GCCT Bulletin – April 2022
Dear Supporter,
Welcome to the Bulletin which is designed to keep you up to date with all the activities of The Gunmakers’ Company Charitable Trust. We are delighted to be able to bring you our new website that features news and events as well as the facility to receive any donations.
Thank you for your support.
Yours sincerely,
James Horne
Chairman.
New website and a new way to donate to the GCCT!
The GCCT has launched a brand-new website that contains all the latest news on the work the GCCT undertakes in providing bursaries to apprentice gunmakers and other related news stories. The website is updated regularly so please do check in on a regular basis.
Our mission is to increase the number of bursaries offered from 5 to 10. By providing the employing gunmaker with £5,000 per year for 4 years we are training the future of our trade. We currently have 6 bursaries running and the apprentices we are supporting come from a range of different-sized firms associated with the gun trade and are spread out across the country.
Please help us now.
You can donate simply and easily – and, if you wish, you can make a modest donation or a recurring payment every month. Know that every amount received, no matter how large or small, is not only gratefully appreciated, but it is all going towards the preservation of gunmaking craft skills in this country. We also recover the Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer making the amount you give go as far as possible in supporting the charities objectives.
News from GCCT
Meet an Apprentice: Owen Hastings
We hear some of the story behind an apprentice’s journey into the tradition of gunmaking
McMillan Trophy winners to produce a rifle!
A unique rifle is to be built by 5 craftsmen who are past winners of the McMillan Trophy, an award for gunmaking excellence. The finished rifle will be offered for sale from early next year with all the profits being donated to the GCCT.
Bursary Update – April 2022
We currently have 6 Bursaries underway with a seventh being processed. We are always looking for applicants, so if you have an apprentice who you consider suitable please click here to read more details about the process.
Patrons Update – April 2022
The GCCT charity was founded in 2007 and has to date supported 22 apprentices in the art of gunmaking which translates into an investment of nearly £500,000. If you are interested in knowing more about our work please click here.
GCCT – Charity fly fishing day – Saturday 16th July 2022
Liveryman Charles Bettinson has very generously offered and fully sponsored 20 spaces on a Fly Fishing day to be held at Holbury Lakes (https://holburylakes.co.uk/) in Romsey, Hampshire on Saturday 16th July, in return for a donation of £100 per participant to the GCCT.
