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- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest Council, on local government conservation: IHBC trustee Serena Cardozo (& her manager) highlight Public Practice’s potential to help local services 12/05/2026
- IHBC salutes STBA (& a few IHBC members too!) at Futurebuild 2026: 14 May, with free tickets too! 12/05/2026
- Top marks for IHBC’s latest Council as LA Conservation service talks, papers & film get 10/10 from nearly 20% of 120+ delegates, shaping the survey for our new parliamentary push 12/05/2026
- IHBC & RTPI are 2026 Newcastle School ‘Friends’, sharing learning, CPD, support & more on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, as IHBC offers RTPI members IHBC-rates to our Virtual Day School on 19/06 12/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost (and competition): Antigravity launches Project Eternal & challenge (to 24/06) 12/05/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BBC on ‘Calls for public inquiry after derelict school fire’: GII Newell House, Sherborne 12/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (island) doorstep’: Lady Grange’s House repaired on St Kilda 12/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (skip-)step’: Why a Luton entrepreneur has received the King’s Award for Enterprise while standing in a skip 12/05/2026
- Icon launches Conservation Skills at Risk Project 12/05/2026
- New European Urban Initiative Survey (EUI) on sustainable urban futures launched 12/05/2026
- Planning appeals in England to follow new, streamlined process -Simpler, faster planning appeals are coming 12/05/2026
- ‘Heritage Matters’: Europa Nostra (with RSA Scotland) in Edinburgh highlight longtime link to country and looks ahead to renewed partnerships 12/05/2026
- AHF on ‘Meeting Childcare Needs Via Methodist Church Conversion’ 12/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: The uncertain road for culture in climate policy… COP30 opens a new path as… ‘what seemed impossible became a reality’. 12/05/2026
- IHBC’s May ‘CPD Circular’: What’s on… from Branches (NW: IoM Water Wheel; NO & RTPI: Towns etc.; YO+: Mortar Essentials) – School webinars, partnering, & more 08/05/2026
- IHBC salutes STBA (& a few IHBC members too!) at Futurebuild 2026: 14 May, with free tickets too! 08/05/2026
- WM Branch’s ‘CPD Competence Suite No.2’ on IHBC’s YouTube: ‘The Conservation Hour: Series 2’ – Competence-based learning (open to non-members) with thoughts sought on a Series 3 08/05/2026
- IHBC & RTPI are 2026 Newcastle School ‘Friends’, sharing learning, CPD, support & more on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, as IHBC offers RTPI members IHBC-rates to our Virtual Day School on 19/06 08/05/2026
- 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! 08/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: BEFS, on when Scotland’s party manifestos’ reflect its 2026 BEFS Manifesto 08/05/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.6M costed works this week: Council seeks accredited consultant for grant scheme, to 28/05 08/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Cathedral) doorstep’: Amid a heritage skills crisis, St Paul’s wants to bring its craftspeople into the light, reports Building 08/05/2026
- New towns programme needs a compelling national vision, says new Lords’ Built Environment Committee report 08/05/2026
- UKGBC calls for urgent action on retrofit and energy optimisation in new reports 08/05/2026
- Heritage Network gathers data on ‘The impact of community-led heritage’, asking: ‘What did Impact 2025 show?’ 08/05/2026
Tag Archives: heritage
Spotlighting IHBC’s latest Council, on local government conservation: IHBC trustee Serena Cardozo (& her manager) highlight Public Practice’s potential to help local services
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, but was very busy, so this NewsBlog post spotlights a paper easily missed in this part of our ‘exploration of conservation services’ – in advance of a light-touch survey – all part of … Continue reading
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Top marks for IHBC’s latest Council as LA Conservation service talks, papers & film get 10/10 from nearly 20% of 120+ delegates, shaping the survey for our new parliamentary push
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advance the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’, and ‘Investigate the complex challenges in heritage management processes and skills…’– here focussed on helping Local Authority … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BBC on ‘Calls for public inquiry after derelict school fire’: GII Newell House, Sherborne
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 the BBC on ‘Calls for public inquiry after derelict school … Continue reading
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Tagged #IHBCNewcastle2026, careers, cpd, heritage, professional
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (island) doorstep’: Lady Grange’s House repaired on St Kilda
image for illustration: Hirta, St Kilda, Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The National Trust for Scotland has successfully repaired one of the most significant structures on St Kilda, following a major collapse in 2022.
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Tagged heritage, islands, Scotland, UNESCO
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (skip-)step’: Why a Luton entrepreneur has received the King’s Award for Enterprise while standing in a skip
A Luton entrepreneur who started his business from doors found in a skip has received the King’s Award, reports Luton Today.
