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Endangered Crafts Fund – Heritage Crafts

Heritage Crafts invites craft practitioners and organisations in the UK to apply for small grants to fund projects that support endangered crafts (the craft must be listed as endangered or critically endangered on the current Red List of Endangered Crafts). A number of grants are ringfenced for Essex, East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove, but those outside of these areas are also eligible to apply.

Applications may, for example, include:

Implementing changes that will ensure the longer-term viability or survival of heritage craft skills, for example:

  • developing a new, innovative approach to heritage craft skills;
  • investing in more efficient machinery;
  • developing new routes to market;
  • exploring the use of sustainable alternative materials while maintaining the heritage character of your practice.

Direct and indirect skills transfer, for example:

  • taking on a trainee or apprentice;
  • preparing to teach courses, including the creation of training materials;
  • online or video content to support skills sharing and documentation;
  • specialist tools and equipment to facilitate training.

Continuous professional development, for example:

  • acquiring the knowledge and skills required to run a successful small business;
  • acquiring the advanced craft skills or allied craft skills necessary to make a craft practice more viable, e.g. through a training course or self-directed learning.

In addition to the funding, you will receive support from the Grants and Awards Officer and the rest of the Heritage Crafts team to ensure that your project is a success. This will be unique to your project, but it could include mentoring support, business support or signposting to other opportunities.

Deadline: Friday 17 October 2025 at 5pm

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