Membership Awards 2025 are open until 19 May – start your nomination now!

Find out more 🡕

News

The latest stories in this category from the City & Guilds Foundation and our networks.

Funding four exceptional craftspeople through Heritage Crafts bursary

Funding four exceptional craftspeople through Heritage Crafts bursary

by | 2 Oct 2024 | , , ,

We are delighted to announce funding for four exceptional craftspeople through the Heritage Crafts bursary scheme. The City & Guilds Foundation provides up to £4,000 per person to support heritage crafts trainees whose talent might otherwise be lost to the sector were it not for vital additional hands-on training at the start of their career. This round we were happy to fund Ayham Aldoghim, Ziyaad Lorgat, Exauce Mondo, and Marcia Vidal. Ayham Aldoghim, from Bristol, is originally from...

read more
Fellowship in the City event: Paving the way for those looking to progress in engineering

Fellowship in the City event: Paving the way for those looking to progress in engineering

by | 3 Sep 2024 | , , , ,

Over 145 years ago, City & Guilds was founded by Livery Companies with royal patronage, and ever since has celebrated and valued that relationship. On Monday 02 September, at Mansion House in London, we brought together two of our oldest friends, the City of London and Imperial College – one of not just the UK’s foremost centres of higher education excellence, but one which is recognised as the very best in the world. We also had a number of our stakeholder employers and Fellows in...

read more
Princess Royal Training Awards class of 2024 receive royal recognition for tremendous training and incredible impact

Princess Royal Training Awards class of 2024 receive royal recognition for tremendous training and incredible impact

by | 15 Aug 2024 | ,

City & Guilds has today announced the 52 training programmes that will be recognised by the 2024 Princess Royal Training Awards. Now in its ninth year, The Princess Royal Training Awards continue to recognise organisations who demonstrate exceptional commitment to learning and development, and is now established as a prestigious and sought-after accolade in this field. With skills training increasingly cited as a key to improving productivity challenges within the economy, creating learning programmes to develop new and existing workforce talent is now more important than ever.

read more
The Commonwealth Heritage Forum and City & Guilds of London Art School are pleased to offer Introduction to Global Conservation: Commonwealth Summer School

The Commonwealth Heritage Forum and City & Guilds of London Art School are pleased to offer Introduction to Global Conservation: Commonwealth Summer School

by | 25 Jul 2024 | , ,

City & Guilds of London Art School is delighted to be partnering with Commonwealth Heritage Forum to host a two-week Introduction to Global Conservation summer school. The summer school will bring together 24 participants working in restoration and construction specialisms from across Commonwealth countries, many of whom are facing the unprecedented challenges that climate change presents to heritage buildings. At the Art School, participants will spend two weeks building on their...

read more
Rhi Christie makes waves with winning entry at Pewter Live design competition

Rhi Christie makes waves with winning entry at Pewter Live design competition

by | 27 Jun 2024 | , , ,

Rhi Christie, from Cardiff, is celebrating winning the City & Guilds Learner Prize at this year’s Pewter Live, an annual European Design Competition which promotes the use of pewter and innovation in design. Each year, this important event is supported by City & Guilds through the provision of a cash prize to a student who has produced outstanding work. Rhi’s entry, entitled ‘No Harmony’, is a pewter-coated ceramic sculpture, which explores how underwater plant life is harmed by human...

read more
Green Start: A transformative programme continuing to empower ex-offenders from Groundwork

Green Start: A transformative programme continuing to empower ex-offenders from Groundwork

by | 21 Jun 2024 | , , , ,

Last year, we reported on the inspiring work being carried out by Groundwork, a UK-wide alliance of charities that brings communities together to tackle poverty and environmental challenges. Committed to creating opportunities for all, they launched their Green Start programme in 2021 in partnership with the City & Guilds Foundation to equip prison leavers with construction, carbon literacy and green skills. The programme has exceeded expectations, with positive prisoner outcomes, a...

read more
Foundation & Friends podcast: Championing Investment into Early Talent

Foundation & Friends podcast: Championing Investment into Early Talent

by | 23 Apr 2024 | , , , , , ,

A successful early talent strategy and strong learning culture can help organisations to attract, engage and retain early career employees, leading to a more productive workforce and a thriving future for your organisation. To explore this topic, host Manuel Thompson-Ọ́lọ́kọ̀, Early Talent and Apprenticeships Partner at City & Guilds, is joined by Lesley Bamber, Early Careers UK & I Lead at award-winning firm WTW,  who shares his proven strategies for developing young talent and...

read more
Recognising excellence through the Livery Company Prizes

Recognising excellence through the Livery Company Prizes

by | 27 Mar 2024 | , , , ,

Earlier this month we hosted the annual City & Guilds Livery Company Prizes awards at Mansion House, home of the Lord Mayor, The Rt. Hon. Professor Michael Mainelli (Alderman). Each year City of London Livery Companies award prizes to honour outstanding learners and tutors from across the UK, who have achieved or delivered City & Guilds qualifications. The City and Guilds of London Institute was founded by the Livery Companies in 1878 and therefore maintains a close link with them....

read more
Celebrating our heritage whilst focusing on the future

Celebrating our heritage whilst focusing on the future

by | 21 Mar 2024 | , , ,

The 145th Yearly Meeting of the City and Guilds of London Institute happened at Plaisterers’ Hall in the heart of the City. This beautiful Livery Hall reflects the grandeur of a bygone era in a modern setting. The current hall was opened in 1972 and backs onto the remains of the original Roman London Wall which dates back to the third century. It was a very befitting venue for our meeting as we reflected upon and celebrated our heritage (as we ourselves were established in 1878 by the City of...

read more
City & Guilds Foundation
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. For more information see our privacy policy.