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Many people stroll the local high streets looking for something different & accessible! The workshop provides a community space for people to join in or even sit & watch with tea & biscuit in tow 👌🏼
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Upcycling Workshops (Private & Funded) Upcycling, shabby-chic, distressed, upholstery, decoupage, wallpapering, DIY, fixing, mending, crafting, metal manipulation, welding, graffiti art, French polishing, antique restoration etc... The Upcycle market is trending as an affordable means of crafting bespoke furniture. Sales of chalk (furniture) paint have soared in the last 5 years with more new manufacturers entering a once monopolised market (Annie Sloane, Frenchic, EverGreen, Rustoleum). Why it's a great idea √ Positive Feedback from Facebook Followers √ Requests for the supply of upcycled furniture from customers in store √ Minimum Staff √ Volunteer-run √ Retired craftsmen √ Promotes Recycling √ Requests from customers in store looking for creative volunteering opportunities √ Customers that purchase furniture and chalk paint from us so they can carry out upcycle projects at home √ Teaches new skills √ Open to all
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Why it's a great idea:
Empowers People Increasing awareness of how to use tools & other electric DIY equipment so women especially can feel confident using these in their home. Ex-offenders can also use the workshops to help integrate themselves back into society. Elderly, disabled and otherwise lonely/isolated members of the public can take part in light arts and craft. Increases employability By providing the tools, materials, equipment, project deliverers and work space we are teaching vital transferrable skills. This in turn helps to regenerate the community. Techniques such as Welding and Metal Manipulation can help people gain valuable experience if they are considering careers/studying to work on the railways and highways. Promotes recycling By implementing 'upcycling workshops' we will be able to widen the current criteria of the items we can accept under the free house clearance service (FHC). This means that we can also remove damaged, broken, repairable items. • Innovative & Trending.
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Being able to take pride in your home inspires and encourages people to keep their properties presentable to a high standard. Decorating and furnishing your home mirrors self-respect and confidence. A lot of funding is directed towards housing but once tenants have been housed there is often little support for furnishing. We believe that by providing great quality affordable furniture leads to people living a better quality of life despite being limited by lack of income. By additionally supplying furniture painting workshops we can teach people new skills including the innovative art of upcycling furniture! This project is about bringing together all backgrounds of the community through a common love of art and Interior design. It is a modern creative and trending concept which also promotes thriftiness and recycling! The opportunity for local residents to make new friends and widen their circle of contacts with the view that people benefit via communication.
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Give a Dog a Bone UK 🇬🇧 Engaging young people through the trade of #furniture #Upcycling! 🙌🏻Follow our Page and see how this young person transforms this 1950's wall unit into a weatherproof garden bar! 😉👌🏼 ❤️Help us to set up #Community led #workshops in #Enfield 👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼Spacehive.com/recyclerevival 🚀♻️❤️ ✨Please #Donate if you really can 💫 ❤️ NextGeneration #Learn #New #Transferrable #Skills #DIY #Upcycle #Metal #Welding #Carpentry I'm still pushing the Upcycling Workshops for Enfield. We come across so many pieces of good quality items that are just a bit old fashioned or only slightly scratched/damaged. It's these pieces that we have difficulty selling, but it breaks my heart to see good, big quality stuff being smashed up and taken to landfill. Waste sites around the country are bursting at the seams and councils are strained enough with their own flytipping problems & Waste Management! The Workshops coupled with our free collection service would take a huge pressure off of local authorities and even save money and labour!!!! I want to see our borough buzzing alive again. We're sadly losing more and more culture and the community outlook is pretty bleak. There is a still a major chip with older English residents about 'foreigners' getting all the help?! It's so sad. The Workshops would also help to integrate communities & bridge gaps in perceptions. Also how many young people are on a misguided path? This is a major local issue! I'm not saying Workshops will stop young people stabbing each other but the metal welding stuff might attract a few of the dare devil boys!! Lots of fire lol xx Isn't that right Jimbo Metal Machine MetalMachine.co.uk Furniture Fashion Upcycling DIY Home Decorating Tesco Veolia UK London Borough of Enfield Mayor of London Waitrose Groundwork B&M Stores Homebase Sainsbury's Lloyds Bank Charity Charity Fundraising Community Fundraising DIY
🌈⛪️ #FortyHill #School 📚✏️🎨A perfect example of #upcycling in our #Community ❤️♻️🚀🏡🚚💨🔨⚒🎨✨👩👩👦👦👩👩👧👷👨👧👦💁🏾🙍🏼♂️💆🏻 Please share to all your #friends and help us #raise #money for a #community #workshop! We will donate the furniture but we still need help with tools, space, materials and equipment. 👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼CLICK HERE TO DONATE £1👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼Spacehive.com/recyclerevival 🚀 B&Q Tesco Frenchic Furniture Paint NatWest Spacehive Mayor of London Mayor's Fund for London London, United Kingdom Enfield Independent #donate Join our #fundraiser by donating just £1 - if you can't #donate please show you #care and #share #share #share 🏡 Watch or Take Part in Free Workshops to Create & Design your Dream Living Space 🚀 💫🍄🐾 💰 ...Your money will go towards... 💰 - A Community Workshop Space directly in the heart of Green Lanes Palmers Green. - Subsidised membership for people on low income - Cafe area to watch what's going on - right in the middle of all the action 🚀 - a Different take on kids parties - Use the space to create your own upcycling business - Free business advice & selling platforms to help you sell your creations 🗣With more demand, funding & awareness from you the people, we can tour to your home town with a #popupshop 👋🏼👂🏻We are listening to you! Together we are the community! You have a voice Use it! Tell us what you think I'd love to hear what you have to say!!! Good, bad or ugly - I take most things on board eventually 😃 #RECYCLE ♻️ #UPCYCLE ❤️ #Donate 💰 #Share 🗣#Like 👍🏼 #RecycleRevival ♻️❤️ #Enfield #London #Community 👊🏻💥 💫#REWARDS #FOR #DONATIONS💫 How?...🤷♂️ 🙋🏼 Buy something from our eBay page eBay.co.uk/usr/GiveaDogaBoneUK
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How will the money be spent?Total £61,872
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Total £61,872
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VolunteerGive a Dog a Bone (GADAB) is a registered Community Interest Company No. 08310482.
The ethos of the company is to reduce, reuse and recycle and aims to change the throw away culture of society today.
The company employs local people and creates local entry level jobs. The two high-street shops provide a community hub for local people to have a welcoming and affordable shopping experience, meet other residents and take part in
workshops in furniture upcycling and repairs.
The company has a large social media following of 3000 and the
turnaround of furniture online is extremely fast.
The residents of the Borough of Enfield, & surrounding areas, have a high mobility rate due to many families moving into the borough for short periods due to the UK housing shortage.
There is currently a significant amount of regeneration and new housing as well as existing property voids and rehousing. These factors mean there is a high need of support for families moving into a new home.
GADAB believes the basic essentials of furnishing a home helps to give every child in Enfield a good start to their health well-being.
By having the opportunity to choose furniture for themselves, families have a sense of ownership of their home often resulting in a tenant being more inclined to take pride in their home, treat it as a place they want to be and improve community cohesion and
reduce anti-social behaviour.
Project Owner: Give a Dog a Bone UK CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
