Heritage Craft Awards

13 April 2026

The Heritage Crafts Awards celebrate and highlight the traditional living crafts made in the UK that contribute to our national heritage, such as silversmithing, dressmaking and tailoring, upholstery, weaving, leatherworking, metalworking, stained glass, green woodworking, embroidery and similar crafts where there is a significant degree of hand skill at the point of manufacture.

With a total prize pot of £25,000, the full list of categories are as follows:

1. Emerging Building Craftsperson of the Year
2. Trainee of the Year
3. Community Catalyst of the Year
4. Lifetime Achievement
5. Trainer of the Year
6. Emerging Metalworker of the Year
7. Emerging Embroiderer of the Year
8. Emerging Stained Glass Maker of the Year
9. Emerging Green Woodworker of the Year
10. Emerging Weaver of the Year
11. Emerging Upholsterer of the Year
12. Emerging Leatherworker of the Year
13. Woodworker of the Year
14. Fashion Textile Maker of the Year
15. Precious Metalworker of the Year
16. Northern Ireland Maker of the Year
17. Patron’s Award for Endangered Crafts

Click on each award for more information.