{"id":1005,"date":"2010-01-22T13:23:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T13:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2010-03-24T13:24:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:24:29","slug":"economic-social-contribution-of-crafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"Economic &#038; social contribution of crafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Crafts Council has launched a major  research project into the economic and social value of craft, focusing  on portfolio working craft makers who engage with other industry sectors  and community and education contexts.<\/p>\n<p>Craft makers who apply  their craft skills\/knowledge\/creativity in other industry sectors (eg  fashion, television, carnival, leisure, tourism etc) and\/or in community  settings (eg youth, older people, criminal justice etc) who would be  interested in taking part in this interview based research, are being  sought. \u00a0The findings from this qualitative study will fuel our policy  work, create content for our national conference on 22 June 2010 and  provide a rounded view of the sector\u2019s impact which can\u2019t be fully  captured by statistics.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re keen to involve both a wide range  of makers and also the organisations they work with, or are supported  by, in this research. We hope you will be able to help in one or more  ways, such as:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 identifying evaluations of programmes and  projects evidencing the economic and\/or social impact of makers<br \/>\n\u2022  providing information on education programmes and support service agency  models aimed at developing makers\u2019 portfolio practices<br \/>\n\u2022 suggesting  individual makers as interviewees<br \/>\n\u2022 helping us to promote the  research through your networks, blogs, newsletters and websites<\/p>\n<p>Contact Mary Schwarz, Research Consultant, or Karen  Yair, Research &amp; Information Manager at the Crafts Council.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.craftscouncil.org.uk\/about-us\/press-room\/view\/2009\/crafts-council-research?from=\/about-us\/press-room\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.craftscouncil.org.uk\/about-us\/press-room\/view\/2009\/crafts-council-research?from=\/about-us\/press-room\/\">Link  to Crafts Council Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id2\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\/\/[CDATA[\/ \/>\nnew Paste('widget1', '..\/..\/..\/..\/Scripts\/Widgets\/HTMLRegion', '..\/..\/..\/..\/Scripts\/Widgets\/SharedResources', '..\/..\/..\/..', {\"dotMacAccount\": \"pbadcock\"});\n\/\/<!\n\/\/ <\/mce:script>\n\n\n<div style=\"height: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crafts Council has launched a major research project into the economic and social value of craft, focusing on portfolio working craft makers who engage with other industry sectors and community and education contexts. Craft makers who apply their craft &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1005\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}