Heritage Crafts Association
The Heritage Crafts Association is a registered United Kingdom charity[1] set up to support and promote traditional crafts. Since October 2021 it has been operating under the name Heritage Crafts.[2]
The charity was launched at the Victoria & Albert Museum in March 2010,[3] with a membership programme for supporters.[4]
Heritage Crafts initiated a 30-minute adjournment debate on the state of traditional crafts in Westminster in June 2009.[5]
In May 2017, in association with , the Association published the HCA Red List of Endangered Crafts, which was repeated again in March 2019 and May 2021, when it was funded by The Pilgrim Trust.[6] This publication was also covered on Woman's Hour.[7]
In 2020, the charity's President, the Prince of Wales, launched The President's Award for Endangered Crafts, which was won in 2020 by Ernest Wright scissor makers[8] and in 2021 by watchmaker Dr Rebecca Struthers.
Trustees and patrons[]
The President of the Heritage Crafts Association is the Prince of Wales and it is run by a board of trustees, including professional scribe Patricia Lovett MBE (chair) and Robin Wood MBE (professional wood turner and co-founder of Spoonfest with Barn the Spoon).[9]
Ambassadors include:
- Will Kirk - furniture restorer and television presenter
- Kaffe Fassett – textile designer
- Alex Langlands – archaeologist and star of Victorian Farm and Tales from the Green Valley
- Professor May Cassar - Professor of Sustainable Heritage at University College London
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "THE HERITAGE CRAFTS ASSOCIATION, registered charity no. 1159208". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/mar/22/heritage-crafts-at-risk
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
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- ^ "The Red List of Endangered Crafts". Heritage Crafts Association.
- ^ "Endangered Crafts". Woman's Hour. 4 May 2017. BBC Radio 4.
- ^ "Sheffield scissor firm is top of the chops at craft awards | The Star".
- ^ "Who we are". The Heritage Crafts Association. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
External links[]
- Crafts organizations
- 2010 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Charities based in England