These the Awards celebrate and highlight the traditional living crafts made in the UK that contribute to the United Kingdom’s national heritage, such as silversmithing, dressmaking and tailoring, upholstery, weaving, leatherworking, metalworking, stained glass, green woodworking, embroidery and similar crafts where there is a significant degree of hand skill at the point of manufacture.
The 2026 Heritage Craft Awards has 20 categories and are free to enter. You can nominate yourself or someone else.
The deadline for entries is 5pm on Friday 21 August 2026.
The categories are:
Patron’s Award for Endangered Crafts
England Maker of the Year
Northern Ireland Maker of the Year
Scotland Maker of the Year
Wales Maker of the Year
Precious Metalworker of the Year
Fashion Textile Maker of the Year
Woodworker of the Year
Emerging Building Craftsperson of the Year
Emerging Leatherworker of the Year
Emerging Upholsterer of the Year
Emerging Weaver of the Year
Emerging Green Woodworker of the Year
Emerging Stained Glass Maker of the Year
Emerging Embroiderer of the Year
Emerging Metalworker of the Year
Trainer of the Year
Trainee of the Year
Community Catalyst of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award