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 Radcliffe Trust, 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:

See also

References
  1. "THE HERITAGE CRAFTS ASSOCIATION, registered charity no. 1159208". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk
  3. "Heritage crafts at risk". TheGuardian.com. 22 March 2010.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Traditional Crafts".
  6. "The Red List of Endangered Crafts". Heritage Crafts Association.
  7. "Endangered Crafts". Woman's Hour. 4 May 2017. BBC Radio 4.
  8. "Sheffield scissor firm is top of the chops at craft awards | The Star".
  9. "Who we are". The Heritage Crafts Association. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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