Winners of Foundation Bursaries 2001 - 2011

2011 (9,500 awarded)

Thomas Soare - the Freemason's Award (to help with travel costs as an SPAB William Morris fellow

Joe Irving (for a West Dean course on furniture making)

Megan Stacey (towards fees for the York University MA course in Stained Glass)

Katie Harrison (towards fees for the York University MA course in Stained Glass)

Carol Peacock (towards fees for MA course in Conservation at Camberwell College

Rachel Greenwood (for an ARA course module in Parchment Conservation)

Shelley Anderson (to meet some of the costs of training with an expert Coppersmith)

Geoff Neal - the HHA Award (for his Lead-Working apprentice)

2010 (£11,000 awarded)

David Everingham - picture restorer - Historic Houses Association award (for taking on new apprentice)

Nigel Barnett - blacksmith (for taking on new apprentice)

Don Barker - blacksmith - the combined Freemasons and Merchant Taylors Award (for taking on new apprentice)

Thomas Beeby - carpenter (to assist with travel costs associated with his SPAB William Morris Fellowship

Darren McLean (for a West Dean course on the conservation of historic floors)

Jodie Dodgson - of the York Glaziers Trust (for a "Chemistry for Conservators" course)

Carol Peacock - archivist (to meet travel costs for an internship at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum)

2009 (£12,000 awarded)

Burrows Davies Ltd – the Freemasons’ Award (for taking on new apprentice)

Keith Barley – the Merchant Taylors Award (for taking on new apprentice)

Chris Topp – the HHA Award (for taking on new apprentice)

Catherine Dand - Trainee Archivist at the Borthwick, (for the Society of Archivists course)

Nicola Dowsett - (towards the MA course in stained glass at the University)

Nick Teed  - of the York Glaziers Trust (for a “Chemistry for Conservators” course)

Sophie Adamson - of the Newport Ship Project (for an internship at the YAT)

2008 (£8,000 awarded)

Scottish Lime Centre Trust – National Lime Centre (for taking on new apprentice)

Ryedale Plasterers Ltd – Plasterers (to train two high potential craftsmen)

David Davies – Carpenter and SPAB William Morris Fellow (meet living costs while undertaking fellowship)

Ben Levings – Trainee Carver and Stonemason (to finance career change City and Guilds stonemasonry course)

Emma Schmuecker – Conservator of Asian Armour (to attend specialist conference in India)

Suzanne Kitto – Metalwork Conservator (to attend a course in metalwork conservation at West Dean)

Sayaka Fakuda – Book Conservator (towards cost of MA on lacquered covers of Japanese souvenir albums)

2007 (£8,000 awarded)

Yorkshire Hurdles – Woodland Management and Coppicing (contribution to costs of new apprentice)

Houghton’s of York – Joiners and Carpenters (contribution to costs of new apprentice)

Matthias Garn – Stonemason (contribution to costs of new apprentice and to training of existing employee in letter-cutting)

York Glaziers Trust – Stained Glass Conservators (contribution to travel costs for information exchange with Cologne Cathedral)

Alaina Schmisseur – Archaeological Conservator (study of excavated leather shoes and their wearers)

Yorkshire Air Museum – Aircraft Conservation (preparation of complete training package for the application of fabric to historic airframes)

2006 (£4,000 awarded)

Don Barker – Blacksmith (contribution to costs of taking on new indentured apprentice)

Richard Hickton – Stonemason (contribution to costs of 2-year stone carving course)

Tracy Holmes – Stained Glass Conservator (contribution to costs of 2-year MA course in Conservation studies at York University)

Ruth Prosser – Paper Conservator (travel costs for study in St Petersburg and Tallin of conservation of Chinese pith paper illustrations)

2005 (£3,925 awarded)

Michael Grady - Decorative Plasterer (financial support for William Morris Fellowship with SPAB).

Rachel Sabino-Gunaratna - conservator/restorer of ceramics and glass (internship at the Corning Museum of Glass in the USA).

Rosamund Weatherall - Textile Designer  (MA in textile conservation at Southampton University).

Six York Minster Stone Masons  (travel costs for international Stone Festival in Freiburg, Germany)

Jenny Pearson - Book and Paper Conservator (fees for Society of Bookbinders Training Conference at Bath University)

2004 (£3,700 awarded)

Steve Allen – Wet wood Conservator (international seminar in Copenhagen)

Tim Covington – Stonemason (course in letter-cutting)

Fiona Jones – Decorative Plasterer (financial support for William Morris Fellowship from SPAB)

Julia Meredith – Wood Carver (setting up own business)

Katerina Powell – Conservator of Architectural Drawings (specialist course in Hamburg)

Helen Whittaker – Stained Glass Artist (figurative sculpture course)

2003 (£4,500 awarded)

Matthias Garn – Stonemason (master stonemason course in Germany)

Lee Godfrey – Stone Carver (MA course in conservation)

Tom Heys and Andrew Brind – Blacksmiths (Master’s course in leafwork)

David Medley – Stonemason (restoration carving course)

Stephanie Erpenbeck – Student Conservator  (open water diving course for marine archaeology)

2002 (£4,800 awarded)

Yvonne Adamson – Conservator of Scagliola (studies in Eastern Europe)

Gary Bishop – Trainee Stained Glass Artist (medieval glass-painting techniques)

Susie Clark – Paper and Photographic Conservator (courses on digitisation of photographic records)

Lindsay Hogarth – Apprentice Stone Carver (international apprentice competition at Dresden’s Frauenkirche)

Stephen Pickering – Builder and Stonemason  (advanced craft training and use of lime mortar)

2001 (£2,000 awarded)

Iain Broadbent – Apprentice Wood Carver (for the purchase of tools)

Michael Goulding – Stone Mason (specialist tools for international competition in Korea)

Erica Paterson – Archaeological Conservator (specialist course)

Leanne Walker – Stained Glass Conservator (work experience in other expert studios)