Awards
The Heritage Crafts awards
Heritage Crafts set up the prestigious Heritage Crafts Awards in 2012. We are indebted to our partner organisations for providing funding to allow us to present a unique suite of awards and bursaries specifically for traditional crafts. We are so grateful for this generous support.
The Heritage Crafts Awards celebrate and highlight the traditional living crafts made in the UK that contribute to our national heritage, such as silversmithing, woodworking, dressmaking and tailoring, leatherworking, pottery, building crafts, upholstery, weaving, embroidery and similar other crafts where there is a significant degree of hand skill at the point of manufacture.
Applications are now closed for 2024
Our next awards round is due to open in early 2025. Keep an eye out on social media and our website for specific dates nearer the time.
Message from the Former Prince of Wales
“As President of the Heritage Crafts Association, I am delighted to endorse this new awards scheme which supports and rewards excellence in the heritage craft sector.
Crafts are such a vital part of our British heritage and I have always been passionately concerned to promote the best aspects of our country’s traditions ― and, equally importantly, to enable these highly specialised skills to be transferred from one generation to the next.
These new awards for heritage craft celebrate excellence across the sector in a variety of ways. They reward those who give so much by volunteering to support the many different crafts, those who pass on their skills, those who wish to improve their craft skills and those who continue to produce great British craft.”
Nominate yourself or someone else
Lifetime Achievement Award
Community Catalyst of the Year Award
Trainee of the Year Award
Scotland Maker of the Year Award
Northern Ireland Maker of the Year Award
England Maker of the Year Award
Wales Maker of the Year Award
Trainer of the Year Award
Maker of the Year Award
Environmental Sustainability Award
President’s Award for Endangered Crafts
Precious Metalworker of the Year Award
Woodworker of the Year Award
Fashion and Textile Maker of the Year Award
Leatherworker of the Year Award
Potter of the Year Award
Young Woodworker of the Year Award
Young Metalworker of the Year Award
Young Leatherworker of the Year Award
Young Building Craftsperson of the Year Award
Young Upholsterer of the Year Award
Young Weaver of the Year Award
Young Embroiderer of the Year Award
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