Our 'woodwork wellbeing' sessions grow confidence, self-reliance and boost wellbeing through the therapeutic and empowering nature of craft and manual skills. Our aims are to provide our services to marginalised and underserved members of our community, including our local LGBTQ+ network.

Working with your hands is extremely therapeutic by nature! Benefits range from confidence growth, improved self-reliance, boosts in mental and physical wellbeing as well as forming new and empowering ideas around your capabilities (that often reach further than simlpy the manual skills learnt themselves) ​

Across the entire country there are very few workshops like ours, that are fully ran, taught and facilitated by those historically excluded from the DIY, carpentry and building trade. This is why our workshop is a unique and highly supportive space to bring your group/service users; our tutors understand the social, mental and physical challenges that come with working/learning manual skills, and are very well placed to support, relate and encourage those learning. It also removes the gender-based power dynamic in the room, where it's very difficult not to feel lesser placed, doubts on ability and fear of making mistakes and 'proving the point'. Many learners on supported sessions have commented on just how calm, inspired and confident they feel at their session.

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