Ethically sourced wood donation boosts Emmaus Sheffield craft project

SHEFFIELD hand tool manufacturer Woodware Repetitions is supporting city homelessness charity Emmaus Sheffield in its latest fundraising venture.

Emmaus Sheffield is the working community with quality, self-contained accommodation, training facilities and a workspace for previously homeless men and women aged 18 years and over.

It aims through its Social Enterprise programme to provide meaningful work and enable the people it supports – known as companions - to eventually become self-supporting once more.

The companions have recently launched their own hand crafted range of bespoke household items that also fit in perfectly with the Emmaus ethos of sustainability and recycling.

And Woodware Repetitions are providing off cuts of high quality wood, which the companions are transforming into household items.

Woodware Repetitions, part of Mowbray Manufacturing Co Ltd, specialises in the manufacture of hand tool handles, including turning tool handles, file handles, chisel handles and knife handles, many of which are used by associate company George Barnsley and Sons.

“Thanks to the team at Woodware Repetitions, we now have a great quality supply of wood to keep this valuable new income stream going,” said Emmaus Sheffield Deputy Manager Charley Fedorenko.

“The fact that the company uses ethically sourced materials blends perfectly with out own approach to sustainability and it means that nothing is going to waste as we can turn simple offcuts into really beautiful and bespoke hand crafted kitchen essentials, including one of a kind chopping and charcuterie board, bowls and tea light holders.

“These are all bespoke pieces made from wood that could never have been sold and would otherwise have gone to landfill so this project really does add to the programme of green initiatives that are an important part of everything we do.”

All items are available to buy at the popular Emmaus Sheffield second hand store at the organisations headquarters in the historic Sipelia Works, a former cutlery factory at Cadman Street, close to the city’s Canal Basin.

To find out more about Emmaus Sheffield and its full range of support and fundraising activities visit www.emmaus-sheffield.org.uk