The IHBC’s current subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – sees us marking a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body, with a web hub with funding links for volunteers and Branches, as we’re doing all we can to build our programme from the ground up!
… We want to look at our future as much as our past…
Newly elected IHBC President Mike Brown and IHBC Chair David McDonald, representing the IHBC’s Council and Board respectively, said jointly: ‘We’re delighted to hear of new ideas for to mark this year of activities and events marking our 25 anniversary, #IHBC25.’
‘We want to look at our future as much as our past, and push ahead with our modernisation informed by our unique heritage. So we’re calling on all members and tiers of governance – Council, Committees, Branches and members – to think about how you might like to join in or contribute.’
IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: ‘Our new – and accessible – digital platform supports the communications infrastructure and legacy marking our 25th anniversary: #IHBC25.’
‘For now, using the resources listed below where helpful, please do feel free to email your thoughts and suggestions, to Jude Wheeler, our Branch Support Officer, at support@ihbc.org.uk. Or you can just post them on your social media platforms, tagged with #IHBC25.
See more background and get inspired with:
- Context issues from 1997, the year of our incorporation:
- Our 10th Anniversary Context
- Our first NewsBlogs, also from 2007
- The first listed HESPR company is IHBC Enterprises, naturally, as our vote of confidence, but the company on HESPR for longest is The Architectural History Practice (August 2008)
- Our first IHBC E-letter dates from 2009 (it’s now Membership Matters)
- The first Jobs etc. advert was for a Trainee Conservation Officer (Rossendale Borough Council), which went live on 15 October 2010.
- By 2012 our Jobs etc. service substantially increased its digital reach (2012)
- Our first online Events Calendar posting online is from 2013
- The new ‘mobile first’ website launched in 2014
- The first CPD Circular was in 2020, but its predecessor, the first ‘Branch Event’ NewsBlog, appeared in 2018
- Our digital Archive of corporate papers (‘Archive’ tab) has lots more detail
- There’s also an abundance of information on our Branch web pages often historic, with the pages linked below:
