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Our grants help you to access resources and skills, enabling you to create your best work and grow your business. We also offer funding for organisations in the jewellery and silversmithing industry who wish to collaborate with us.

    Grants for Individuals

    Business Catalyst (Small) Grants

    £1,000 grants for UK based sole traders or small businesses

    Want to accelerate your business growth? Whether you sell direct to consumers or work within the trade, get funding to access equipment, marketing tools or specialist knowledge and get your business off the ground.

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    Business Catalyst (Large) Grants

    Up to £7,000 grants for UK based jewellers, silversmiths and craftspeople

    Access funding to grow or expand your business. Our Grants can help you to take time out to upskill yourself or your team, develop new services, diversify your portfolio of work or reach new markets.

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    Access Grants

    Grants to cover the fees for our skills training programmes

    If you face financial difficulties and would benefit from one of our programmes, our Access Grants could help you to develop your technical or business skills.

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    Jewellery Foundation Programme Support Grants

    £2,500 grants for aged 18 years or older

    If you’re on the Jewellery Foundation Programme, you could get up to £2,500 to help with travel, living costs, and more. Apply for a Support Grant and focus on what really matters - your training.

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    Grants for Organisations

    The Goldsmiths’ Centre Grants

    Up to £20,000 grants for individuals and organisations

    We provide funding for individuals and organisations to support projects and programmes aligned with our mission to protect the skills and future of goldsmithing in the UK.

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    Who we have supported

    Jeweller Flora Bhattachary paints her way to business success

    Business Catalyst (Large) Grants given: £16,000 in 2021; £14,000 in 2022

    Flora Bhattachary is a 20-year veteran of the industry, and the recipient of multiple accolades including a number of prestigious Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards. It was her determination to move forward creatively that made Flora a perfect candidate for the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s Business Catalyst (Large) Grant in 2022.

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    Female victims of trauma empowered through jewellery making

    Grants given: £11,600 in 2021; £11,600 in 2022

    Founded by The Edinburgh-based Silverhub Studios in 2020, the Flourish Jewellery Community Interest Company (CIC) is a socially engaged craft project empowering women who have a history of trauma through jewellery design and making.

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    The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust's Ethical Making Programme

    Grants given: £15,000 in 2021; £15,000 in 2022

    Increasingly, early and mid-career jewellers and silversmiths are calling for a kinder and more conscientious approach to their craft, and thanks to our partnership with The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, seeds of change planted in Scotland now have the potential to broadcast across the UK.

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