Join an HFS workshop course this New Year and pick up new skills. Two new courses start this January:
Advanced Furniture Restoration – 8 weeks from Tuesday Jan 7th
Advanced Carpentry kicks off on Saturday Jan 11th for 8 weeks
Both courses are FREE for those in receipt of any means-tested benefit.
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Our Workshop on Wheels (WoW van) will be back out on the road in the Spring, ready to offer free skills sessions to local community groups, thanks to a generous donation from the Mason Charitable Foundation.
The van is equipped with workbenches and tools so we can provide short workshops anywhere in Hastings and Rother.
We have helped community groups undertake their own projects such as restoring benches in a community garden, making raised beds or decorating.
We can also provide a short course for members of your community group. The Oasis Community Project based at Ore Community Centre, for example, used their time with the WoW van to learn furniture restoration.
Interested in booking a WoW van visit for your group? Get in touch with Angie Lowe at angie@hfs.org.uk to find out more about what’s on offer.
Make a New Year Resolution to boost your wellbeing and rescue an unloved piece of furniture with our January Furniture Restoration course.
Join a friendly small group and work with our supportive tutor to learn new skills. You’ll find out how to use tools safely, sand down, repair and restore a small piece of furniture from our store to take home.
Wednesdays for 4 weeks from 9th Jan 2019 9.30am – 4pm at HFS Bexhill.
This is a free course – pay just £5 deposit to book a place in-store.
There’s still time to grab a place on one of our New Year courses.
Whether you fancy trying carpentry for the first time, want to polish up your furniture restoration skills or learn how to put up wallpaper, our courses cover practical skills you can use at home.
We run supportive, friendly, small groups of adults so it’s easy to join in and enjoy the experience.
Read more here and enroll at an HFS store.
| Workshop start dates from Jan 2018 | |
| Sessions are weekly for 4 weeks unless otherwise stated | |
| Restore: furniture restoration | Weds 10th Jan |
| Recover: upholstery | Weds 10th Jan |
| Decorate: wallpapering skills | Thurs 15th Feb |
| Revamp: paint effects | Thurs 11th Jan |
| Woodwork: carpentry for beginners | Thurs 11th Jan |
| Woodwork: advanced carpentry | Weds 14th Feb |
| Read more here and enroll at an HFS store. | |
Have you ever wanted to learn about carpentry and woodwork?
We’ve teamed up with Rother Voluntary Action to offer these FREE women’s woodworking sessions in Sidley, with lunches provided by the Chaps Cooking Course!
To book contact Lindsay at RVA: 01424 217 259
Learn how to use tools safely and make some items from scratch from reused bed-slats. If you have a carpentry project idea in mind, get it done with advice from our expert Ron.
Starts Weds 16th November and runs for 6 weeks 10-1 at HFS Bexhill.
This is a Community Learning course. The fee is £60 but if your household receives means-tested benefits or working tax credits it is FREE.
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