The following trust and charity provide financial support for staff training and career progression. This may include any of the NAJ courses, principally the JET programme in addition to training opportunities and qualifications provided by other organisations.
The National Association of Jewellers Trust was set up in 1994 (then operating as the NAG) for the Association’s centenary celebrations.
The trust exists to provide scholarships, awards and assistance towards training and work experience opportunities for persons who derive, or intend to derive, their main livelihood from the jewellery trade.
To qualify you need to be currently employed within the jewellery industry, or working within the jewellery industry, or working within the education sector on programmes directly relevant to employees within the jewellery industries.
We also support the loan of silver to various metal-work courses and tutors must to apply to join this initiative.
To apply please download the application form and return to Amanda Reavell, amanda.reavell@naj.co.uk or NAJ Trust, PO Box 12782, SUDBURY, CO10 3DY.
NAJ Trust Application Form
Donate to the NAJ Trust
The Benevolent Society is the charitable society of the British Allied Trades Federation (BATF). BATF is the parent company of the NAJ and where the NAJ's Birmingham office is based.
The society provides support, in the form of annual bursaries, for those who are either studying or wish to obtain further skills/qualifications.
Applications are assessed by the Board of Trustees. The bursary is usually paid directly to the education/training provider on a termly basis.
Download the application to find out about the criteria. Please return to Laura Banner, laura.b.banner@gmail.com or Federation House, 10 Vyse Street, Birmingham, B18 6LT.
Bursary Application Form
Grant Application Form
The Goldsmiths Centre offers collaborative funding for projects within the jewellery, silversmithing and allied industries that have the potential to link and contribute to delivery against the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s charitable purpose and corporate plan.
Goldsmiths collaborative funding
The Fuller Foundation is a legacy trust which will support individuals looking to advance within a company to enable a managerial or directorate-level change to both the individual and the company, through the study and application of continuing professional development, training and/or education.
Its aim is to enable individuals to progress their managerial competencies to director/executive competency level within the company in which they are currently employed.
This new initiative is administered and managed by The Benevolent Society in addition to their existing bursary support for individuals who are looking to advance their careers to the industry.
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Victoria Burchett - JET 2 Diploma (2022)
"I wouldn’t have been able to fully fund the course myself without the NAJ Trust bursary, and the support and communication I received throughout was brilliant. Working through the JET Diploma has expanded my love of the jewellery industry even further and I am confident that my career path lies here now. I would really like to take the JET Management course at some point so that if the time comes for me to be able to step up in my career, I can be ready for it. I would absolutely apply to the NAJ Trust again for this course if I choose to study it."