Maureen Duke Educational Award
£2000 granted by the Norie Trust and Society of Bookbinders to allow a professional bookbinder to gain further training
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 also assists 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 award is to assist professionals in the book field and is typically £2,000.
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. They should continue to work professionally, preferably in the U.K. and to teach and pass on their skills, both to individuals and groups.
Application procedures will be updated when the nomination period is open.
As an indication of what the application process involves, the following are required:
- CV
- Names, addresses and email of two referees.
- A brief outline of the nature of study wishing to be undertaken, indicating howthis will enhance their work and teaching, together with their plans for thefuture.
- Full Breakdown of costs – fees, travel and subsistence
- Images of work completed in the two years prior to application
- The recipient will be required to write an account of their study and experience gained for others in the field.
Applications are not currently open.
The announcement will be posted on the Website, in the E Bulletin, and by notification to Regional Secretaries of SOB and the secretaries to Designer Bookbinders, The Society of Archivists, The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and the Society of Scribes and Illuminators.