News
Pram race donation from Oxted Rotary
Oxted Rotary presented Woodhouse Manager Liz Martin-Lawrence with a donation from the Pram race of £900, while former Manager Dee Graham received a voucher donated by Thai Pad Tapas Bar & Restaurant for collecting £398 in her bucket.
Thanks to Titsey Rotary for their donations
We are grateful for the donation of a tool to dismantle donated wooden pallets so we can reuse the wood. In return we are refurbishing their notice board.
News from Manager Liz Martin-Lawrence
Dear all
2024 has been a busy year so far. We have welcomed lots of new members and volunteers, each bringing with them new ideas and skills. In May, we were honoured by a visit from Michael More-Molyneux, the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. He was delighted to see the growth of our Men in Sheds project, which he had officially opened several years ago.
We had a trip to Hastings in July. We were very lucky with the weather and our members and Volunteers had a great time.
There are lots of happy photos.
In June the BBC visited the centre as part of their election coverage. Charlotte Wright, Political Editor for BBC Southeast, asked our members and volunteers what they were hoping to see from our local candidates. All the Oxted candidates were interviewed outside the Centre. The piece came across well on the news. They also did a great written article about the Centre which featured on the BBC Website.
Surrey Matters joined us in the summer and produced a brilliant video of the Centre which can be seen on our website, on the ‘What we do’ page. There’s lots going on in the Centre this Autumn and we have an open morning on on 28th November. We also have lots of workshops taking place. The sewing workshop is already fully booked, but we will run it again, probably in spring next year.
We have an exciting project coming up which will improve two areas of the Woodhouse Craft Centre. Look out for our Christmas Newsletter for an update…
Hope to see you in the Centre soon.
Liz
News from the Men in Sheds
The Men in Sheds group has been working hard all summer creating some fabulous wooden Christmas Trees for sale this winter. They can be stored flat during the year and look amazing when they are 'opened' up for the festive period. They will be on sale our at next Open Morning on Thursday 28th November.
News from the Hall
Another of our new volunteers, Nicola Wright, has been busy creating lots of new greetings cards. They are available to purchase at very reasonable prices. And our members and volunteers are generally busy getting ready for the festive season. Our Christmas open morning is on Thursday 28th November, so please join us in the between 9.30am – 12.30pm. There will be lots of festive cakes & mince pies, a raffle and lots of Christmas gifts. The Centre will be open Monday – Thursday mornings in December, but we will be closed from Monday 23rd for two weeks, so make sure you get all your festive goodies by Thursday 19th December.
Susan Caswell – promoting us on social media
Have you noticed lots of great posts about us on local social media platforms recently? Susan Caswell, one of our volunteers, has been enjoying taking photos of our items and creating posts that promote what we do and how we do it! She is also a keen crafter and has been improving her upholstery skills under the expert guidance of Gill, Janice and Veronica on a Tuesday morning. Susan also helps in the office, working with Liz to promote all our fabulous workshops (see list at end of this newsletter). Susan says “I love helping the local community and really enjoy my mornings spent at the Woodhouse Centre. The bubbly atmosphere and lovely members makes it a real pleasure to volunteer here.”
THANK YOU WAITROSE
The Woodhouse Craft Centre members and volunteers were, once again, delighted to receive flowers given to us by Waitrose. It really brightened our day and our vases!
A summer project by Vega
We were delighted to welcome Vega Brooks to the Woodhouse Centre this summer. Vega is a local art student who wanted to volunteer in the community whilst putting her creative talents to good use. She spent a number of weeks chatting to our members and creating a beautiful wall hanging of the Oxted skyline using the huge variety of fabrics in our store cupboard. We hope you can pop into the Centre and see Vega’s fabulous work when you are passing. Thank you, Vega!
Other services we offer
Upholstery and caning
When your chair or foot stool has seen better days reupholstery is the ideal solution. We have lots of fabric in our store for you to choose from. Our caning department is going from strength to strength and we offer a very competitively priced service.
Sewing machine servicing
We are agents for Aztec Threads sewing machine servicing. Please contact us if you would like your machine to be serviced. The cost if £75.00 and your machine can be dropped off and collected in The Woodhouse Craft Centre Office.
If you would like to find out more about what is happening at the Centre please download our latest newsletter.