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“A secluded haven in the middle of Chester Road” – A Touch Wood project comes to life
Gorse Hill Studios is a youth arts charity based in Trafford. The charity’s garden and outdoor space is edged by the busy A56 Chester Road, a main artery route between Stretford and Old Trafford. Touch Wood was called on to make a fence to screen the garden off from...
Celebrate World Bee Day with a More Nature-Friendly Garden
This World Bee Day, it’s a great time to think about how our gardens can better support bees and other important pollinators. Even small changes can make a big difference and choosing natural, sustainable materials is a great place to start. Using wood in your garden...
When social value has REAL community impact!
The smooth operation of traffic management in the yard at EMERGE 3Rs is vital, both for safety and efficiency. This outdoor space is shared by FareShare Greater Manchester (for its food warehouse operation and FareShare Plus community cash and carry) as well as Touch...
Zero Waste Week: Building a Circular Future with Recycled Timber
It's Zero Waste Week this week, and it's timely to think about how we deal with waste. When we think about waste, we often picture overflowing bins, landfill sites, or incinerators belching out smoke. But what if we flipped the narrative? What if waste wasn’t the end...
Rewilding Fairfield Hospital
Touch Wood was thrilled to be invited to help Fairfield Hospital in Bury with their ‘Rewilding Fairfield’ project. The hospital received a grantfrom the Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund to help revitalise outdoor spaces around the hospital buildings and we stepped in to create bespoke outdoor furniture from sustainable reclaimed wood.
Touch Wood Volunteer Spotlight – Ben Fairhurst
Volunteering with Touch Wood was a first step on the career ladder for Ben Fairhurst which led to an apprenticeship. Ben Fairhurst first discovered Touch Wood through a Google search. He decided he needed a change and had been trying to find apprenticeships. He had...
Reclaimed, reimagined, returned: from tree protectors to planters for Dunham Massey
"Circular Economy – An economic system on which the journey of a product, material, etc., leads back in some way to where it began." Oxford English Dictionary We were contracted by the National Trust at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, to collect and reclaim some wood from...
Greater Manchester’s High Sheriff visits Touch Wood
We were thrilled to host a visit from the High Sheriff of Greater Manchester, Dr Eamonn O’Neal DL, to our HQ earlier this month. Eamonn, who is High Sheriff for an historic second time, spent a few hours with us chatting with staff and volunteers and touring our...
National Apprenticeship Week 2025
This year, National Apprenticeship Week runs from 10th to 16th February, here's a spotlight on our own apprentices at Touch Wood. Skills for Life Here at Touch Wood, we run an apprenticeship programme helping young people gain skills for life. We currently have...
Recycling Week 2024 – EMERGE Recycling
During Recycling Week 14 - 20 October, we'd like to showcase some of the great work being undertaken by EMERGE 3Rs. Collectively, we are EMERGE Recycling, FareShare Greater Manchester and Touch Wood. Today, we are shining a light on EMERGE Recycling and the work it's...
Recycling Week 2024 – FareShare Supplier Spotlight on GXO
During Recycling Week 14 - 20 October, we'd like to showcase some of the great work being undertaken by EMERGE 3Rs. Collectively, we are EMERGE Recycling, FareShare Greater Manchester and Touch Wood. Today, we are shining a light on FareShare and the work we do with...
Recycling Week 2024 – Spotlight on Touch Wood
During Recycling Week 14 - 20 October, we’d like to showcase some of the great work being undertaken by EMERGE 3Rs – we are EMERGE Recycling, FareShare Greater Manchester and Touch Wood. Today we are shining a light on Touch Wood. Touch Wood is a social enterprise...