The indomitable Steven, one of our volunteers who refurbishes tools at home, has shared a major milestone about his work this year. "Well," he writes, "I have just finished wrapping my restored vintage sewing machines for 2025. These will be collected early in January 2026." "I believe that, through great teamwork, TWAM has a system in place which has now allowed me, as a home worker, to restore around around 50 machines in 2025." Just one of fifty sewing machines Steven has

Sheffield Tools For Africa ( https://st4a.org.uk/ ) are one of our partners and local hubs. The wonderful people at ST4A support TWAM by collecting and refurbishing tools for us, which we then organise and send to Africa. Chris, one of the team at ST4A, got in touch to tell us about how someone was able to support both their work and TWAM's mission: " A huge THANK YOU to Rotary Club member Richard for allowing Sheffield Tools For Africa the free use of his garage to store to

We have partnered with the wonderful Machine Knit Community, who are raising funds for our mission. You can support their JustGiving initiative for TWAM here https://www.justgiving.com/page/mkc-twam MKC is a friendly, supportive community for machine knitters from around the world. They are sponsoring our work, supporting the 189 knitting machines refurbished and sent by TWAM so far in 2025. More info about MKC and the amazing work of Nic, Steve, and everyone there is on thei

We are delighted to partner with The Dusty Shed, who have supported us and our mission since March 2024. Part of the 'Men in Sheds' community movement, The Dusty Shed provides a safe place for men (predominantly older gentlemen) to get involved in their local community through craftwork. So far, they have made eight kind donations of tools to TWAM. George, Development Officer at The Dusty Shed, kindly wrote an article to celebrate their partnership with us, which reads: ' Sin