Our Workshops
As a Community Interest Company we run five types of workshops.
We offer free workshops when supported by grant funding. Please see below for information and dates about our latest Community Workshops
We offer Patrons Full Day Workshops on Weekends available to purchase through CraftCourses.com
We will be starting weekly sessions in the new year 2025 for our local members who wish subscribe to The Weardale Whittling and Weaving Club
We are engaged with other social enterprises in providing workshops to their participants.
We create tailored workshops for private individuals and team-building days, specifically designed for local businesses..
Next Full Day Patron Workshops
Our next Patron Workshops will be on
Saturday 12th July
Tapestry Weaving
Sunday 27th July
Whittling and Carving
Saturday 16th August
Tapestry Weaving
Sunday 17th August
Whittling and Carving
Saturday 27th September
Whittling and Carving
Sunday 28th September
Tapestry Weaving
Sunday 12th October
Tapestry Weaving
Sunday 19th October
Whittling and Carving
Join us at our wonderful new venue a purpose built workshop at Harehope Quarry in Weardale County Durham. Click here for our CraftCourses.com page to book your place.
If you would like to combine this experience with accommodation you could stay at the lovely Alder Cottage on the Harehope Wildlife site. Details here https://www.harehopequarry.org.uk/alder-cottage
For further details and interest in any of our workshops please email
Harehope Quarry
https://www.harehopequarry.org.uk/
Harehope Quarry is a Local Wildlife Site with areas of wet woodland, species-rich limestone grassland and ponds and rivers. The site is renowned for its exposures of Frosterley Marble as well as characteristic features of limestone geology, including Jacob’s Pot. The Venue is a purpose built workshop with both inside and outside working areas. Light refreshments coffee, tea and biscuits are available throughout the sessions.
Testimonials
"Fantastic course, great tutors"
"Time well spent"
"Thank you for your kindness and generosity sharing your skills."
"wonderful restorative session"
"Sarah and Colin provide a safe space for individuals to take some time out and be mindful while they focus on a project. It gives them time and space away from what is going on in their lives and some respite from busy, stressed minds. Patients I have referred into these sessions have benefited so much. Patients will tend to feel incredibly nervous at their first session, but Sarah and Colin’s relaxed approach, and warm and welcoming nature, really makes people feel comfortable, and in time, they begin to feel comfortable enough to share small aspects of their lives. It is beautiful to witness and reassuring as a referrer to be confident in the benefits that these sessions will provide."
Sarah Hodgson DDHF
