A WORKSHOP IN SCOTLAND OPEN TO ALL

 

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 Wow! Where does the time go too?  Sadly we had to cancel the craft fair in July, this due to the drain gurgling up water onto the floor, this would have been too dangerous for our clients, so appologies all around.  We have accepted an invite to display and demonstrate at the Scottish Mobility Roadshow  17th & 18th September (see main page) so I am looking forward to seeing all our regulars at the show.  We were invited to display at the Scottich Woodworking show but due to prior commitments (I am flying away) we had to decline but as you see we are supporting it in every way we can.
   

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Friday 21st May 2010 we attended the Spinal Injuries Scotland awards lunch, the scoff was fantastic and a great bunch of folk attended.  We were honoured to have made the awards for the third year running and they were well received.

 

I am over the moon that we have been asked to make the awards for 2011 and I already have my thinking cap on, although it has to be said that my head is empty of ideas (nothing new there then).  The workshop has been busy and we have had a few new members, which is great.
   

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August Craft Fair went without a hitch and we had a great day, with good sales and good attendance.

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The Mission Statement

  
 

 

This woodturning and woodworking organisation and workshop is open to ALL but is targeted to provide a knowledge base for the disabled, wheelchair users and those less than able as well as the able bodied.  I know and understand what it feels like to be isolated and working alone, I want this to be a place where practical problems are solved and where your determination can be set free. As a person of limited mobility, it is only through my workshop that I now find myself free of my limitations, some days I only manage 30 minutes in the workshop and on a really good day I can be there for 3 hours. On a personal level my condition is degenerative, my head tells me I can "do stuff" but my body lets me know that its not true, if it wasn't for the workshop I am convinced that I would not now be here, it gives me purpose and its that purpose that I want to pass to others.

WE will be demonstrating and displaying at the Mobility Roadshow

17th & 18th September 2010

at Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh

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Wheelchairwoodturners is supporting:

 If you need advice or assistance in setting up a workshop PLEASE make contact.  Around Scotland and Glasgow I am offering an introduction to woodturning training as well as the advice. I can also be booked for demonstrations and workshops , all I need is a power point.

THIS IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATION

BUT WE WANT TO BE SELF FUNDING

A new avenue for us in 2010 is the online shop, profit from ALL sales, internet or craft fair, goes into the workshop and to charity.

In 2009 we donated a total of £650 to charity, 2010 sees the loss of the Winter Gardens Craft fair but our target is to donate the same again in 2010, the internet sales (if we get any) will assist us in achieving that.