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INDUSTRY EVENT: The 2025 Benevolent Society Ball

This week Benchpeg attended the Benevolent Society Ball held at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham. This week Benchpeg attended the Benevolent Society Ball held at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham and represented as a Trustee, the Bishopsland Educational Trust, a grateful recipient of the charity’s good work. We were very honoured to have been placed on Gay Penfold’s table, who as Chair of the charity, as well as being a lovely lady, had done such a marvellous job organising the event and ably assisting the charity auction. We shared our table with Andrew Hinds, Stuart Wibberley, Alewijn Slingerland, Mark and

PRESS RELEASE: Tom Jones Appointed Chair of Trustees at Bishopsland Educational Trust

Bishopsland thanks outgoing Chair Howard Dellar for eleven years of dedicated leadership Howard Dellar passes the baton to Tom Jones, new Chair Bishopsland Educational Trust is proud to announce the appointment of Tom Jones as its new Chair of Trustees. The Trust extends its sincere thanks to outgoing Chair Howard Dellar, who stepped down from the role at the Annual General Meeting held on 4 February 2026, after eleven years of committed and compassionate service. We are also pleased to welcome Peter White as a Trustee. Founded in 1993, Bishopsland Educational Trust is the only charitable organisation which delivers an

An introduction to 2D hand-rendering skills with the GC&DC and the Goldsmiths’ Centre

The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council (GC&DC), in partnership with the Goldsmiths’ Centre, is hosting a Techniques in Focus online talk for jewellery designers looking for an introduction to hand-rendering 2D designs. Join goldsmith and award-winning jewellery designer Janet Weller, GC&DC trustee Kathryn Bishop, and the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s Head of Public Programmes Charlotte Dew, for a virtual session that will explore the technique of hand-rendering for jewellery design. During the seminar, Janet will share how to effectively respond to a design brief, how to assess what is being asked for, and how to develop initial ideas and take these forward

Meet the Benchpeg Team

This is us. We are the team that bring the Benchpeg website, newsletter and social media feeds to our lovely readers, subscribers and followers. Rebecca van Rooijen MA CMktr FCIM FRSA Co-founder | Editor Co-founder | Editor Rebecca is the creator of Benchpeg, she has 20 years of experience in the industry (she started young!), her vision was to create a resource where the jewellery industry could share and access information. Along with being Editor-in-Cheif of Benchpeg, Rebecca is a Trustee of the Bishopsland Educational Trust , Committee Member for the Communications and Marketing Committee at The Goldsmiths’ Company ,

Professor Paul O’Prey CBE Appointed Chair Of Trustees For The Edward James Foundation

Professor Paul O’Prey CBE has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for The Edward James Foundation which is responsible for West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. The College is charting an ambitious trajectory of growth and is recognised for excellence in arts and conservation education. At the end of December 2019 Professor O’Prey will replace the Hon Peter Benson LVO MA FCA who is stepping down after seventeen years as a Trustee, ten of them as Chairman. For the last fifteen years Professor O’Prey has been Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Roehampton, London, stepping down

Rebecca van Rooijen

Meet the Co-Founder and Editor of Benchpeg. Rebecca van Rooijen MA CMktr FCIM FRSA Co-founder | Editor Rebecca is the creator of Benchpeg, she has over 25 years of experience within the jewellery industry (she started young!), her vision was to create a resource where the jewellery trade could share and access resources in order to democratise information. In addition to editing Benchpeg and the weekly newsletter (which just celebrated its 800th issue) which she created 18 years ago, Rebecca is a Trustee of the Bishopsland Educational Trust and Chair of the Goldsmiths' Fair Advisory Board at The Goldsmiths'