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- IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular out: Still places left on Full School (12/13-15 June), Day (14/06) & Virtual, from only £30+VAT, with free pre-School webinars too 10/05/2024
- IHBC Chair registers sadness at untimely death of Rosemarie MacQueen MBE, ‘…one of the Institute’s most distinguished members…’ 10/05/2024
- Book now for IHBC’s ‘hybrid’ 2024 School #IHBCReading2024: IHBC Certified CPD across Law, Economics & Practice, with options from £30+VAT for 1 day (online) 10/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £214K+ works this week: Town Council seeks PM lead for building renovation project, closing 31/05/2024, to £60K 10/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call out for statue specialists as part of George Square transformation 10/05/2024
- IStructE on an engineers’ call for the design of buildings, towns and cities that will repair the natural world 10/05/2024
- £400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06 10/05/2024
- Job Vacancy: General Secretary of ICOMOS-UK – Voluntary + expenses, closing 17 May 10/05/2024
- CAMRA urges Government to support Heritage Pub Bill to stop another Crooked House scandal, with ‘stronger planning enforcement laws’ 10/05/2024
- James Hughes appointed new Director of the Victorian Society 10/05/2024
- HES reports on ongoing conservation works at its sites 10/05/2024
- Historic England Awards £400,000 to Ushaw for Emergency Repair Works 10/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European cities driving change through URBACT Action Planning Networks 10/05/2024
- IHBC’s FREE Pre-Conference CPD webinar series for #IHBCReading2024 School continues: ‘Reading Abbey Revealed’ (10/5), Munstead Wood (16/05) & Reading’s changes (24/05) 07/05/2024
- Reserve your place at IHBC’s 2024 School #IHBCReading2024: Place and building care across 4 days, from £30+VAT for Virtual Day School 07/05/2024
- IHBC’s new CPD Circular now out: Easy access to training, awards & more – from free pre-conference Reading School webinars, to retrofit (Quaker), regen (Bishop Auckland), BNG & more 07/05/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Technology’ Competence signpost: Government harnesses AI to improve public project delivery 07/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ reminder: ALL HESPR members’ staff get IHBC member rate at #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School, 14 June, only £30+VAT 07/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: Housing plans unveiled for King’s Arms Hotel in Irvine 07/05/2024
- HE updates on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act Regulations 07/05/2024
- UK Government saves six vital community spaces from closure in Wales 07/05/2024
- Housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition seeks cure for ‘shortage of accessible and adaptable homes’ 07/05/2024
- RTPI supports Government’s drive to deliver more homes on brownfield land 07/05/2024
- RAAC discovered in 18 Scottish universities and colleges 07/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: New report on value of heritage in Victoria by IHBC Member Kate Clarke 07/05/2024
IHBC’s 2024 AGM concludes with overwhelming support for ‘next steps’ in petition for charter exploration: ‘Preparing a Memorandum for the Privy Council Office’
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Reserve your place at IHBC’s 2024 School #IHBCReading2024: ‘Place and building care’ across 4 days, from £30+VAT for Virtual Day School
Secure your place at the IHBC’s 2024 Annual School, taking place online and in person in Reading, across 12/13-15 June, and centred on our blended Day School (14 June), with the Virtual School launch at IHBC’s MarketPlace:LIVE (12 June), all offering IHBC-recognised CPD, in person and online, from £30+VAT. Continue reading
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IHBC’s Chair welcomes Carole Souter CBE as THA’s new Chair of Trustees
On behalf of the IHBC, Chair David McDonald, has warmly welcomed the appointment of Carole Souter CBE as the new Chair of Trustees at The Heritage Alliance (THA), succeeding Acting Chair Ingrid Samuel OBE. Continue reading
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Your guidance for #IHBCReading2024 School CPD focus, including ‘Legislation & Policy’ + ‘Finance & Economics’, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT
The IHBC’s initial CPD guidance tied to the exploration of ‘Place & Building Care…’ at our #IHBCReading2024 School (June 12/13-15; Day School June 14) highlights the focus on priority, ‘hard to access’ CPD across our practice areas – the Competences – with options from the low-cost, easy-access ‘Virtual’ School (including recordings), from £30+VAT, to our Full Residential School, with tours, Thursday reception and Friday Annual Dinner.
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IHBC’s volunteering spotlight: AHF seeks up to three new Trustees, including Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, to 31 May
The Architectural Heritage Fund Is looking for up to three new Trustees, including a Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee, as well as a trustee with skills potentially including conservation and heritage/community led regeneration, closing 31 May.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £400K+ works this week: Heritage estate body seeks Landscape Architect for woodland landscape, to 24/05
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a heritage estate body with global reach for a Landscape Architect to create a woodland landscape, to 24/05.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: A New Future For Dover’s Historic Roman Painted House
Roman Painted House in New Street, Dover is to reopen this summer after nearly two years shut, reports Dover District Council.
image for illustration: Stephen McKay / The Roman Painted House, Dover (2008) Commons Wiki
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£14.8million awarded by HLF to projects forging the future of industrial past across the UK
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has invested in seven projects that ‘will reimagine and protect the UK’s history of innovation, transport and industry.’
image for illustration: David Lally / Isles of Scilly Town Hall Commons Wikimedia
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Government on ‘Partnerships for People and Place’: Offering guidance for ‘officials in place-based policymaking’
Guidance on ‘Partnerships for People and Place’ offers ‘Guidance and advice for officials working on place-based policymaking’, providing practical tips for officials to improve approaches to place-based ways of working.
image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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AHF on new grants to transform Historic High Streets in England
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is excited to announce a new batch of Project Development Grants to community-focused projects that will contribute to the transformation of high streets and town centres in England.
