About Us

Connecting People, Practice & Place

ConserveConnect is the UK’s dedicated directory for heritage building conservation — a platform linking clients, specialists, and organisations who share a commitment to ethical, community-led restoration. We exist to make it easier to find trusted professionals who repair, restore, and re-imagine historic buildings with care and integrity.

Founded on the belief that conservation is inseparable from community, ConserveConnect brings together those who preserve the past while protecting the future — ensuring that craftsmanship, culture, and local identity remain central to every project.

Our Mission

To strengthen the connection between heritage and humanity by:

• Promoting high standards in conservation practice

• Supporting small craftspeople and consultancies

• Building public awareness of heritage as a shared social value

• Exposing and challenging practices that damage communities or erase cultural identity

We believe that conservation is not just about materials and methods — it’s about people, memory, and place.

Two Platforms, One Purpose

ConserveConnect.com — our professional directory — helps clients and property owners find heritage-led practitioners committed to responsible repair.
ConserveConnect.News — our editorial and campaign platform — documents and challenges the forces reshaping our built environment, from speculative redevelopment to the financialisation of housing.

Together they form a single ecosystem: connecting practice with principle, action with accountability.

Our Ethical Standards

We work only with organisations and professionals whose values align with conservation-led, community-based renewal.

We do not accept listings, partnerships, or advertising from entities involved in:

• Demolition-driven or displacement-based regeneration

• Speculative schemes that erase local character

• Projects that contravene conservation ethics or social value principles

Each listing is reviewed for its professional record, transparency, and reputation. Listings can be removed at any time if new evidence of unethical practice emerges.

If your work undermines communities, you will not appear on ConserveConnect.

Why Our Fees Matter

ConserveConnect operates without developer sponsorship or advertising.
Our modest listing fees sustain:

• Platform maintenance and member verification

• Independent journalism through ConserveConnect.News

• Research and outreach to strengthen heritage protection

When you subscribe or list, you’re supporting an independent, ethical platform — not a commercial ad service.

Every subscription helps protect places — not replace them.

Campaigns & Advocacy

We stand with communities working to preserve local heritage and identity.
Recent coverage and campaigns include:

• Brick Lane & Truman Brewery Inquiry (2025) — defending the cultural fabric of London’s East End

• Peckham Redevelopment Hearings (2025) — scrutinising “heritage-led” claims in urban regeneration

• London Plan 2025 Review — calling for genuine community participation in planning

Read more on ConserveConnect.News.

Our Charter

1. We promote conservation-led design that preserves local identity.

2. We reject any involvement in developments that displace communities.

3. We maintain editorial independence between our directory and our journalism.

4. We use transparent, fair-value fees to fund public-interest work.

5. We measure success by cultural integrity, not commercial volume.

Contact & Updates

Stay connected for new listings, project updates, and specialist insights.
Website: conserveconnect.com
Campaigns & News: conserveconnect.news
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Disclaimer

Listings are independently reviewed. Inclusion does not imply endorsement of every past project. ConserveConnect reserves the right to suspend or remove listings if evidence arises of unethical practice. Our journalism remains editorially independent.

FAQ

Do you profit from controversial developers?
No. We refuse and remove any listing or advertisement that conflicts with our ethical charter.

Why do you charge fees?
To stay independent of corporate or state funding and sustain fair vetting and investigative work.