Daily Archives: 17/12/2021

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IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements: Improved support for all, and ONLY the name changes for those seeking status quo

IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category to recognise those with an ‘awareness’ of conservation means that from April 2022 anyone not securing or applying for assessment as an Affiliate will join a new ‘supporter’-style category, but see no … Continue reading

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IHBC update: CHN seeks COP26 sign up to ‘Manifesto on Keeping 1.5° Alive’

The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) – a voluntary, mutual support network of arts, culture and heritage organisations – seeks signatories to its COP26-linked ‘Manifesto on Keeping 1.5° Alive’, entitled ‘Accelerating Climate Action through the Power of Arts, Culture and Heritage’.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £500K+ works this week: DC seeks tenders re. conservation skills, closing 04/01, valued to £17K

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features the call from this week is the call from … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Swindon’s iconic dome gets GII listed status from Historic England

Swindon’s Oasis Leisure Centre has been given Grade II listed status after a year-long campaign to save it after landlord Seven Capital revealed plans to rebuild, but removing the dome and lagoon, reports The Swindon Advertiser.

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Victorian Society’s 2021 Top 10 Endangered Buildings now out

The Victorian Society has issued its ‘Top Ten Endangered Building List for 2021’.

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Don’t forget: England’s Heritage Heroes nominations close 23/01/2022

Insurer Ecclesiastical celebrated the incredible contribution of volunteers across the sector with its yearly Heritage Hero award, which is now open and with nominations closing on 23 January 2022.

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Christmas funding boost for 47 churches: £473K+

The Christmas funding package from the National Churches Trust (The NCT) is our third and final funding round in 2021, with 47 churches across the UK are being helped with grants totalling £473,000. image: for illustration purposes only

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Environment Agency: c.1.5M homes in UK at risk of flooding

As many as 1.5 million households in the UK are at risk of flooding but are yet to take any action, the Environment Agency has said.

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Kickstart Scheme: HM Government’s advice on filling vacancies

The Department of Work and Pensions has offered five tips to fill your kickstart vacancy swiftly and successfully.

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Hedgehog highway solves prickly issue at Lanark station

Network Rail Scotland has put hedgehog-friendly solutions in place at Lanark station to allow the little creatures to move freely in and around railway property. image: By Gibe, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29948

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