First round of Heritage Crafts Awards 2024 now open
The first round of the Heritage Crafts Awards in 2024 are now open for nominations, with seven awards up for grabs, with support from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, the Marsh Charitable Trust, and the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust. Deadline for applications: 24 May 2024.
UK to ratify 2003 UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage
The Department for Culture Media and Sport has today announced that United Kingdom is set to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, following 14 years of advovacy by Heritage Crafts and others.
Reviving the craft of cricket ball making in the UK
As Co-Chair of Heritage Crafts, the UK charity set up to support traditional crafts skills, Jay Blades MBE is leading a new initiative to bring cricket ball making back to the UK. The craft has been listed as extinct in the UK since the first edition of the Red List of Endangered Crafts was published in 2017.
Heritage Crafts and The Royal Mint launch new precious metal bursaries
The Heritage Crafts and The Royal Mint have announced four new bursaries for precious metal workers to preserve and champion traditional British craftsmanship skills, following the success of last year’s bursaries.