Welcome to Northampton Community Sheds
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OUR MISSION
At Northampton Community Shed, our mission is to create a welcoming and inclusive, creative workspace, where individuals can connect, belong and feel supported. We foster a sense of purpose and well-being by encouraging creativity, skills sharing and collaboration, through meaningful partnerships with businesses, local charities and authorities. We strive to build a stronger more connected community where everyone has the opportunity to contribute, grow and share together.
What We Do
Learn and Make Friends
Here we can learn at our own pace, in our own time. We have a wide range of both hand tools and machine tools, & members can choose whatever skills they would like to learn. Others just call in for a cup of tea and a chat now & then, and yarn with friends.
Checking Tools
Sometimes people donate tools. We check any tools we are given, and use these to upgrade existing equipment in our Shed. Surplus tools are offered to members at a nominal cost: those not needed are sold locally or online, to support our Shed.
The Social Side
Most of our 40+ members are older men and women who have retired, who wish to find friendly companionship while at the same time learning useful D-I-Y skills, helping each other to do so. We also make things for other community groups and charitable causes.
A Wide Range Of Skills
Teaching at the Shed is informal and friendly, and members often have skills they are able to pass on to other members, while learning new skills themselves.
Many who join are learning woodwork for the first time, and this is a very handy skill to have about the house.
Recycling Broken
Tools
You can take old, rusty, or broken metal tools to someone who can recycle them as waste metal. If you have a large quantity and are in the Northampton area you can take them to Tools With A Mission (TWAM) at Rugby, see link below:
https://www.twam.uk/donatetools
Looking for Larger Premises
We are now looking for further premises to expand our community, as there is a growing need for places of this kind, where otherwise sometimes lonely or disadvantaged people can learn, pursue hobbies, do charitable work, teach other people, and generally share pleasant companionship in a friendly environment. Please get in touch if you have a vacant premises or know of anywhere suitable. Details of space required: Minimum of 2,500 sq. ft. Comprised of several rooms – Workshop area (current areas can be adapted), and a Social area for members to get together. Please contact us to register your details.
Thank You for Your Support
We're deeply grateful to our community for joining us in this endeavour to recycle, reuse, and empower.
Contact us
Community Sheds, C/O Spencer Contact, Gladstone Close, Northampton, NN5 7AY