Dai Ifor Evans-Jones, Blacksmithing

Dai Ifor-Evans Jones, from Anglesey, is a part-time self-employed blacksmith and on-call firefighter aiming to establish his own blacksmithing business. He was awarded the training bursary in 2025, to fund a two-week blacksmithing course with Spike Blackhurst in Llanbrynmair and a metal casting course in Liverpool.

Dai’s bursary was supported by the Ashley Family Foundation.