QEST is immensely grateful to the following individuals and organisations for their generous support:
Organisations
ADAM Architecture
AHS Ltd
Bendicks (Mayfair) Ltd
Champagne Bollinger
Crown Paints Ltd
DBR (London) Ltd
Fortnum & Mason
Howdens Joinery
John Smedley
John Walker & Sons
Launer of London
Lock & Co
Penhaligon’s
R W Armstrong & Sons Ltd
Royal Warrant Holders Association
Sanderson Design Group
Sandringham Association of Royal Warrant Holders
Sleepeezee
The Famous Grouse
Thomas Fattorini Ltd
Winch Design
Trusts and Foundations
Battersea Power Station Foundation
Benefact Trust
Ernest Cook Trust
Horlock Educational Trust
King Charles III Charitable Fund
Michael Bishop Foundation
Swire Charitable Trust
The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
The Dalgleish Trust
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The Dulverton Trust
The Edith Murphy Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation
The Hugo Burge Foundation
The Julia Rausing Trust
The Kirby Laing Foundation
The London Art History Society
The Radcliffe Trust
The Stanley Picker Trust
Individuals
Andrew and Jane Winch
Anthony Preston CBE
Clive Beecham/Grandey’s Place
Davina Mallinckrodt
Hazel and Suzanna Barber
Lord and Lady Edward Manners
Megan and Alastair Holberton
Polly and Justin Redman
Tara and Mark Boddington
The Jasper Weldon Scholarship Fund
Tom and Lisa Helme
Vivienne and Robin Menzies
William Parker
Livery Companies
The Arts Scholars’ Company
The Broderers’ Company
The Carpenters’ Company
The Clothworkers’ Company
The Cordwainers’ Company
The Ironmongers’ Company
The Leathersellers’ Company
The Pewterers’ Company
The Saddlers’ Company
The Turners’ Company
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.