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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Residents fears new arts centre could harm Saltaire’s WHS heritage

image for illustration: Saltaire Map – Ordnance Survey UK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Residents of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) village have raised fears that a new community and arts centre would put its historic character at risk, … Continue reading

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National Trust brings nature back to an area twice the size of Manchester… in less than a decade

image for illustration: Peter Badcock The National Trust has achieved its aim of creating or restoring 25,000 hectares (61,776 acres) of priority habitat (habitats of principal importance for wildlife and supporting ecosystems) on its land by 2025, a target set … Continue reading

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Closing churches cuts worship numbers, National Churches Trust poll finds

image for illustration In person church attendance can fall by almost a third (29%) if a local church closes, a new opinion poll commissioned by the National Churches Trust shows, with 22% of churchgoers who currently attend religious services in … Continue reading

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HEF’s ‘Historic Environment Skills and Careers Action Plan for England’ – HESCAPE, out now

The Historic Environment Forum (HEF) has issued its ‘Historic Environment Skills and Careers Action Plan for England’.

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IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10

If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen on FLW Skyscraper Hotel closure due to unapproved sales of historic items

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News & Tender Alerts’, and this week’s news from Dezeen on Frank Lloyd Wright’s (FLW) Skyscraper Hotel temporary … Continue reading

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Applications are open for the SPAB Fellowship 2025: To 14/10

Applications are open for the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Fellowship 2025 with a deadline for applications of 14 October 2024.

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IHBC seeks ‘Support Officer’ consultant/service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10

If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘History’ and amenity spotlight: Historic Buildings & Places’ Online Centenary Lecture – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘…what do conservation officers do (all day)?’ – 17/09

image from IHBC Context – Rob Cowan IHBC government officer and awards adviser Bob Kindred MBE will discuss the role of conservation officers in heritage management in an online lecture, part of a series celebrating the centenary of Historic Buildings … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £330K of works this week: National body seeks heritage & wellbeing research, to 16/09 & £30K

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 a call from a national heritage body for … Continue reading

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Project to help cultural and heritage organisations commission decarbonisation work: Call for Expressions of Interest to 23/09

image for illustration Arts Council England (ACE) and Historic England (HE) are looking for up to 4 micro, small or medium sized non-national cultural or heritage organisations manage, use or occupy a listed building, to 23/09.

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HES seeks feedback on ‘ Managing Change’ Guidance series

image:HES Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is seeking feedback on ‘hear what you think about the services within HES’s Heritage Directorate’ to help ensure it aligns with current policy and national priorities including its use in planning, land management and other … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: PlaceEconomics’ White Paper ‘Response to the YIMBY… pro-development… for de-regulation to promote housing…’

image for illustration American heritage consultancy PlaceEconomics, with economist Donovan Rypkema as its Principal, has issued a data-based response to the US YIMBY movement making the case that ‘YIMBYISM is a pro-development movement that advocates for de-regulation to promote housing … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Ireland‘s ‘… Heritage Climate Action – Climate Change… Plan’ update, 2024

image for illustration The ‘Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan for Built and Archaeological Heritage’ – one of nine sectoral plans published in 2019 – outlines five adaptation goals for built and archaeological heritage in Ireland, and maps them onto an … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes Historic England’s Heritage Counts on ‘Cultural Heritage… and the Creative Economy’ as it confirms ‘… heritage can positively influence… local economic development’

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Historic England (HE) has published a new report as part of the Heritage Counts series, ‘Cultural Heritage, Creativity and the Creative Economy’ which shows that ‘cultural heritage can positively influence creativity and local … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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IHBC’s ‘History’ and amenity spotlight: Historic Buildings & Places’ Online Centenary Lecture – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘…what do conservation officers do (all day)?’ – 17/09

image from IHBC Context – Rob Cowan IHBC government officer and awards adviser Bob Kindred MBE will discuss the role of conservation officers in heritage management in an online lecture, part of a series celebrating the centenary of Historic Buildings … Continue reading

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IHBC welcomes CIOB’s ‘Retrofit of Buildings’ Technical Publication – ‘suited to a global audience’

A new CIOB Technical Information Sheet by Prof. John Edwards, IHBC Technical Panel lead and Director of Edwards Hart Consultants, addresses what retrofit is, the approach to be taken and processes to be followed, while summarising pertinent technical issues, retrofit … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New signs marking Yorkshire’s old boundaries put up in push back against modern counties

image The Association of British Counties: The new North Riding of Yorkshire sign on the A167 in Croft Campaigners keen to keep history and heritage alive mark boundaries with official signage 50 years after ancient counties were abolished, reports The … Continue reading

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New suite of HES reports ‘detail where Scotland’s heritage sector is now, and the steps needed for future success’

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has released a set of reports providing insights into Scotland’s historic environment sector, including the ‘mission-orientated’ Delivery Framework ‘Our Past, Our Future’.

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United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO announces three sites as pilot locations in UKNC’s groundbreaking new Climate Change & UNESCO Heritage project

image for illustration: Hadrian’s Wall by Michael Hanselmann [CC BY-SA 3.0 from Wikimedia Commons The UK National Commission for UNESCO and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced on 15 August 2024 that three UNESCO sites in the UK … Continue reading

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HE’s ‘Everyday Heritage Grants’: Celebrating working class histories, open to 7/10

image for illustration Historic England (HE) has launched a new round of our grant opportunity ‘Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories’, to close Monday 7 October 2024.

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FuturHist survey on ‘barriers to decarbonise historic buildings’, to 15/09

To ‘help identify the barriers to decarbonise historic buildings FuturHist – a European project co-funded by the European Union and the UK Research and Innovation – is leading a ‘Barrier Survey’ for practitioners etc, in a study led by the … Continue reading

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