The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that its charity BFC Fashion Trust has awarded grants totalling £380,000 between eight designers for 2018. This year’s grant recipients have been chosen for their exceptional effort and development in the areas around e-commerce, sustainability, production and wholesale expansion. New recipients for 2018: Aries, Nabil Nayal, Teija. Previous recipients who continue to receive mentoring and funding this year: Marques’ Almeida,  Mother of Pearl, palmer//harding, Rejina Pyo, Sharon Wauchob.

The Fashion Trust is a British Fashion Council charitable initiative founded in February 2011, offering selected British based designers mentoring and financial support to promote the art and business of fashion. The philanthropic programme is developed in partnership with Co-chairs Tania Fares and Sian Westerman, along with the BFC, and the Fashion Trust Advisory Committee. As part of the structured mentoring programme delivered by the BFC, the eight awarded designers will benefit from international expertise and mentoring from BFC Fashion Trust’s official partner HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. The grant recipients will also benefit from legal advice from Taylor Wessing, digital training from Google, as well as mentoring on sustainability and industry best practice from Livia Firth and her team at Eco-Age. The BFC Fashion Trust is also delighted to welcome Revlon as the Official 2018 Campaign Partner.

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