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- SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2026 open: Celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, to 20 August 21/07/2026
- IHBC welcomes new Heritage Counts research for HE on ‘Retrofitting Traditional Buildings: Embodied Carbon Payback Times’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC research CPD signpost: … UK-wide survey: Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce: ‘‘Please complete and share’, from RICHeS and Icon, to 31 August 21/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 21/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Centre for Cultural value on ESRC-funded scoping project: ‘… blueprint for a national cultural data observatory for the UK’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on ‘How Bradford’s regeneration is driving its revival’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Moseley Road Baths secures full funding for Phase 2 – £9.27m from NLHF 21/07/2026
- BEFA/CIC: New report calls for data-led workforce planning to confront Built Environment skills permacrisis 21/07/2026
- BEFS POWF launches Ecclesiastical Exemption Survey 21/07/2026
- UK Heritage Pulse 2026: May (Intangible Cultural Heritage) 21/07/2026
- SPAB Call for Papers for 150th Anniversary Conference, to 31/08, hosted by SPAB Scotland 21/07/2026
- Jay Morton elected RIBA President (2027-2029) 21/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Baked’, printed, ready – premiere of architecture made from yeast 21/07/2026
- Bring built heritage into the heart of climate policy with Heritage Now: Join the Global Campaign and Explore the Toolkit 21/07/2026
- IHBC welcomes CMS Parliamentary Cttee. conclusion on ‘Protecting built heritage’ & nod to our ‘5 Commitments’: ‘…deterioration of heritage… a major missed opportunity’ 17/07/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 17/07/2026
- FINAL 20 July close for IHBC’s initial ‘quick query’ to help local government conservation services: ‘… still time to shape our high-level advocacy’ 17/07/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’: Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better! 17/07/2026
- IHBC research CPD signpost: … UK-wide survey: Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce: ‘‘Please complete and share’, from RICHeS and Icon, to 31 August 17/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Government Research Report on ‘Impacts of public services being delivered by civil society organisations’ 17/07/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £663K+ costed works this week: Heritage body seeks green-led adaptation workshops, to 03/08, £20K 17/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Glasgow historic buildings face £1Bn deficit as cost to fix them more than market value 17/07/2026
- NAO Report assesses progress of parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme 17/07/2026
- RIBA responds to NAO’s Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster: 2026 Update 17/07/2026
Tag Archives: canals
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: What can we do about Edinburgh’s ‘soulless’ canalside?
image for illustration: Entrance to Lochrin Basin by David Martin, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons Edinburgh Quay should be one of the city’s crown jewels, but instead it is pretty vacant, reports The Edinburgh Enquirer.
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Tagged canals, heritage, Scotland
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Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects
Image for illustration: Heritage Street Bridge on the Digbeth Canal by Phillip Jeffrey, CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced that an additional £6.5 million government funding to help build long-term resilience across … Continue reading
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Tagged canals, government, industrial heritage, investment
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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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Tagged building, canals, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, funding, government, heritage, lottery, partnership, skills, thatching
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Wilts & Berks Canal Trust calls for volunteer engineers and planners to help on UK’s largest canal restoration project
image for illustration: Wilts & Berks Canal by Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is calling on all Engineers and Planners to join the UK’s largest canal restoration project.
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Tagged canals, climate change, conservation, engineers, environment, expertise, heritage, nature, skills, waterways
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