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- IHBC’s 2026 School welcomes ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCNewcastle2026 with thanks to Exhibitors, with reminder that IHBC’s Virtual SCHOOL BOOKING CLOSES 6PM Thursday, 18 June 16/06/2026
- Still time to ‘join online’ – and check out our new-style programme pdf too)! IHBC’s Virtual School, a day on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, 19 June, from just £35+VAT (IHBC & RTPI members) 16/06/2026
- 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! 16/06/2026
- PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT 16/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 16/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on shaping the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Mayor announces £1M for ‘iconic’ Moseley Road Baths restoration 16/06/2026
- CIOB urges UK Government to consider social media’s role in careers guidance in ban debate 16/06/2026
- ITFG publishes new guidance on managing competence in organisations across the built environment 16/06/2026
- Exploring the role and impact of small museums in places, by AIM 16/06/2026
- ARB accredits brand new qualifications from two universities 16/06/2026
- HEF publishes 2025-26 Year in Review informatic 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: World Architecture Festival Director blogs on UK planning and… collaboration 16/06/2026
- Check out our new-style 2026 School programme pdf, as there’s still time to ‘join online’! IHBC’s Virtual School, a day on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, 19 June, from just £35+VAT (IHBC & RTPI members) 12/06/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards 2026 Winners announced: Marion Barter (NW Branch), for retired IHBC ‘Community Contribution…’, & Harry Richards (Paye Stone Ltd) for ‘Successful Learning…’ 12/06/2026
- IHBC’s June ‘CPD Circular’: ‘What’s on’, with IHBC, partners & more, from Yorkshire (mortar), London (amenity), Llanberis (slate), Exeter (fire) & 2026 Annual School + RTPI Friends too 12/06/2026
- PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT 12/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 12/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Help shape the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence 12/06/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £215K+ costed works this week: European lead seeks guidance to improved renovation etc., to 08/07 12/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lido’s) doorstep’: Lido’s £11m revamp wins top architecture award 12/06/2026
- Green space, clean air & community lead the wish list for new homes, with surrounding landscape valued above how buildings look: LI 12/06/2026
- Historic England’s 20 Historic Sites with potential to become new homes, in 2026 ‘Heritage Investment Prospectus’ 12/06/2026
- New survey calls for contributions to new annual report on heritage sector resilience and for case studies, to 19 June 12/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Left to Rot – How the (Irish) State ends up fining itself over derelict sites 12/06/2026
Tag Archives: heritage
PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT
IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy … Continue reading
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Exploring the role and impact of small museums in places, by AIM
The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) is seeking your organisation’s views on the role and impact of small and medium museums across the UK, with a particular focus on their contribution to local placemaking and community life.
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Tagged communities, culture, heritage, local, museums, research
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HEF publishes 2025-26 Year in Review informatic
The Historic Environment Forum’s (HEF) 2025–26 ‘Year-in-Review’ infographic, provides a snapshot of activity from last financial year.
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Tagged heritage, historic environment, research
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: World Architecture Festival Director blogs on UK planning and… collaboration
Paul Finch, Programme Director and co-founder of the World Architecture Festival (WAF), has offered his thoughts on the UK’s planning system and its history.
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Tagged building, conservation, government, heritage, planning
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2026 Winners announced: Marion Barter (NW Branch), for retired IHBC ‘Community Contribution…’, & Harry Richards (Paye Stone Ltd) for ‘Successful Learning…’
Judges in the 11th year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards have agreed winners for 2026, as ‘Community Contribution…’ goes to, Marion Barter IHBC (RET NW), for her ‘commitment to… connecting heritage with community life’, and ‘Successful Learning…’ to … Continue reading
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Tagged awards, community, conservation, heritage, skill, training
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PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT
IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy … Continue reading
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Tagged #IHBCNewcastle2026, conservation, cpd, expertise, heritage, planning
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Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, but was very busy, so this NewsBlog post spotlights a paper easily missed in this ‘exploration of conservation services’, our plans for a light-touch survey to shape our response the 3rd of our … Continue reading
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Tagged council, expertise, government, heritage, IHBC
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Help shape the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence
Opportunity to join the new Designing Buildings (DB) intelligence market research Advisory Panel.
