Daily Archives: 17/04/2020

IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School now booking: ‘OLD TOWNS | NEW FUTURES’, Heritage reflections and speculations from a pandemic, June 19, online and interactive, sessions starting at £15+VAT

With some speakers agreed – including architect Carl Elefante, 94th President of The American Institute of Architects – and delegate places limited, booking has been opened on the IHBC’s CPD highlight for 2020, our ‘Virtual School’, as we look ahead … Continue reading

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IHBC seeks volunteers to shape ‘Virtual MATE’ sessions: More free IHBC CPD supporting membership applications

The IHBC is developing new models to deliver online MATE (Membership Application Training Event) sessions, and seeks prospective applicants for 2-3 hour support sessions to test our plans for ‘Virtual MATEs’.

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IHBC encourages responses to HE Local Authority Strategic Framework (LASF) 10 year plan consultation… closing extended to 25 May

Historic England (HE) is holding a consultation on its new Local Authority Strategic Framework (LASF), which will guide engagement with local authorities, support the prioritisation of resources, and help local authorities to understand what Historic England does, why and how, … Continue reading

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 17: TCI on Planning and infrastructure, different approaches and unanswered questions

The Consultation Institute (TCI) highlights how the UK has fast tracked passage of the Coronavirus Act, while around the world different states have similarly legislated to attempt to counter the consequences of coronavirus, and asks ‘Where do these changes take … Continue reading

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 18: CLC Survey on construction industry at the end of lock-down  

Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has issued a short member survey to identify ‘the biggest issues following the end of the Coronavirus lockdown’.

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 19: HES survey of pandemic impacts on sector, developed in partnership with BEFS

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is conducting a new survey of businesses and organisations to understand the impacts of this fast-changing situation on the historic environment sector across Scotland, developed in partnership with BEFS.

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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 20: AHRC seeks research and innovation ideas to address Covid-19

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) welcomes applications to the UKRI open call for research and innovation ideas to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £180K costed works: English BC seeks QS for museum modernisation, closing 04/05, no value stated

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Conservation from the doorstep’: 1933 Church in New Brighton secures funds for dome restoration

The Tablet has reported on how the church of Ss Peter and Paul and St Philomena, in New Brighton, Wallasey, has been awarded more than £300,000 by the National Lottery to restore the dome of the basilica.

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IHBC CPD Boost: Frank Lloyd Wright houses offer virtual tours – Hollyhock House, Taliesin West, Fallingwater & more

To make sure the public still has access to twelve of those famous works, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy— along with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation — has launched #WrightVirtualVisits, which offers virtual … Continue reading

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Exploring volunteers’ attitudes to health and safety in charity sector – volunteers sought!

Ecclesiastical is partnering with leading researchers at the Health and Safety Executive’s Science and Research Centre to develop practical advice for charities, and seeks volunteers.

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High street benefits £22 billion grants and business rates package

High streets have begun to receive a £22 billion coronavirus boost, with grants of up to £25,000 already being paid into bank accounts of high street businesses, government reports. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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England’s Strategic Stone Study to be relaunched and promoted

The Strategic Stone Study, which has been described as ‘the most important project ever undertaken to identify and record the sources and uses of building stones in England’ has been completed this March.

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