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Heritage Crafts
Endangered Crafts Fund
Heritage Crafts' Endangered Crafts Fund gives small grants of up to £2,500 to UK-based craft practitioners and organisations for projects that support a craft listed as endangered or critically endangered on the current Red List of Endangered Crafts. Some grants are ringfenced for Suffolk, Essex, East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove, but applicants anywhere in the UK can apply. The current round (Round 15, autumn 2026) closes at 5pm on Friday 16 October 2026; the fund is highly competitive and mostly supports individual makers.
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- You could get
- Up to £2,500
- Deadline
- Closed
- Effort
- Moderate
- full application with documents
Who can apply
- Practising endangered craft practitioners and organisations working to promote and safeguard an endangered craft, based in the UK and intending to continue the craft in the UK
- The craft must be listed as endangered or critically endangered on the Red List of Endangered Crafts 2025
- Membership of Heritage Crafts is not required
- Previous recipients generally cannot be supported again except in exceptional circumstances
- Projects should start within 12 months of the application period
What it funds
Projects that support a craft listed as endangered or critically endangered on the Red List of Endangered Crafts, for example:
- Implementing changes for longer-term viability (a new, innovative approach to heritage craft skills, more efficient machinery, new routes to market, sustainable alternative materials while keeping heritage character)
- Direct and indirect skills transfer (taking on a trainee or apprentice, preparing to teach courses and creating training materials, online or video content for skills sharing and documentation, specialist tools and equipment for training)
- Continuous professional development (small business skills, advanced or allied craft skills through a course or self-directed learning)
Recipients also get tailored support such as mentoring, business support and signposting from the Heritage Crafts team.
What it will not fund
- Crafts not listed as endangered or critically endangered on the current Red List
- General living expenses
- Research not tied to hands-on skills
- Promotional activities
- Festivals, exhibitions and events
- Personal wages or compensation for lost earnings (except rarely, with prior agreement)
- Your own time spent teaching
- Residencies or awareness projects
- International training or candidates; overseas travel only if the skills are unavailable in the UK and agreed in advance
- Repeat applications from previous recipients (except in exceptional circumstances)
How to apply
- Check your craft is listed as endangered or critically endangered on the Red List of Endangered Crafts, and read the FAQs and the reference application questions
- Complete the online application form (linked from the fund page) by 5pm on Friday 16 October 2026, uploading up to three images of your work and any supporting documents
- Alternatively, record a video or audio application (ideally no more than 15 minutes) addressing all the questions and email it to Rae, Grants and Awards Officer, at rae@heritagecrafts.org.uk
- Eligible projects are assessed and shortlisted by a panel of Heritage Crafts staff, trustees, experienced makers and external experts; shortlisted applicants are usually interviewed on Zoom
Contact Rae well in advance of the deadline if unsure whether your craft or project is eligible.
There are usually two rounds a year (one with a May deadline and one with an October deadline).
Have ready
- Online application form (or video/audio application)
- Up to three images of your work or the project, as JPEG files no larger than 10MB each, labelled with your full name and numbered
- Breakdown of project costs (including delivery, VAT and other expenses) and details of other funding secured or planned
Business plans or wider supporting documents may also be uploaded (optional).