Wheelwright Sam Rowland has won the inaugural Robin Wood Changemaker Award, supported by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, including a £1,000 prize awarded at a special presentation at Eltham Palace on Tuesday 26 November 2024. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/sa… greg rowland

Kilt maker Nicola Laird The Kiltmakery has won both the inaugural Scotland Maker of the Year Award, supported by the William Grant Foundation, and UK Maker of the Year Award, supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust. Both were awarded at Eltham Palace on 26 Nov. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/an…

Metalworker Rachael Colley and glassblower Allister Malcolm Glass Ltd have won Environmental Sustainability Awards, a partnership between Heritage Crafts and QEST. They both received £1,000 prizes and trophies at a presentation at Eltham Palace on 26 Nov. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/ra…

Silversmith Cara Murphy Cara Murphy has won this year’s inaugural Northern Ireland Maker of the Year Award, supported by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, including a £1,000 prize awarded at a special presentation at Eltham Palace on 26 November 2024. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/an…

Kent-based luthier Shem Mackey has won this year’s Woodworker of the Year Award, supported by Axminster Tools, including a £2,000 prize and trophy awarded at a special presentation at Eltham Palace on Tuesday 26 November 2024. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/ke…

What a splendid opportunity! Please share. Patricia Lovett MBE, FCGI Daniel Carpenter InSEA @katie_leonard1 Potclays Ltd. Heritage Craft All. All-Party Parliamentary Group for Craft Crafts Council UK

The Heritage Crafts team have been learning more about one of the wonderful crafts we support. Fantastic teacher Bethany Wood from Blowfish Glass us how to make glass paperweights and we can’t wait to see how they turn out once they’ve cooled!

Critically endangered crafts fight extinction bbc.in/4gUhRDn

The launch of Sammy’s Foundation marked what would have been my sweet son’s 18th birthday. He died aged just 13 from state neglect. Yet his legacy of hope lives on through the Foundation. The launch was more than I could have dreamed of a year ago. ❤️ Hope this festive film of

January can be a tough month and many craftspeople are facing significant challenges in sustaining their practice. Heritage Crafts Maker Relief Fund is targeted at people facing severe financial hardship while striving to make their living as a maker. heritagecrafts.org.uk/makerrelieffun…

A millwright, a clog maker and a sailmaker are among the recipients of a new round of grants to help safeguard some of the UK’s most endangered craft skills. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/ec…

Have you ever considered taking on a craft apprentice with support from the Government’s apprenticeship scheme? Were you successful or not? Let us know and share your perspective at an event in Central London on 25 February. heritagecrafts.org.uk/events/future-…

Heritage Crafts and The Royal Mint have launched four new training bursaries for new and early-career precious metal workers who will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding as well as one-to-one support from Heritage Crafts. Deadline 7 March. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/an…

Heritage Crafts and Costume Society UK have launched two new training bursaries for new and early-career fashion textile workers who will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding as well as one-to-one support from Heritage Crafts. Deadline 7 March. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/an…

Heritage Crafts, The Leathersellers and Leather UK have launched five new training bursaries for new and early-career leatherworkers who will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding as well as one-to-one support from Heritage Crafts. Deadline 7 March. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/an…

Heritage Crafts and the International Guild of Knot Tyers have launched a new training bursary for a new or early-career practitioner of maritime rope and twine crafts who will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding. Deadline 7 March. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/an…

🚨 Trustee opportunities 🚨 Deadline: Friday 28 February Heritage Crafts is currently looking for Trustees (voluntary, part time) with the skills and experience to enable us to grow as an organisation and to help us to deliver our strategic aims. heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/tr…

A grandfather has become a viral TikTok star after his daughter shared videos of him crafting stained glass. “Stained glass is a dying art, it’s literally on the endangered list with Heritage Crafts,” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… 📷 @artworksbyroland

We’re delighted to be partnering with Creative Lives at 7pm on Wednesday 5 March to celebrate and discuss how craft groups are the original re-users and upcyclers! We’ll be joined by guest Marianna Hamilton of R:evolve Recycle. Book at creative-lives.org/Event/crafting….

Our partnership exhibition with @NewBreweryArts in Cirencester, 'And The Work Goes On', is now open, featuring work by 15 makers under the age of 25, many of whom are just starting out and navigating the professional world of craft.