A stonemasonry placement eligible for a Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme award is currently available at Hardwick Hall in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Stone conservation is among the skills that qualify for up to £15,000 a year from the Bursary Scheme made available by £1.2million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The scheme is run in partnership with English Heritage, the National Trust, Cadw, Construct-ionSkills and the National Heri-tage Training Group.

Bursary applicants and organisations or businesses interested in the scheme should see the website (address below) which should be up and running by the end of January, or contact Clara Willett, Bursary Scheme Manager, at hlfbuild@english-heritage.org.uk, or write to Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme, PO Box 1179,Tring, HP23 6WR.