A Bolton homelessness charity is making something very special for a Christmas market with a difference, put together by the design company of reuse champion Wayne Hemingway.
WasteLess Wonderland will highlight how to make best use of what we already have, through a series of workshops running alongside entertainment and food at Westgate Oxford until December 22.
Free opportunities for visitors include making stars, wreaths, decorations, and upcycling party clothing with a booking on the shopping centre website.
Event organisers, Hemingway Designs, invited the Emmaus Bolton community to make furniture for WasteLess Wonderland, after spotting woodwork made by the charity at the annual Emmaus UK Assembly.
Wayne Hemingway said: “Upcycling, re-use, a wonderful charity, Emmaus giving people a leg up, what more could Hemingway Design want from a project?”
Members of Emmaus Bolton’s The Workshops team are making 16 stools inspired by a design by Romain Voulet and an Enzo Mari designed two metre by two metre table.
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Emmaus Bolton Projects Manager Phil Urmston said: “We estimated two days to machine the wood to the size we needed to start putting the design together.
"It was a great project to be able to work together on, and we enjoyed getting this machined down, finished and ready to assemble.”
All wood used for the project comes from Forestry Stewardship Council certified sustainable sources as warped and twisted pine, which can no longer be used by the construction trade.
It is being put together with oak, beech and mahogany plugs from other workshop projects, so nothing goes to waste.
Emmaus Bolton supports up to 22 people with experience of homelessness by providing a home, meaningful work in a social enterprise and an opportunity to regain lost self-esteem to help rebuild lives.
Emmaus Bolton’s charity shops and services are open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm on Fletcher Street, BL3 6NF or visit emmaus.org.uk/bolton/.
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