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Tagged cpd, Designing Buildings, expertise, heritage, professional, research, students
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lido’s) doorstep’: Lido’s £11m revamp wins top architecture award
image for illustration: Saltdean Lido. Hassocks5489 CC0 via Wikimedia Commons A 14-year project to restore a coastal lido to its former glory has scooped a prestigious architecture prize, reports BBC News South East.
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Tagged award, conservation, expertise, heritage, lido, RIBA
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New survey calls for contributions to new annual report on heritage sector resilience and for case studies, to 19 June
England’s Historic Environment Forum (HEF) is calling for contributions to new annual report on heritage sector resilience, to 19 June.
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Tagged heritage, research, resilience, survey
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IHBC sponsors SAHGB’s ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’ with ‘Call for Papers’ to 26 June
image for illustration: St Pancras Station, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The third symposium in memory of Mark Girouard looks at women’s contributions to architectural history in Britain and Ireland, with sponsors including the IHBC.
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Tagged architectural history, building, conservation, environment, heritage, women
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC offers HESPR members promo opportunities in 2026’s School programme
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 Designing Buildings (DB) on Spelling it out. SEE MORE ON … Continue reading
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Tagged #IHBCNewcastle2026, business, heritage, professional
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Leaking church roofs to be fixed and heritage buildings revitalised as EoI applications open for £48M of heritage funding
image for illustration: Grimsby Minster, RexSueciae, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Three heritage funds have opened for Expressions of Interest (EoIs), including the new £92M Places of Worship Fund, as well as the second rounds of the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund … Continue reading
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Tagged churches, funding, government, grants, heritage, heritage at risk, places of worship
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REGISTER YOUR INTEREST: IHBC’s new & free ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘Interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes
The IHBC has launched its call to register ‘Interest’ in our new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’, for service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning & training programmes & courses, with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and … Continue reading
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Tagged careers, conservation, cpd, education, expertise, heritage, IHBC, learning, skills, training
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Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, but was very busy, so this NewsBlog post spotlights a paper easily missed in this ‘exploration of conservation services’, our plans for a light-touch survey to shape our response the 3rd of our … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, government, heritage, IHBC, survey
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IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost: RIBA Collections and 1951 celebration of Festival of Britain
What was the Festival of Britain, asks the RIBA as, billed as a ‘tonic for the nation’, it argues that the Festival of Britain was designed to lift the moral of post-war Britain.
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Tagged architectural history, cpd, cultural heritage, heritage, RIBA
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Donate Towards Our Crannog Construction!
image for illustration: Scottish Crannog Centre by Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Scottish Crannog Centre are currently in the process of building the first of three Crannogs over the loch and we need your help!
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Tagged buildings, funding, heritage, Scotland
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Museums and Heritage Freelancers Network Survey asks if ‘a trade union would make a difference’
Freelancers (including sole traders and people working through their own limited company) make up a significant and growing proportion of the museums and heritage workforce and as Museums and Heritage Freelancers Network is setting up a branch of Prospect it … Continue reading
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WMF Call for Nominations: Cultivating Resilience, for ‘… gardens & designed landscapes to adapt to climate change, June 20
image for illustration: Superbloom at the Tower of London, by Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons World Monuments Fund (WMF) is seeking proposals to join ‘Cultivating Resilience’, our signature program strengthening the ability of historic gardens and designed landscapes … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, environment, gardens, green, heritage, parks, WMF
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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
As the IHBC’s looks ahead to our 2026 Annual School in Newcastle in June, we are delighted to announce a series of free webinars, all led by expert speakers and linked to the School’s theme, ‘Adaptive Reuse’, an excellent opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged building, conservation, government, heritage, skills
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: PBC Today on ‘views on the state of ethical governance of AI’
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 PBC Today on giving ‘your views on the state of … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: King’s Speech sets out several key bills that will shape the construction sector
The construction industry is set for further change following the announcement of key legislation during the King’s Speech, including the Remediation Bill and the Energy Independence Bill, reports PBC Today.
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THA & University of Oxford explore ‘what makes partnerships across heritage sector and academia work’: Survey closing extended to 12 June
The Heritage Alliance (THA) seeks survey input, case studies etc to produce a report/guide showcasing the value of academic engagement with the heritage sector, highlighting case studies, best practice, challenges…
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Tagged academia, heritage, partnerships, survey
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