York Foundation for Craft and Conservation

1. PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE CULTURAL, HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE NATION INCLUDING BUILDINGS, ARTEFACTS AND GARDENS, WHETHER OF LOCAL VALUE TO THE CITY OF YORK AND ITS SURROUNDING REGION, OR TO THE NATION AS A WHOLE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE TRAINING, CONTINUING EDUCATION OR WORK EXPERIENCE OF PRACTITIONERS IN THE THEORY OF CONSERVATION AND IN THE TRADITION OR PRACTICAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO REPAIR, RESTORE, RENOVATE OR OTHERWISE PRESERVE THE BUILDINGS, ARTEFACTS ETC. WORTHY OF CONSERVATION AND BY PROMOTING SPECIFIC PROJECTS WHICH PRESERVE SUCH HERITAGE. 2. ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE CULTURAL, HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE NATION AND IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CONSERVATION, THROUGH PUBLIC MATERIAL SUCH AS PAMPHLETS AND EXHIBITIONS, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, ENGAGEMENT WITH SCHOOLS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH RELATING TO ANY ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION REFERRED TO ABOVE AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.