If you attended our 2025 conference, I hope you had a wonderful time and that you’re now settled back into your studio with new knowledge and ideas. This year, the board made the decision to share our quarterly updates on
By Kat Henness. Kat has been a passionate member of the piercing industry for half a decade, and has contributed to education through social media, blog posts, essays, videos and through teaching at UKAPP conferences since 2021. Kat also holds a
First up, we have the returning UKAPP LGBTQIA+ scholarship! One recipient will receive a free full conference pass and accommodation for the 2025 UKAPP conference. The recipient will be responsible for organising their own travel arrangements, food costs, etc. Closing
We are very excited to announce that the Nicole Holmes scholarship will be returning for another year! This is very kindly funded by the awesome folks at Peoples Jewelry! One recipient will receive a free full conference pass and accommodation
We have a brand new UKAPP scholarship that we are very excited to announce! The Piercers of Colour scholarship has been funded by the lovely Junipurr Jewellery. A massive thank you to them for their support One recipient will receive
Coming back for its second year is The Rising Star scholarship, this has been very kindly funded by the wonderful LeRoi Fine Jewelry! One recipient will receive a free full conference pass and accommodation for the 2025 UKAPP conference. The
Denise Thompson MBus. – UKAPP Medical Liaison The purpose of this article is to hopefully inform the reader of the importance of suitable below the elbow cleanliness in a studio setting. In order to give the best understanding of the
When it comes to piercing children’s ears, safety is paramount and consent is key. This page is for parents to read with their children to make safe choices when the time comes that your child would like to have their
Quite often we receive contact from members of the public asking how to get into the piercing industry. We hope that this page offers some useful advice and insight into how to proceed. There are no shortcuts to being a
Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding is something that a large percentage of the population are likely to do at some point in their lives. It is for this reason that we felt it was important to make our stance on piercing clients who are
