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title: "Our Saddlery Trade Partners"
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# Our Saddlery Trade Partners

The Saddlers' Company champions the craft of saddlery by working alongside a network of trade bodies and training institutions, underwriting qualifications and funding the Apprenticing Charity for young saddlers.[^page]

## Who We Work With

The Company's trade partners include:

- The Society of Master Saddlers
- British Equestrian Trade Association
- Capel Manor College Leatherwork Department
- Saddlery Training Centre
- City and Guilds
- UK Fashion and Textiles
- Leather UK
- Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
- Institute for Creative Leather Technologies Northampton

## Frequently asked questions

### Which organisation runs saddlery qualifications with the Company?

The Society of Master Saddlers and City and Guilds, alongside the Company's own Saddlery Skills Assessment and Qualification Scheme.

## Related concepts

- [Supporting the Saddlery Trade](/pages/the-saddlers/trade.md)
- [What We Do](/pages/about-the-saddlers/saddlers-today/what-we-do.md)

[^page]: Saddlery Trade Partners | Saddlers' Company, https://thesaddlers.org/about-the-saddlers/saddlers-today/what-we-do/trade