{"id":46225,"date":"2026-03-31T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46225"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:43:09","slug":"ihbc-opens-corporate-plan-2026-30-cp30-development-with-cp25-consultation-noting-charter-parliamentary-5-commitments-volunteer-investment-more-to-28-02-aft-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46225","title":{"rendered":"IHBC opens Corporate Plan 2026-30 (\u2018CP30\u2019) development with CP25 consultation, noting Charter, Parliamentary 5 Commitments, volunteer investment & more \u2013 to 28\/02 & after"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IHBC\u2019s members and prospective members are asked to feed back on the summary review of our Corporate Plan for 2020-25  – \u2018CP25<\/a>\u2019 \u2013 presented at our September Council, to help inform plans for our Corporate Plan<\/em> for 2026-30 (CP30<\/em>), with initial responses encouraged by 28 February 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

IHBC Members: If you have not received your email on the consultation contact Lydia at admin@ihbc.org.uk<\/a> with your membership number<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prospective IHBC Members: If you are not an IHBC member but have an interest in our work and would like to contribute to the consultation contact Lydia Porter at admin@ihbc.org.uk<\/a> for further details<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IHBC Chair David McDonald and IHBC President Rebecca Thompson have written to IHBC members as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025 the IHBC\u2019s Board agreed that our new Corporate Plan, the guiding document that will take us to 2030, should build on our outgoing plan, the Corporate Plan for 2020-25, more familiarly, \u2018CP25<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CP25 offers the perfect start for planning this next phase in our development, especially as we continue progress on our Charter while facing unknown outcomes there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we want to take a light-touch look at what individual members \u2013 and Branches as appropriate \u2013 think of our work over those last few years and before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new review of \u2018CP25\u2019\u2026 for consultation has been produced to offer an initial summary indication of both progress to date and plans for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early drafts have been presented to our Council and Board, and in general we believe progress has been impressive, even before the pandemic-linked challenges faced at its launch.  Of course there are also new opportunities, only some of which are recognised in CP25 and its review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These last encompass governance, including prospects of a new constitution and new corporate body should a Charter be sought and secured; new priorities in Parliaments across the UK, as represented already by our Parliamentary Briefing and our linked \u20185 Commitments<\/a>\u2019; our expanded volunteer support offered by new regional Branch Consultants, and expanding the opportunities in our CREATIVE Conservation Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are acutely aware that, alongside our ambitions, our core priority must remain as it has been from the start: to maintain and improve all our familiar and fundamental services to the IHBC\u2019s growing community of Conservation Professionals and their networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual in our consultations, members \u2013 including prospective members of all categories \u2013 may freely feed their thoughts on this introductory consultation document to Branch officers; to our committees and representatives, as well as to our trustees and other officers, all as suits. However for us to capture your personal thoughts most effectively we do also encourage use of the dedicated Consultation Form HERE<\/a>. With your help we can all make our new plans as \u2018fit-for-purpose\u2019 as our current planning has proven to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One cautionary note to bear in mind when considering the consultation document: for any issues that you might not be familiar with, please do first see what we may have said about them using the search facility in our NewsBlogs<\/a> or our other web resources or member communications.  A simple search there will likely offer you an adequate background, even for the more nascent projects or programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you still have questions on detail or fact, please do feel free to contact in the first instance the IHBC\u2019s director@ihbc.org.uk<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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