Research

None of the research publications listed below deal directly with the full range of traditional crafts skills in the UK. The HCA hopes to see some serious research into the subject to supplement the wealth of anecdotal evidence.

• The Craft Blueprint: a workforce development plan for craft in the UK (Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009)
• Crafts in the English Countryside: towards a future, edited by Professor EJT Collins (The Countryside Agency, 2005)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland: the way forward (Napier University, 2008)
  - and the ongoing follow-up project with AHRB funding
• Scotland's Crafts, by Louise Butler (NMSE Publishing Ltd, 2000)
• Sustaining Our Living Heritage (Heritage Lottery Fund, 2000)
• Glorious Obsession: Scottish Indigenous Crafts Today (Scottish Arts Council, 2000)
• The availability of traditional materials and professional and craft skills (Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland, 2006)
• Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector in England (National Heritage Training Group, 2008)
• Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector in Scotland (National Heritage Training Group, 2007)
• Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector in Wales (National Heritage Training Group, 2007)
• Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector in Ireland (National Heritage Training Group, 2009)
• Built Heritage Sector Professionals: Skills Needs Analysis of the UK Built Heritage Sector (National Heritage Training Group, 2008)
• A Survey of Building Contractors' Views on Traditional Building Craft Skills in the West Midlands (National Heritage Training Group, 2008)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador