Tag Archives: traditional skills

Scotland’s national centre gains new retrofit facility to become premiere heritage hub, courtesy RICHeS & UKRI

Scotland’s Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills is to house national facility for the retrofit of traditional buildings, supported by £1m from the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme funded by the UKRI Arts and … Continue reading →

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35 New Training Bursaries awarded by Heritage Crafts

Heritage Crafts has announced the award of 35 new bursaries for trainees from across the UK to learn heritage craft skills, supported by the Capri Holdings Corporate Foundation and others.

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IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026

The IHBC has opened nominations for the next IHBC-MARSH Awards, under its new schedule, from 30 September to 15 December for 2026, offering awards that celebrate ‘Learning in Heritage Skills’ and ‘Community Contributions by Retired members’.

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IHBC ‘PRACTICE’ CPD signpost: Historic England Guidance on Thatching Materials

image for illustration: Rethatching a house at Whippingham, Isle of Wight, ITookSomePhotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Historic England reports on the use of traditional thatching materials, skills and techniques to maintain local distinctiveness, where a key factor is … Continue reading →

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Icon launches Conservation Skills at Risk project

The Institute of Conservation (Icon) has launched a new project to identify conservation skills at risk and help safeguard the future of UK heritage.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Building Burghley’… in stone and in person

image for illustration: Burghley House, the Orangery by Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Stone Specialist and Clare Howcutt-Kelly visits stonemasons Mick Teale and his son, Ben at one of the largest and most spectacular Elizabethan houses in … Continue reading →

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