Our local John Lewis in Welwyn Garden City has been donating splendid fabrics to our project for the last 18 months. More recently we were invited to apply for funding from the John Lewis Foundation to support any projects we were interested in developing.
Recover’s volunteer fundraiser Elena did an outstanding job successfully securing a generous amount of funding to develop our ‘Fabric Of Life’ project.
The project is to further develop our upholstery skills enabling more of the Team to use these skills in getting employment in the future.
Interestingly the money we received from the John Lewis Foundation is from the 5p charge on their carrier bags – brilliant concept & I expect answers many peoples queries about what happens to the money now charged for carrier bags.
Not only do we now have the funding to develop upholstery skills we also have an amazing selection of ‘high end’ designer fabrics to utilize – all from our friends at John Lewis.
These are a few of the upholstery projects we have already completed using the fabric donations:
A lush velvet atomic style cocktail / boudoir chair…
Bow fronted antique wing back armchair – before & after…
Designers Guild blue velvet & colourful contrast custom buttoned back boudoir chair…
Vintage up-cycled Parker Knoll wing back armchair, ‘Christian LaCroix’ fabrics & custom deep buttoned back…
For the more traditionalists amongst you, an Ercol Patchwork rocking chair…
Jon R. one of our Team that has now moved on to employment has kindly agreed to visit weekly to produce a time lapse video of us all working on a large antique wing back armchair – from start to finish. We are looking forward to showing you this in a few months time.
We are getting nice & busy with regular visits Monday- Friday & also first Sunday openings of each month. Looking forward to welcoming you this Sunday June 5th, 10am – 4pm.
Each item is worked on by one or more of our team of volunteers. Each one is as individual as they are. we never duplicate, so you can be assured of a ‘one of a Kind’ piece of furniture art!
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9th April 2020 9:24 AM
RT @HHollandHibbert: I am delighted to be taking over this role from you Sarah in these difficult times for our county and communities. But…
4th April 2020 8:03 PM
Let’s let them know how grateful we are, working so hard to keep us safe, well & fed. Thank you! #ClapForCarers… https://t.co/JFioxSm1RO
2nd April 2020 1:29 PM
@vinteriorUK That's amazing -can we get a little editorial on Recover Team in an upcoming issue?
2nd April 2020 8:44 AM
RT @HertsCommunityF: A lot of people aren’t able to volunteer because they’re in self-isolation but donating and supporting our appeal is a…
2nd April 2020 8:00 AM
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