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QEST Apprenticeship

QEST Apprenticeship is a grant of up to £12,000 for individual craftspeople aged 18 or over who work professionally in craft, including apprentices and their masters, based in the United Kingdom. Opens 13 January 2027.

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Checked against the official page (qest.org.uk) on 15 Oct 2026.

Grants of up to £12,000 to enable hands-on collaboration between a skilled master and a talented apprentice looking to start a career in craft, supplementing the apprentice's wage.

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Status and deadline

Status

Opening soon

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 17 February 2027

As stated: Spring 2027: 13 January to 17 February with awards being made in June for training taking place from July 27.

Opens 13 January 2027

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £12,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Individual craftspeople aged 18 or above who practise craft professionally and live in the UK with the right to reside there; apprentices and masters apply jointly as individuals, not as businesses.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

Sectors

craft

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How to apply

Visit the QEST website for further information and application details.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Specific opening and closing dates not stated; funding rounds open at various points in the year
  • Whether sole traders, partnerships or other business structures can apply is not stated
  • Whether the master craftsperson or the apprentice applies, or both together

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (qest.org.uk) on 15 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 15 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 5 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with QEST before you apply.

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