Crafts Council
Rebecca Skeels is an accomplished Course Director and Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University, specializing in jewellery and objects, with significant roles in diversity initiatives, marketing, and employability within the School of Jewellery. With a career spanning several decades, Rebecca is also a jewellery designer maker, having established a business in 1994, and holds advanced degrees from Central Saint Martins and the University for Creative Arts. Additional contributions include serving as a board member for Swords into Ploughshares CIC, an external examiner for the University of Brighton, and as a mentor and associate with the Crafts Council. Rebecca is recognized as a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy and has held leadership positions with various organizations in the jewellery sector, including the Association for Contemporary Jewellery.
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Crafts Council
We are the national charity for craft. We inspire making, empower learning, and nurture businesses. We believe that craft skills and knowledge enrich and uplift us as individuals and in doing so will change our world for the better. Established by Royal Charter in 1971, we are funded by Arts Council England as well as through fund raising and earned income activities. Society has faced unprecedented challenges in recent times and craft has shown its value; from the many volunteers making scrubs for the NHS through to the rise in craft making at home during lockdown. Yet many craft businesses have suffered a drastic loss of income and need our support. Our goal is to be an impactful organisation that can: • champion craft and its positive impact on society • increase levels of craft education at all ages • grow the market for craft With our new public space for craft recently opened and our fiftieth anniversary to celebrate, there’s never been a more exciting time to work at the Crafts Council.