Carpentry Workshop
Designed to make use of donated items of furniture which are either too large, or too dilapidated to be immediately usable, but which can be salvaged and either passed on to the disadvantaged community or sold through our Renaissance Centre to provide both training opportunities and an income stream.

Training opportunities include skills in - Joinery/carpentry, upholstery, furniture renovation, conservation and sales & promotion.

Our Volunteer Support
and Development Project
...enables us to mentor, support and train volunteers from disadvantaged groups, enabling them to access employment in a range of activities including carpentry.


Stef working on a piece of furniture in the
carpentry workshop.

 

John Jones PAT testing

John Jones PAT testing

Electrical Workshop
Our electrical workshop stores electrical items such as cookers, fridges, washing machines, kettles, toasters, vacuum cleaners, irons,televisions etc. Staff carry our safety and function checks on all items. That way we can be sure that all items actually work before they are delivered to people in need!

We now carry out annual electrical testing for other charities. Contact us for more information.
01584 877751 or email us at info@furniturescheme.co.uk

 

 

Modern Apprenticeships
Over recent years there has been considerable concern surrounding the lack of training investment in the traditional trade skills, especially provision for areas such as Electrical and Carpentry. As a result there is a shortage of tradespeople. This has been underpinned by the recent research undertaken by Shropshire Chamber into "Sustainability of the South Shropshire Construction Industry", which some of you may be aware of. (from the March 2000 Revolution report)

 

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