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Check out THA’s Carbon Literacy Training Courses & dates
The Heritage Alliance (THA) is delivering the Historic England Heritage Carbon Literacy Training Course, designed for heritage organisations and covering climate change and carbon emissions.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European citizens support religious heritage
Research from Future for Religious Heritage shows 81% of Europeans believe that religious heritage is key for the present and future of their community.
image for illustration: by Peter Badcock
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Another FREE pre-conference #IHBCReading2024 School webinar: ‘Caring for buildings through effective enforcement’ (03/05, from 1.00pm) and with more to come
The IHBC is delighted to announce three more free and open to all #IHBCReading2024 pre-conference CPD webinars in our exploration of ‘Place & Building Care…’ in Reading in June, with ‘Enforcement up next as Andrew Lavender explores ‘effective enforcement’ on 3 May, 1.00-2.30pm.
‘Caring for buildings through effective enforcement’:
3 May, 1.00-2.30pm
Andrew Lavender, co-Director Lavender & Wilson
REGISTER HERE to attend
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IHBC seeks Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Full Members as paid MATE session leads, initial closing 1 May
IHBC Full Members who are strong presenters and communicators, committed to maintaining our standards in line with the Institute’s interdisciplinary practice model, as well as supporting members’ career journeys, are called on to submit interest in a new occasional, flexible, interactive and fee-based opportunity as an IHBC ‘Recognised MATE Provider’!
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First CPD guidance for #IHBCReading2024 School: ‘Management’ Competences -‘Legislation & Policy’ + ‘Finance & Economics’, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT
The IHBC’s initial CPD guidance tied to the exploration of ‘Place & Building Care…’ at our #IHBCReading2024 School (June 12/13-15; Day School June 14) highlights the focus on priority, ‘hard to access’ CPD across our practice areas – the Competences – with options from the low-cost, easy-access ‘Virtual’ School (including recordings), from £30+VAT, to our Full Residential School, with tours, Thursday reception and Friday Annual Dinner.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ Revisited: ALL HESPR member staff get IHBC member rate at #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School, 14 June, only £30+VAT (Code required)
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features the #IHBCReading2024 School offer to HESPR members of reduced rates for all staff joining the Virtual School on 14 June: only £30+VAT.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Welsh) doorstep’: Welsh slate helps Nash’s All Souls from the end of an era to a new one
John Nash’s last surviving church gets a new Welsh Slate roof giving the church a new lease of life in its bicentenary, reports Welsh Slate.
image for illustration: By Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK – The Church of All Souls, Langham Place, CC BY 2.0
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Edinburgh’s Granton gasholder taking shape for future public park, says Council
New footage shows the tank in the iconic gasholder frame has been infilled in preparation for the site to become a public park in the future, reports the City of Edinburgh Council.
image for illustration: Granton gasholder by Kim Traynor – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Civic Voice and Historic England join forces to explore local historical plaque schemes: Survey closes 12/05
Civic Voice and Historic England have announced their collaboration aimed at gaining understanding about local plaque schemes and the organisations behind them.
image for illustration: Historic England
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RICS launches new Standard to for UK retrofitting Practices
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has launched a new ‘Residential Retrofit Standard’ following consultation.
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RIBA Horizons 2034: ‘Architecture must change beyond recognition to meet the climate challenge’
The RIBA’s new horizon scanning programme with ‘RIBA Horizons 2034: The Environmental Challenge’ provides foresight into how the design and construction industry can mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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RTPI & Scottish Government launch Digital Skills Portal for planners
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Scottish Government have launched the Digital Skills Portal, a ‘one stop’ portal designed to improve the confidence of digital skills, amongst all planners, in their everyday roles.
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CLC sets out ambitious delivery plan for 2024
Preparing industry for the Building Safety Act, improving productivity, reducing carbon emissions and supporting biodiversity will be the priorities for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) in 2024.
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CNP Health Check Report: First assessment & recommendations on nature recovery in National Parks in England and Wales
A new National Parks Health check report from the Campaign for National Parks (CNP) finds national parks across England and Wales are struggling to restore nature as a result of insufficient funding and outdated design.
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HES: Skills Investment Plan (SIP) for Scotland’s Historic Environment
Historic Environment Scotland has published a refreshed Skills Investment Plan (SIP) to support our workforce and to nurture their skills, knowledge, expertise, and personal qualities.
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