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- IHBC’s FINAL 2026 School pre-conference webinar, on ‘skills… for Adaptive Reuse’, our planning take with RTPI, 2026 School Friend, as RTPI members get IHBC rates for Virtual School 02/06/2026
- EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 02/06/2026
- PASS ON THE WORD: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06 02/06/2026
- IHBC welcomes HE’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund : EoIs to 7 June 02/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 02/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: ‘What does the future of Planning look like? Engaging the next generation and beyond’, via RTPI & CIC 02/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: PBC Today on ‘views on the state of ethical governance of AI’ 02/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: King’s Speech sets out several key bills that will shape the construction sector 02/06/2026
- AHF: Heritage Revival Fund relaunches to rescue and repurpose more historic buildings across England 02/06/2026
- THA & University of Oxford explore ‘what makes partnerships across heritage sector and academia work’: Survey closing extended to 12 June 02/06/2026
- MPs endorse next Chair of Office for Environmental Protection but insist relations with farmers and environmentalists must improve 02/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Nature and the City – how Vacaresti Urban Park supports biodiversity in Bucharest 02/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 30/05/2026
- IHBC welcomes HE’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund: EoIs to 7 June 30/05/2026
- PASS ON THE WORD: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06 30/05/2026
- EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 30/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: New Future_Scapes platform launched to help places respond to climate change and complex challenges 30/05/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2M+ costed works this week: Buildings Trust seeks heritage exhibition leads, to 22/06 & 180K 30/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (quarry) doorstep’: Former brick shale quarry in Lancashire to be turned into wildlife sanctuary 30/05/2026
- Victorian Society’s ‘Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026’ now out 30/05/2026
- Heritage Sector Resilience & Collaboration 2025-26: Call for case studies and survey responses to 19 June 30/05/2026
- Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) User Needs Survey – Year 2: Open to 31 May 30/05/2026
- THA & University of Oxford explore ‘what makes partnerships across heritage sector and academia work’: Survey closing extended to 12 June 30/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Huge loss’… University student works to preserve national database on historic sites set to be unplugged 30/05/2026
- IHBC@Surveyor Live 26: At a ‘community event created by surveyors, for surveyors’ IHBC’s staff, volunteers & consultants advise and more, winning endorsements too (Thanks Richard Oxley!) 26/05/2026
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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