Heritage Crafts Maker Relief Fund
29 October 2024
Deadline:
Many craftspeople are facing significant challenges in sustaining their practice, due to a combination of financial pressures and systemic marginalising factors. Heritage Crafts’ Maker Relief Fund is targeted at people facing severe financial hardship while striving to make their living as a professional craftsperson.
The fund will award 50 grants of £1,000 over a 12 month period to practising professional craftspeople who are based in the UK, are over the age of 18, are struggling financially, and who consider themselves to be in one or more of the following categories:
• people on low incomes;
• working class people;
• Black and ethnically diverse people, including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers;
• people with disabilities, who identify as neuro-divergent, and/or have chronic physical or mental health issues;
• members of the LGBTQIA+ community; or
• people with caring responsibilities.
Recipients will be identified from all the eligible entries received by midnight on the 15th day of each month, between November 2024 and October 2025 inclusive. For more details and to make a submission, follow the linktr.ee in our bio. Please share this with any craftspeople you believe would benefit.
This fund is financed by an anonymous donor specifically for this purpose.
The deadline for applications is midnight on the 15th day of each month, from November 2024 to October 2025. If you have any queries about the scheme please let the team know at info@heritagecrafts.org.uk.