The Scottish Lime Centre Trust (SLCT) was established in 1994 as a ‘not for profit’ organisation registered as a charity in Scotland. Our aims and objectives are to:

- Promote for the public benefit the appropriate repair of Scotland's traditional and historic buildings;
- Advance education through the provision of advice, training and practical experience in the use of lime for the repair and conservation of such buildings and
- Promote and further the preservation and development of Scottish building traditional, crafts and skills.

Scottish Lime Centre Trust is a charity registered in Scotland No: SCO22692.

Who we are - We provide training and qualifications in subjects primarily focused on the built environment and based on the latest knowledge, developments and best practice. We develop qualifications and courses and our team has contributed to many of the standards that qualifications are based on today. Our clients are individuals, organisations and businesses and we also specialise in offering them bespoke services which are both project and organisation specific. Our trainers are experts in their field and qualified to appropriate professional training and assessment standards.

Cost Effective Training - We frequently provide special offers relating to our public and in-house courses. Please contact us for information.

Why choose us? - We understand that training needs to meet the objectives of individuals and organisations and have researched training, education and competencies for a range of organisations, including the development of management, accreditation and certification schemes for trade federations, sector skills councils and professional intuitions. We have developed and deliver CPD courses based on both subject related professional standards and professional education standards by qualified educators. We can develop bespoke courses to meet the needs of individual clients based on these standards. We are also approved to deliver Government ‘accredited’ courses which lead to qualifications which are recognised around the world. This type of training can range to a one day course to much more extensive learning

Our story - The Lettering Arts Trust was founded in 1988 by Harriet Frazer MBE as ‘Memorials by Artists’

This was in response to Harriet’s need to find someone to make a unique memorial for her step-daughter Sophie, who died suddenly at the age of 26. It was hard at that time to find a letter carving artist, but harder still discovering that church regulations prevented her from inscribing her daughter’s poetry onto a memorial.

When Harriet finally did find artist Simon Verity, she determined that other people wanting to mark the life of a loved one should not have to go through what she had to before finding Simon. So she formed Memorials by Artists – to help others, and help foster the art and craft of creating unique well-designed memorials.

Today’s world is increasingly pixelated… digital… ephemeral. What better way to make a lasting mark than by having a name, a phrase, a date, hand carved forever in stone by a letter-carving artist?
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Our vision - We believe in the importance of creating beautiful hand-carved letters, and passing on the skills to create them. Hand-carved letters are a permanent mark in stone that show the love a person has for another; keep alive the memory of a special event; or mark a beloved place for years to come.

The highly honed skill of letter carving that had been passed down from the Romans, nearly faded in the mechanised society of the early 20th century. This was when a new generation of lettering artists such as Eric Gill made it their mission to revive it. This is our mission, too.

Today, we are the UK’s leading voice for promoting the lettering arts. We are a nonprofit organisation that fund apprenticeships, hold workshops, host talks, sell fine works, and curate exhibitions. Our aim is to inspire people about lettering, while equipping letter-carving artists with the skills they need for now and the future.

Our Mission - We also want to make creating a memorial by an artist as rewarding, inspiring and as meaningful as possible. For over 30 years, this has been one of our most important goals. Thanks to our register containing 75 of the UK’s finest letter-carving artists, with whom we have strong relationships, we are confident people who come to us gain a memorial by artists that at once inspires, consoles and delights.

Since 1988, Memorials by Artists has evolved. Today, it is the Lettering Arts Trust which not only helps people commission memorials, but also holds exhibitions and runs apprenticeship schemes for lettering artists. Its constant has been to keep the art of letter carving alive, to make it accessible to people, and to give advice and information through the process of commissioning a piece, be it a memorial or a garden sundial.

The LSTA’s mission, as the UK’s leading provider of CITB and City & Guilds accredited courses in Lead and Hard Metals, is to provide the highest quality training delivered by fully qualified teaching staff to those working in the roofing industry. Through the provision of these flexible courses, students are then equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to pursue a successful career as a specialist roofing contractor, receiving nationally recognised qualifications from CITB and City and Guilds, from basic courses to advanced heritage skills.

The LSTA also offers accredited mobile training throughout the UK and bespoke training courses as well as on-site assessment to ensure the widest possible access to skills for those involved in a career in roofing. It also provides support to the wider construction industry through the publication of the Rolled Lead Sheet Manual 2018 edition.

City & Guilds of London Art School is a small, specialist Art School offering undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in contemporary fine art, historic carving in wood and stone, conservation of cultural artefacts and books and art histories. We also offer the Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.