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We supported 62 women in 2021, 78 in 2022.
On average during 2023 we've worked with 35 women a week.
We support women to paint furniture, express themselves creatively, make decisions about their futures, gain skills, think about work, sort through budgets and benefits, find the resources they need to make their houses into homes, to access counselling and therapies, to connect with positive peers, to share skills, to become informed about their rights, and to live their best possible lives.
We're not a women's centre, we are a different space for women.
Women tell us that it's the refuge they didn't know they needed.
The workshop drop in's are free to access to ALL women. We are financed through a mix of grants and a little bit of earned income, which enables us to give our resources to women who really need us. We work with lots of partner projects to give women as many choices in life as possible.
We're a women's workshop in Wigan. Supporting women through hard times with paintbrushes and compassion.
There's furniture to design, sand and prep, paint and market. Upcycling furniture can really benefit our mental health, as well as reducing furniture going to waste in landfill.
Most importantly we have kettle, tea and coffee, and biscuits.
All our drop in sessions are free to access. If you can donate that's lovely, but our job is to provide the resources for the workshop to run well, from both grants we apply for and earned income from the art supplies and furniture that we sell.
The workshop is a safe space for women. If you want to talk about an issue, that's fine. We aren't counsellors, or even support workers - but we can put you in touch with services if that's what you want.
Where we're able we do sometimes run pay as you feel or ticketed workshops where we share upcycling skills - these are listed on eventbrite.
Upcoming weekend Furniture Painting workshops:
Sunday 28th April - Mindful Mosaic Tables - ***FULL***
Sunday 5th May - Mindful Mosaic Tables - contact Charlotte at Mindful Events for a place, /(this is her facebook page), £30 per ticket
Saturday 8th June - Paint a Step Stool - £35 per ticket, book here
Anyone who identifies as a woman can come. You must be over 16yrs. That's it - you don't have to have a particular issue, or even any creative skills.
Let us know if you're coming through a message or a WhatsApp on
07907 122971
You don't have to have any experience of upcycling furniture, just come and have a go! We're super nice, I promise.
If you want to bring a piece of your own furniture to do up, then all we ask is a donation of how ever much you're able to give towards materials used.
Our schedule for April 2024 is:
Mondays
10-11.30 Woodcraft with Rachel
Tuesdays
11-2.30 Make it Mine at St Annes Community Centre (for women living in Beech Hill and Springfield)
6-8pm Kintsugi Therapy Teen Girls Groups (referral only through Kintsugi Therapy)
Wednesdays
10.30-2.30 Furniture painting drop in session
(free, book here)
Thursdays
10.30-2.30 Furniture painting drop in session
(free, book here)
6-8pm Every other Thursday evening - Crochet and Chatter/Needlecraft & Natter (free, book here)
Fridays
10.30-12.30 Textile crafts with Pixiecraft
(free, book here)