THE PRINCE'S FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY 

The Prince's Foundation' - 'Level 3 NVQ in Heritage Skills'. - Covid-19 flexibility agreed

The Building Craft Programme (BCP) is an eight-month initiative which upskills young people with experience in the construction industry to allow them to transfer to the heritage sector. The ....more

The Building Craft Programme (BCP) is an eight-month initiative which upskills young people with experience in the construction industry to allow them to transfer to the heritage sector. The programme begins each July with a Summer School in London and at Dumfries House, where students study geometry, life drawing and traditional building skills. The Summer School ends with an exercise to design a structure for the Dumfries House Estate, with the winning design made reality during the ten week Live Build. Students then begin four months of work placements through our partner organisations including the Landmark Trust, Gloucester and Canterbury Cathedrals and Shrewsbury Flaxmill. After the work placements, students return to Dumfries House for a course in business skills until the programme ends in February. All graduating students receive an NVQ Level 3 in Heritage Skills. Each year we aim to recruit 12 students from a variety of specialisms - the 2018/19 cohort included five carpenters, joiners and timber framers, three stonemasons, one plasterer, one blacksmith, one thatcher and one bricklayer. Students are encouraged to develop a holistic view of heritage crafts by learning other trades beside their own. The BCP addresses the lack of trained heritage craftspeople in the UK and the fact that rare skills are not being transferred. In its ten years of operation the programme has made a demonstrable contribution to the pool of young heritage craftspeople in the UK. Every graduating student from 2017/18 entered full-time employment or further training in the heritage sector within one month of completing the programme and many of the students who just finished the 2018/19 programme have already been offered employment. By inspiring and training the next generation of craftspeople we are ensuring the long-term viability of heritage assets in the UK, safeguarding their social and economic benefits.

The Building Craft Programme (BCP) is an eight-month initiative which upskills young people with experience in the construction industry to allow them to transfer to the heritage sector. The ....more

The Building Craft Programme (BCP) is an eight-month initiative which upskills young people with experience in the construction industry to allow them to transfer to the heritage sector. The programme begins each July with a Summer School in London and at Dumfries House, where students study geometry, life drawing and traditional building skills. The Summer School ends with an exercise to design a structure for the Dumfries House Estate, with the winning design made reality during the ten week Live Build. Students then begin four months of work placements through our partner organisations including the Landmark Trust, Gloucester and Canterbury Cathedrals and Shrewsbury Flaxmill. After the work placements, students return to Dumfries House for a course in business skills until the programme ends in February. All graduating students receive an NVQ Level 3 in Heritage Skills.

The Building Craft Apprentices (BCA) project is an educational programme offering training and site experience which aims to reverse the decline in suitably-skilled craftspeople in the construction ....more

The Building Craft Apprentices (BCA) project is an educational programme offering training and site experience which aims to reverse the decline in suitably-skilled craftspeople in the construction industry. The Princes Foundations established the programme in 2006, in order to preserve the skills and knowledge essential to maintaining our built heritage, and to building the sustainable communities of the future.

The Building Craft Programme (BCP) is an eight-month initiative which upskills young people with experience in the construction industry to allow them to transfer to the heritage sector. The ....more

The Building Craft Programme (BCP) is an eight-month initiative which upskills young people with experience in the construction industry to allow them to transfer to the heritage sector. The programme begins each July with a Summer School in London and at Dumfries House, where students study geometry, life drawing and traditional building skills. The Summer School ends with an exercise to design a structure for the Dumfries House Estate, with the winning design made reality during the ten week Live Build. Students then begin four months of work placements through our partner organisations including the Landmark Trust, Gloucester and Canterbury Cathedrals and Shrewsbury Flaxmill. After the work placements, students return to Dumfries House for a course in business skills until the programme ends in February. All graduating students receive an NVQ Level 3 in Heritage Skills. Each year we aim to recruit 12 students from a variety of specialisms - the 2018/19 cohort included five carpenters, joiners and timber framers, three stonemasons, one plasterer, one blacksmith, one thatcher and one bricklayer. Students are encouraged to develop a holistic view of heritage crafts by learning other trades beside their own. The BCP addresses the lack of trained heritage craftspeople in the UK and the fact that rare skills are not being transferred. In its ten years of operation the programme has made a demonstrable contribution to the pool of young heritage craftspeople in the UK. Every graduating student from 2017/18 entered full-time employment or further training in the heritage sector within one month of completing the programme and many of the students who just finished the 2018/19 programme have already been offered employment. By inspiring and training the next generation of craftspeople we are ensuring the long-term viability of heritage assets in the UK, safeguarding their social and economic benefits.

The Prince's Foundation' - 'Level 3 NVQ in Heritage Skills'. - Covid-19 flexibility agreed

The Building Craft Apprentices (BCA) project is an educational programme offering training and site experience which aims to reverse the decline in suitably-skilled craftspeople in the construction ....more

The Building Craft Apprentices (BCA) project is an educational programme offering training and site experience which aims to reverse the decline in suitably-skilled craftspeople in the construction industry. The Prince?s Foundation?s established the programme in 2006, in order to preserve the skills and knowledge essential to maintaining our built heritage, and to building the sustainable communities of the future.

The Building Craft Apprentices (BCA) project is an educational programme offering training and site experience which aims to reverse the decline in suitably-skilled craftspeople in the construction ....more

The Building Craft Apprentices (BCA) project is an educational programme offering training and site experience which aims to reverse the decline in suitably-skilled craftspeople in the construction industry. The Prince?s Foundation?s established the programme in 2006, in order to preserve the skills and knowledge essential to maintaining our built heritage, and to building the sustainable communities of the future.

Building Craft Apprentices

the Apprentice Programme 2013-14

Young Heritage Apprentices

Towards Core costs Towards staffing costs to expand the Visual Arts Mentoring Programme which matches the school's postgraduates with talented children and young people.