Ethical Policy
The jewellery trade is known as being resource intensive with detrimental effects on the physical and social environment. York School of Jewellery has a strong ethical policy that runs throught all aspects of its work. Within the workshop waste is kept to a minimum and all paper, cardboard, plastic and glass items are recycled. We actively encourage to students to make the most efficient use of materials and teach the processes required to reuse old items of jewellery thereby reducing the financial outlay and the impact on the environment.
York School of Jewellery actively supports the following charities
There are official collection boxes for each of these charities in the workshop. The full fee for the taster sessions is donated to the charities of the particpants choice. Other items - ranging from small tools and storage jars to home made boxes - are often avaliable courtesy of staff and students in exchange for a donation in one of the boxes. Following a visit to the premier silversmith of Gambia, York School of Jewellery has collected and donated a collection of new and second hand tools for use in the Gambia. |
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