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Tagged business, heritage, historic buildings, reuse
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Icon launches Conservation Skills at Risk Project
The Institute of Conservation (Icon) is launching a new project to identify conservation skills at risk and help safeguard the future of UK heritage, and advises on ‘How to Get Involved’.
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‘Heritage Matters’: Europa Nostra (with RSA Scotland) in Edinburgh highlight longtime link to country and looks ahead to renewed partnerships
Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovi?, Secretary General of Europa Nostra, delivered the keynote speech to a large audience of circa 100 heritage professionals and practitioners during the event ‘Heritage Matters’ held on 17 March at Edinburgh City Chambers.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: The uncertain road for culture in climate policy… COP30 opens a new path as… ‘what seemed impossible became a reality’.
Simon Musasizi, Regional Co-Chair for Africa and the Arab States has posted a blog for Climate Heritage Network on Brazil’s COP30 in November 2025, when ‘what seemed impossible became a reality’.
IHBC salutes STBA (& a few IHBC members too!) at Futurebuild 2026: 14 May, with free tickets too!
The IHBC is delighted to highlight STBA’s appearance at Futurebuild 2026 on Thursday 14 May, with Board members, Panel of Experts and sector colleagues in sessions on assessment, moisture management, performance measurement, place-based retrofit, and regenerative futures.
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Tagged communities, Futurebuild, heritage, retrofit
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Cathedral) doorstep’: Amid a heritage skills crisis, St Paul’s wants to bring its craftspeople into the light, reports Building
image for illustration: St Paul’s Cathedral, London by Freepenguin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons IHBC’s President and the cathedral’s property director – Rebecca Thompson – is on a mission to transform its ageing workshops into a shining new Centre … Continue reading
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THA & University of Oxford explore ‘what makes partnerships across heritage sector and academia work’: Survey open to 1 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 heritage, Heritage Alliance, research, survey
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: 8 URBACT Good Practices turning cooperation into ‘Social Innovation’… powered by the people with a survey too
As cities experiment with how people and institutions collaborate in different ways and spaces, ‘Social innovation’ is becoming a new way of governing and shaping the public realm, grounded in the collective intelligence of the people.
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Hear more from the RTPI , IHBC’s Newcastle School ‘Friends’ – as IHBC-member rates on offer to RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06
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, heritage, IHBC, RTPI
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: GOV.UK on its ‘Working Minds Campaign’ + IHBC onPre-School Webinars & Virtual Day School
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 GOV.UK on Stress, depression and anxiety cause more than half … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Highland Council approve funds for Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum
image for illustration: Gairloch Heritage Museum by Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Plans to construct a full-scale replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum in Wester Ross have been backed by Highland Council, following a grant … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Tourism is huge in Mexico. Spending on cultural sites is not
image for illustration: Palacio de Gobierno, Puebla, México, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Bloomberg reports that although Mexico is… a ‘cultural powerhouse’, critics are warning that… ‘far too little is spent on maintaining the country’s oldest and … Continue reading
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Need a MATE? Book your place now for our free online IHBC Accreditation guidance – Prospective assessors and MATE leads warmly welcomed too: 06/05; 19/08; 18/11
As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATE) programme, we’re continuing to offer free webinars for applicants with CPD-certified advice on applying for IHBC accreditation (Full & Associate).
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Tagged accreditation, cpd, heritage, IHBC, MATE, professional
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £141K costed works this week: Heritage body seeks specialist illustrators, to 20/05
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call by a national heritage … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (charity) doorstep’: ‘Huge relief’ as National Trust exempted from consumer rights rule change
The National Trust is among the charities that have been exempted from a ‘loophole’ in new consumer rights legislation that could have caused it to lose out on funding, reports Civil Society.
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New Historic Houses report finds that nine in ten heritage workers would recommend their career
A new Historic Houses Report ‘In Good Hands – Understanding careers in the heritage sector’, finds that ‘over half of those working in heritage today did not plan to end up’ there.
‘Our Place to Give’: Government’s new plan to unlock philanthropic investment into England’s most disadvantaged communities
Government has launched a plan to make it easier for the wealthiest in society to give back to communities that need help most.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Commission and Europa Nostra announce the winners of Europe’s top heritage awards 2026, with public voting to 12/05
The European Commission and Europa Nostra have announced the 2026 winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, as Europe’s most prestigious awards for heritage go to 30 exemplary projects and champions from 18 countries across the continent.
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Need a MATE? Book your place now for our free online IHBC Accreditation guidance – Prospective assessors and MATE leads warmly welcomed too!
As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATE) programme, we’re continuing to offer free webinars for applicants with CPD-certified advice on applying for IHBC accreditation (Full & Associate).
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Tagged conservation, cpd, expertise, heritage, skills
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