Maureen Duke Educational Award

The Norie Trust is a small charitable trust based in the South-West of England which funds various projects, many of which are associated with literature and the arts and community-based projects which aim to improve the quality of people’s lives.

It created the Maureen Duke Educational Award to recognise the late Maureen Duke’s inspirational teaching and dedication to education and the Society of Bookbinders administers the award on behalf of the Trust.

The recipient of the award each year should be a bookbinder, book conservator, book restorer or book artist who is working professionally in the U.K and plans to start or continue to teach and pass on their skills, both to individuals and groups.

For 2025 the application period will open in May when details will be announced on the website and circulated by Ebulletin.