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The Crafts Council Development Award is for makers who are about to set up their business, or who are within three years of doing so.

Crafts Council Development Award Recipients 2007

The Crafts Council Development Award, formally the Setting Up Scheme, is the longest running scheme of its type and has awarded over 1500 grants since it’s inception in 1973, selected by an independent panel of makers representing different disciplines.

The award is for makers who are about to set up their business, or who are within three years of doing so, and consists of:

• An equipment grant of up to £5000, which must be matched by the recipient
• A maintenance grant of £2,500
• A residential forum in aimed specifically at the training needs of small creative practices
• The provision of 1,000 promotional postcards
• One to one support from a Crafts Council Maker Development Officer, which includes two studio visits
• Representation on Photostore, the Crafts Council’s visual database

To be eligible to apply for the Crafts Council Development Award applicants must have completed their studies, be about to or have practised as craftsperson for no more than three years and live and work in England and be resident for tax purposes.

(The Award is open to non-UK nationals as long as they fulfill this condition.) There is no minimum or maximum age limit, or formal training requirements.

Crafts Council Development Award Recipients in 2007 were:

Lina Peterson – Jewellery
Tanvi Kant – Jewellery
Ben Wilson – Product Design
Ismini Samanidou – Textiles
Polly Wales – Jewellery
Tanya Gomez – Ceramics
Maya Selway – Silver
Joseph Harrington – Glass
Aneta Regel Deleu – Ceramics
Jo Hayes Ward – Jewellery
Andrew Lamb – Jewellery
Karola Torkos – Jewellery
Victoria Kershaw – Silver
Merete Rasmussen – Ceramics

Notes to Editors

• The Crafts Council is the national agency for contemporary crafts. The Crafts Council aims to position the UK as the best place in the world for making, seeing and collecting contemporary craft.

• For further information about Crafts Council Development Award go to Learning & Support

• The Crafts Council is funded by Arts Council England. The Arts Council works to get more art to more people in more places by developing and promoting the arts across England and acting as an independent body at arm’s length from government. For 2006 to 2008, Arts Council England have six priorities: taking part in the arts, children and young people, the creative economy, vibrant communities, internationalism and celebrating diversity.

For more information on how to apply for the Development award download the application form below or contact makerdev@craftscouncil.org.uk

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