QEST is immensely grateful to the following individuals and organisations for their generous support:
Organisations
ADAM Architecture
Bendicks (Mayfair) Ltd
Crown Paints Ltd
DBR (London) Ltd
Hamilton & Inches
Howdens Joinery
John Walker & Sons
Launer of London
Lock & Co
Paragon
Penhaligon’s
R W Armstrong & Sons Ltd
Royal Warrant Holders Association
Sanderson Design Group
Sandringham Association of Royal Warrant Holders
Soane Britain
Thomas Fattorini Ltd
Winch Design
Zone Creations London
Trusts and Foundations
29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
Benefact Trust
Dalgleish Trust
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
Dulverton Trust
Edith Murphy Foundation
Ernest Cook Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
Gowling WLG Charitable Trust
Horlock Educational Trust
Hugo Burge Foundation
Julia Rausing Trust
King Charles III Charitable Fund
Kirby Laing Foundation
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Radcliffe Trust
Semma Fund
Swire Charitable Trust
Individuals
Andrew and Jane Winch
Clive Beecham/Grandey’s Place
Christopher Satterthwaite CBE
Jasper Weldon Scholarship Fund
Kate Hobhouse
Lord and Lady Edward Manners
Megan and Alastair Holberton
Tom and Lisa Helme
William Parker
Livery Companies
Arts Scholars’ Company
Broderers’ Company
Carpenters’ Company
Clothworkers’ Company
Cordwainers’ Company
Goldsmiths' Foundation
Mercers' Charitable Foundation
Pewterers’ Company
Saddlers’ Company
Turners’ Company
Tylers and Bricklayers Charitable Trust
CASE STUDY - JohNnie Walker
In 2012, Johnnie Walker brought together more than 60 craftspeople, including its whisky blenders and coopers and QEST Scholars bookbinder Laura West and calligrapher Sally Mangum, to make a special edition Scotch whisky to celebrate HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The project raised £1 million for QEST and Johnnie Walker now enjoys working with a growing number of QEST Scholars. Artist maker Daniel Durnin, watchmaker Craig Struthers, tailor Jennie Adamson and printmaker Jemma Gunning have all spent time in Scotland finding shared materials, knowledge, and skills with their crafts, and QEST fundraising events are supported by Johnnie Walker bartenders making British craft-inspired cocktails.
Case STUDY - JOHN SMEDLEY
In 2019, as part of their 235th anniversary celebrations, John Smedley launched a partnership with QEST for a series of events and collections to underline their commitment to British craftsmanship. Ten QEST alumni were highlighted throughout the year, with events at the Jermyn Street store, features in multiple press articles and major print and digital advertising campaigns, films were showcased at 30ft high within Harvey Nichols, and an exhibition in central London for the year saw over 6700 visitors each week. Jeweller Kayo Saito represented the campaign at the launch of the 235 project in Tokyo where she discussed her work and QEST with HRH The Princess Royal. The scholars also modelled in the Smedley 235 campaign which documented their craft, and worked with the brand to create a customised garment blending knitwear with inspiration from their individual crafts. To date the project has reached over 7 million people worldwide.
Image ©Asia Werbel for the John Smedley 235 campaign
CASE STUDY - WINCH DESIGN
Winch Design appreciate that the success of their projects is wholly reliant on not just the skill of their talented design teams, but also on the dedication and skill of the craftspeople and artisans who bring their projects to life. They are committed to supporting British craft and in 2020 sponsored their first QEST Scholar, Max Bainbridge. In order to expose their whole team to craft and the work of QEST, they organised an away day at which nine QEST Scholars ran workshops for their staff, ranging from stone letter carving and ceramics, to sculpture, stained glass and leatherwork.