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Before Christmas we laid this floor for a lovely c Before Christmas we laid this floor for a lovely client of ours. We just need to finish it now by fitting the skirting and modifying her stairs....⁠ Thank you for being so patient when Covid struck.....❤🙏🏼⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #bespokecommissions #carpentryprojects⁠ #womanwoodworker #shebuilds #womeninwoodworking #handmade #womencarpenters #madeindevon
Last chance to order your materials pack for our O Last chance to order your materials pack for our Online Carpentry Course for Women! ⁠ Join us for 3 weeks online in 3 one hour sessions to learn how to make your own footstool.⁠ Starts on the 31st January. ⁠ If you can't make the sessions, watch the recording afterwards and work in your own time!⁠ ⁠ To book go to https://bookwhen.com/touchwoodsouthwest/e/ev-skqu-20220131173000⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womenscarpentryworkshop #carpentryskillsforwomen #womencarpenters #diyprojects #makestuff #makesomethingbeautiful #handmademovement #woodworking #workshoptime #handmade #womenincraft
🤩 We are recruiting - again! TouchWood South We 🤩 We are recruiting - again! TouchWood South West is a female-led not-for-profit Carpentry and Joinery company and we share our love for traditional craft and practical skills with the community. We are looking for a Digital Marketing and Publicity Assistant to help us reach a wider audience. This position is open to a young person between 16 - 24 years who is on Universal Credit as part of the Government Kickstart Scheme. This position can be remote working only. For full job details go to www.touchwoodsouthwest.com/we-are-recruiting-kickstarter-position
Want to learn how to make this foot stool at home? Want to learn how to make this foot stool at home? ⁠ Join us for our Online Carpentry Course for Women!⁠ ⁠ When? Monday 31st January 2022 at 5.30pm for 3 weeks⁠ Where? On Zoom⁠ Cost? £40⁠ ⁠ Suitable for total beginners or to refresh what you have already learnt.⁠ If you can't make the time and date, you can watch the recording in your own time.⁠ ⁠ To book go to https://bookwhen.com/touchwoodsouthwest/e/ev-skqu-20220131173000⁠ ⁠ See you there!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womenscarpentryworkshop #carpentryskillsforwomen #womencarpenters #diyprojects #makestuff #makesomethingbeautiful #handmademovement #woodworking #workshoptime #handmade #womenincraft
Hooray! We are all negative again!⁠ My family an Hooray! We are all negative again!⁠ My family and I caught Covid just as we were getting ready to start up again after Christmas. ⁠ We had to move courses and workshops, postpone work for our clients and I spent about a week in bed. ⁠ I usually never get ill, the last time I was bed-ridden for that long was 12 years ago....⁠ ⁠ I am so grateful to have (mostly) recovered again and be alive and still kicking 😌🙏🏼...⁠ ⁠ Thank you to all of our students and clients for being patient and accommodating ❤⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womanwoodworker #shebuilds #womeninwoodworking #womencarpenters ⁠
Happy New Year! ⁠ ----- We are hiring! --------⁠ ⁠ We are looking for a young person between 16 - 24 to join our team as a Digital Marketing and Publicity Assistant. ⁠ This is a position through the Government Kickstarter Scheme.⁠ ⁠ We are looking for a team member with good communication skills, who is creative in their approach to problem solving, has a good sense of visual aesthetics and an interest in art and design. A very basic level of computer literacy is required, but most importantly we are looking for a keenness to learn and the ability to self-motivate.⁠ A-level qualifications are beneficial, but not essential.⁠ ⁠ For more info check out www.touchwoodsouthwest.com/we-are-recruiting-kickstarter-position⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest #kickstartscheme #youngpeople #digitalmarketing
My favourite bauble this year! Wishing you all a My favourite bauble this year! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas - and for 2022 much health, fun, collaboration and community ❤️⭐️ We will be back in the new year…
We finished another job before Christmas! We hung We finished another job before Christmas! We hung these 3 doors to make built in wardrobes and fitted shelving inside.⁠ We are ready for a break 😅!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womanwoodworker #shebuilds #womeninwoodworking #handmade #womencarpenters #madeindevon
We are really getting into the Christmas spirit he We are really getting into the Christmas spirit here! ⁠ One of the women on our 'Women Build!' project made 4 of these in a day!!⁠ If you are unemployed and would like to learn carpentry skills, mental well-being tools and would like help to get back into work or education, then contact us through our website for an application form.⁠ Places are open and FREE for women who are unemployed.⁠ Our project is currently funded by GWR.⁠ Please share with anyone who may be interested.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womenbuild #reclaimedtimber #palletprojects ⁠ #womenscarpentryworkshop #carpentryskillsforwomen #womencarpenters #diyprojects #makestuff #makesomethingbeautiful #handmademovement #woodworking #workshoptime #handmade #womenincraft
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