THE PRINCE OF WALES BACKS NEW INITIATIVE TO HELP REVIVE HERITAGE SKILLS

摘要

The Prince's Charities Foundation and Construction Skills have announced that they are providing start-up funding for a Project Director to develop plans for a new 'Cotswolds Heritage Academy'. The new Project Director will develop proposals for the Heritage Academy in the first instance. The Academy is the initiative of Stephen Davis, Chairman of the Wood Chester Mansion Trust. It will aim to train apprentices at all levels to help provide a new generation of craftspeople. It will provide the core skills integral for ensuring growth in the built Heritage sector, offering accredited training in a range of craft skills and related heritage skills at HE level. The Heritage Academy will promote to school pupils at primary and secondary levels the relevance and rewards of careers in the heritage sector.