ON: – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCNewcastle2026 as IHBC’s 2025 Student Award has closing date extended to 30/09

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award will now close on 3o September 2025, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2024 OR 30 September 2025 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in Newcastle in June 2026, on ‘Adaptive Re-use’.

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IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC has issued a new form to help ensure sector events with IHBC CPD values can be considered for inclusion in our free IHBC ‘Events Calendar’, with submissions required at least 2 weeks before the end any month to allow for any inclusion in the IHBC’s CPD Circular.

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card!

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

The Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC) is offering free entry for IHBC members to its 2-day exhibition and conference in Malvern, on 10-11 October, with members’ free by booking (email charlie@lpoc.co.uk) or business card presentation.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £19.5M+ of weekly works: Learned body seeks consultant for ‘major transformation’, to 22/09 & £460K

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

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 an Invitation to Tender (ITT) from a learned body for suitable consultant for ‘major transformation’ works, to 22/09/2025 and valued to £460K.

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (industry) doorstep’: Public First Report… ‘Quiet majority’ favour local development

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

Councils have been urged to consult more widely on planning applications as new research found a majority of the population was in favour of local development, reports LocalGov.

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CIOB Blog on ‘Construction must maintain focus on mental health support despite pushback’: 7000 suicides in sector over 10 years

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

Elvin Box suggests that construction must maintain focus on mental health support, despite pushback as the need for sector-wide action remains pressing and relevant.

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Campaign for National Parks’ ‘Rivers at Risk’ launch: 57% of NP rivers fail to meet ‘good’ ecological status

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

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The Rivers at Risk report from the Campaign for National Parks and the Rivers Trust, lists changes needed to policy, legislation etc., as it confirms that 57% of rivers in NPs fail to meet ‘good’ ecological status, from sewage spills, agricultural pollution and toxic chemicals, and sewer overflows inside National Park’s (NPs) spill more than double the average outside.

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Three new Commissioners appointed to the Historic England Board

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Ulrike Knox, Jamie Ritblat and Philip Shepherd as Commissioners to the Historic England board.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Ireland’s €240k funding, awarded to ‘safeguard World Heritage’

Posted on 19/09/2025 by IHBC

The Irish government has announced a pilot World Heritage Strategic Investment Fund to invest €240,000 to conserve, maintain, protect and promote World Heritage in Ireland.

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PASS IT ON: – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCNewcastle2026 as IHBC’s 2025 Student Award has closing date extended to 30/09

Posted on 16/09/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award will now close on 3o September 2025, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2024 OR 30 September 2025 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in Newcastle in June 2026, on ‘Adaptive Re-use’.

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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

Posted on 16/09/2025 by IHBC

The new issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 184 – selects some ‘Leaders of conservation thought’, familiar and less so, to help Conservation Professionals at any career stage ‘make sense of it all’, and including our regular supplements of current practice, new updates and future plans.

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IHBC’s online Council ‘Save the Date’ notice: Wednesday 8th October, 4.30pm, features ‘Heritage skills…’ with Nicola Duncan-Finn – all members invited (booking details to come)

Posted on 16/09/2025 by IHBC

IHBC’s next online Council, exclusive to all IHBC members, will take place on 8 October, chaired by IHBC President Rebecca Thompson and featuring CPD ‘Heritage skills and the CITB’s response’, by Nicola Duncan-Finn.

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