The William Morris Craft Fellowship is a course run by The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). It is awarded to three or four highly skilled craftsmen or women. The course is spread over a year and in that time the successful candidates will be able to widen their experience in a broad range of traditional building skills, repair techniques and also preparing them for a position of responsibility.
The course has been running since 1986 and during this time it has advanced the knowledge of an ever increasing pool of craftsmen and women whose skills are as diverse as Thatching, Blacksmith, Flint-knapping and stone carving.
2006 AGM at Clawson Old Manor House with fellows families and friends.
Obtaining a consistent level of funding for this course has become harder for the Society and it was for this reason that a group of Fellows decided to give something back. Eleven craftsmen and women that had completed the Fellowship formed The William Morris Craft Fellowship Trust as a charity in 1998. This was followed by the fantastic news that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had agreed to be our patron.
Lime slaking with Rory Young 1998 Fellows
The Trusts aim was to raise a large capital sum with the initial target of £250,000 and through interest accrued this would allow us to fund up to two places on the Fellowship.
To date we have successfully reached our first target and it is now our intention to set a new target of £500,000, this would not only allow us to fund two places on the Fellowship but also enable us to consider creating bursaries for the self employed, or candidates that have to take unpaid leave in order to attend the course.
The reinstatement of the raredos at St George’s in Bloomsbury
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