FIRST EVER CONFERENCE FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST HERITAGE & RURAL SKILLS CENTRE SKILLS FROM THE PAST – FIT FOR THE FUTURE

Tickets are now on sale for the Heritage & Rural Skills Centre’s first ever conference taking place on Friday September 20 at the Buscot & Coleshill estate, Coleshill near Swindon SN6 7PT.

CONSERVATE will bring together industry professionals in heritage craft, conservation and rural skills to explore the challenges and opportunities within the heritage skills sector.

Representatives from the Heritage Crafts Association, Bishopsland Education Trust, the Household Department of the Royal Household and the National Trust will give talks to set the scene of working in heritage crafts today and discuss what the future might hold.

Skilled makers will give further talks and demonstrations of their crafts, including carving, blacksmithing, paper marbling, coppicing and basket making, weaving, green woodworking and lime plastering. 

The conference will run from 10.15am till 4pm with a total of seven 20-30 minute talks spaced throughout the day, and there’ll be an hour and a half in the middle of the day for lunch and demonstrations. There will also be an opportunity for questions as the conference closes. Teas and coffees are available during the day, and a meat or plant-based lunch can be provided at an additional cost.
 

Tickets cost £36.50 per person with lunch or £25 without. Available from the National Trust website at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/skills-centre. For more information, call 01793 762209 or email buscotandcoleshill@nationaltrust.org.uk.