carringtonLIME Heritage Skills Training CIC awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to train lime plastering tutors

May 6
3 min read

Gloucestershire-based training provider carringtonLIME Heritage Skills Training CIC have been awarded a grant amount of £25,512 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to launch a ground breaking new ‘train the trainer’ programme that will help increase the heritage industries capacity.

The recent Heritage Skills Needs Analysis produced by Historic England highlighted that an additional 105,000 full time employees will be needed to retrofit the UKs traditional buildings each year from 2021 and 20250, with Lime Plastering being one of the most in-demand skills.

carringtonLIMEs new 12 month salaried teacher training programme will help to ensure that the industry has the teaching capacity to meet these demands.

The UK is blessed with many talented lime plasterers many of whom will have learnt their skills onsite. But with 63% of heritage businesses not taking on apprentices or trainees, many new starters are heading to the classroom to gain the skills needed to work in construction.

To be able to meet the industries demand for employees, the heritage training industry needs more competent teachers. Many lime plasterers can confidently demonstrate their skills on site, but being able to convey years of knowledge in a classroom setting, in an efficient way, to a range of students with different learning styles is a new skill for many and one that needs practice and training.

Made possible thanks to National Lottery players, carringtonLIMEs 12 month ‘train the trainer’ programme will give one experienced lime plasterer the opportunity to work alongside Master Plasterer and carringtonLIMEs lead tutor Ben Kerslake to learn the key skills required to confidently deliver quality training. At the end of the programme, they will be offered a 12-month contract with carringtonLIME.

Learnings from the programme will be used to develop a Heritage Training model that can be rolled out across a variety of heritage crafts.

Kate Kerslake, Director of carringtonLIME said: “We are hoping that this programme will not only increase our own teaching capacity, but that of the industry. It has the potential to make a significant dent in the skills shortage.”

About carringtonLIME Heritage Skills Training CIC

We are an award winning Heritage Construction Skills Training provider based in the Gloucestershire. With a lack of national funding in the heritage sector, our aim is to provide accessible, quality training to people in all stages of their career.

About The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. That’s why as the largest funder for the UK’s heritage we are dedicated to supporting projects that connect people and communities to heritage, as set out in our strategic plan, Heritage 2033. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.

Over the next 10 years, we aim to invest £3.6billion raised for good causes by National Lottery players to make a decisive difference for people, places and communities.

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