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- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 03/03/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 03/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: Poetry from concrete – Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture 03/03/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: HESPR Alert on early booking & special offer for ALL staff on Virtual #IHBCNewcastle2026’! 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call to Tyneside authorities to restore historic swing bridge (closed since 2019!) 03/03/2026
- Ministerial Update: on ‘Relationship between Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales’ 03/03/2026
- Tell The Heritage Fund: Is your historic park or garden prepared for the climate crisis? TO 16/03 03/03/2026
- Georgian Group objects to visitor pavilions in British Museum forecourts 03/03/2026
- Consultation on new regeneration body for Greater Cambridge 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: HE on ‘Stanley Kubrick – A Heritage Odyssey’ 03/03/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 Annual Day School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, in person & online, June 19: Accessible & Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT 27/02/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 27/02/2026
- Looking back to IHBC’s Council on ‘Heritage Skills in Conservation’, and ahead to our new ‘response-led’ DRAFT Minutes, for review and feedback 27/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £77K of weekly works: Authority seeks design team for a new development, to 22/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: HE introduces the Monumental Works of Giles Gilbert Scott 27/02/2026
- DCMS Honours Team on New Year 2027 (NY27) ‘Invitation to nominate’, information sessions and nomination form (to 31/03) 27/02/2026
- RTPI asks: Can England still build its utopian vision of a ‘new town’? 27/02/2026
- New design guidance to raise the bar for new build developments 27/02/2026
- RICS modernises CPD framework and launches new member app 27/02/2026
- UK Research and Innovation launches creative industries strategy 27/02/2026
- ARB’s five-year strategy to strengthen safety, competence and culture in architecture 27/02/2026
- Pride in Place: 40 neighbourhoods join transformational programme 27/02/2026
Tag Archives: community
Pride in Place: 40 neighbourhoods join transformational programme
Thousands more people are being handed the power to ‘decide how millions are spent in their area’ as Government’s Pride in Place programme expands.
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IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03
Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available
On 21 October 2025, the National Churches Trust, in partnership with the V&A Museum, The King’s Foundation, and the Churches Conservation Trust, hosted Great Expectations at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with access to up to 17 recorded talks now … Continue reading
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The Heritage Fund on ‘Putting people’s memories at the heart of heritage-inspired regeneration’ – ‘Felt experience’
Understanding how a community and its people think and feel about their heritage is a vital part of regeneration work: heritage isn’t just about places and things… it’s about what they mean to us and this is what’s known as … Continue reading
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Headline findings of Official Statistics from the Community Life Survey 2024/25 released 10 December 2025
A new publication summarises the key findings from the annual 2024/25 Community Life Survey.
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IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03
Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03
Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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Tagged building, community, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, learning, planning, skills
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IHBC’s Research Signpost: Heritage Open Days Festival Impact Review 2025
The Heritage Open Days Festival Impact Review 2025 captures the biggest festival yet, delivered by a growing and increasingly diverse community.
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Tagged access, architecture, building, community, conservation, environment, expertise, funding, heritage, skills
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Architectural Heritage Fund publishes Annual Review 2024/25
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to be publishing our Annual Review 2024/25, showcasing our work in supporting heritage and community-led regeneration across the UK.
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Scottish Government scheme launched: Finding new owners for empty homes
A scheme launched by the Scottish Government aims to help return more empty homes to active use starting with a new online portal.
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AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’
The first applications are now open for studentships investigating the barriers to creating healthier places – for people and the planet – through a new consortium of academic and industry partners, with support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council … Continue reading
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£2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration
Funding from Historic Environment Scotland and the National Lottery Heritage Fund will protect the built heritage of Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh.
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Planning Aid bodies across the UK unite in landmark agreement to share expertise and strengthen public engagement
For the first time in history, all five UK-based planning aid organisations have signed a joint memorandum of understanding, pledging to collaborate, exchange knowledge, and drive innovation in how communities engage with the planning system.
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Tagged community, expertise, MOU, networking, partnership, planning, professionals, public, skills, volunteers
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‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’
A new strategy from Natural England – ‘Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’, Natural England’s strategy – sets out how it will ‘move beyond protection to systemic, large-scale recovery of nature’.
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Tagged community, conservation, construction, economics, environment, expertise, government, health, nature, planning, skills, strategy, wellbeing
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Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update
The Pride in Place Strategy will help build stronger communities, create thriving places and empower local people, argues Government UK.
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost from the NT: Public First report on ‘Local history, local heritage and local pride, in Coventry and across the UK’
image for illustration: Coventry Cathedral by DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The National Trust has issued a new Public First report: ‘There’s a lot of history here’: Local history, local heritage and local pride, in Coventry and … Continue reading
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TCPA Blog: Review of Homes England’s Healthy Homes Standard: Our homes are not islands
New Government design requirements and guidance for the Healthy Homes Standard (HHS), to be used by Homes England etc. on under the Affordable Housing Programme, is the subject of a Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) blog.
Church of Scotland’s new guidance on purchasing a church or hall building when ‘handling off market sale requests
New guidance has been published by the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland on their process for handling off market sale requests from community groups for Church buildings
AHF’s Heritage Impact Fund Reaches £10 Million Milestone in Pioneering Social Investment for Historic Buildings
The Heritage Impact Fund (HIF), delivered by the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF), has reached a major milestone as £10Mn in loan offers are now approved, to support the reuse and regeneration of historic buildings across the UK.
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Millions of people to benefit from £20 million to keep local museums open and thriving
A £20 million investment in civic museums to protect opening hours and jobs is part of the government’s ongoing commitment to ensure museums can continue to tell our national story at a local level.
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AHF: Full Steam Ahead.. Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Railway Heritage for Railway 200
The Architectural heritage Fund (AHF) has been celebrating the Past Present and Future of Railway Heritage for Railway 200 marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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HES is Talking about Heritage, till December 7
People across Scotland are invited by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to take part in national conversation about heritage. image for illustration: Fiona Newton
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BEFS 2026 Manifesto: Building Foundations for a Better Scotland
BEFS has launched a new Manifesto, Building Foundations for a Better Scotland, in advance of the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections.
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RIBA puts high-quality design on Parliament’s agenda
As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill makes its way through Parliament, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) reports that it has secured an amendment to ensure design quality is at the heart of new development.
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Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns
The New Towns Taskforce has recommended locations for the next generation of new towns.
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