Since 2006, Icon has managed the UK-wide conservation Training Bursary Scheme funded with a £1.49M grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. By September 2012, in addition to 67 HLF-supported Interns, 18 people will have completed placements based on Icon’s Skills in Practice Framework funded from external sources. In May 2012, Icon was awarded a grant increase of £968,800 to support the delivery of 36 additional internships over three years. Icon continues to seek external funding to support additional internships.

Icon has also developed a Conservation Technician’s Qualification, a level-3 qualification, delivered and assessed in the workplace by participating employers. Icon is currently rolling out this programme and is in the process of mounting the qualification on the National Qualification Framework.

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Icon is the UK’s leading voice for the conservation of our precious cultural heritage. We raise awareness of the cultural, social and economic value of caring for our heritage and champion high standards of conservation.

Icon is a charity. The support of our members, partners, donors and sponsors is critical to our ability to represent the conservation profession and those who support our aims.