Project Title: Barnsley Men’s Shed: Understanding Living Wood
Applicant: Inclusion in Action CiC
Grant Awarded: £2000
Project Summary:
Inclusion In Action helped disadvantaged individuals focus on actions and create better decisions, innovative strategies, and plans, leading to improved life results.
The shed was fully established as a woodworking workshop, with over 12 regular participants and a variable number of drop-ins, with activities involving making or mending in wood (e.g. carpentry, joinery, turning, carving, whittling, marquetry, furniture renovation, model engineering, milling, etc.). Reclamation, reuse and restoration features strongly – and that applies to the participants too!
The project involved a series of workshops to initially introduce and prepare the ‘Shedders’ for exploration of wood and woodlands in the Dearne Valley. This was be followed by visits to woodlands in the Dearne Valley
From the information and skills gained from these visits, a series of Living Wood Fact Sheets were designed and produced showing the best use of specific types of wood for woodwork projects
A Living Wood Open Day was then held during which participants were able to showcase the knowledge they have gathered along with the items produced as part of the workshops.
