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Medway Volunteer Workshop proud to have played its partDespite Covid, fourteen containers of refurbished tools and sewing machines were sent to Africa by Tools with a Mission (TWAM) in 2021. These equipped newly trained craftspeople, allowing them to earn a living for themselves and their families. Medway Volunteer Workshop (MVW) is proud to have played a part in this worthwhile activity. These tools and sewing machines were donated across the UK, diverting many of them from landfill, and then refurbished by local volunteer workshops before being assembled into kits for various trades. Medway Volunteer Workshop (MVW), based in Chatham in Kent, is one of TWAM’s group of independent refurbishment workshops. TWAM’s 2021 consignments include 2500 sewing machines of various types; 20% of these were refurbished by the team at MVW. In addition, MVW contributed approximately 14,000 refurbished tools weighing nearly 10 tons, a significant part of the 140 tons TWAM shipped to Africa in 2021. In 2022 MVW aims to improve on both these totals. To achieve this more volunteers are needed at Chatham. This probably suits retired tradespeople with a few hours to spare each week, working alongside likeminded volunteers whilst helping less advantaged people in Africa at the start of their own trade career. MVW is especially looking for people with a mechanical or electrical background to work on sewing machines (training is provided). They also require donations of unneeded manual and electric sewing machines plus hand and power tools; these can be collected throughout Kent or delivered directly to Chatham.
Further information and contact details can be found at www.medwayvolunteerworkshop.co.uk. More about TWAM’s work at www.twam.uk
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