Recycle Old Tools & Sewing Machines

Tools For Self Reliance is a nationwide charity which collects unwanted hand tools and sewing machines for sending to impoverished workers in Africa. They have a network of refurbishing groups and collection points around the UK. Volunteers clean, repair and sharpen the donated tools before sending completed kits to pre-arranged recipients.

All types of tools can be sent - carpentry, blacksmithing, tin & metalwork, shoe and leather tools, plumbing, construction, bicycle repair auto-mechanics etc. Sewing machines are also needed especially hand, treadle and modern electric as well as all kinds of sewing accessories. 

We all accummulate more than we need over the years and many tools lay abandoned and rusting in sheds and garages. Tools For Self Reliance can make good use of these tools - Practical Help to Practical People. Many unwanted gardening tools are also reconditioned and sold back into the local communities here in the UK.

For further information and to find your local group please contact Tools For Self Reliance on 023 8086 9697 or visit their website www.tfsr.org - In Wales the sister charity is Tools For Self Reliance Cymru and their contact details are 01874 730155 www.tfsrcymru.org -

This article has been posted by Colin Hill of the Tools For Self Reliance Llanelli & Carmarthen Group in Wales and I will also be happy to reply to any questions that are posted. Come to Carmarthen on 27th Feb to meet us at the Seedy Saturday Spring Fayre seed swap event where we will be selling gardening, green woodworking, carpentry and other interesting tools. Free entry from 10am-3pm at St. Peter's Hall, Nott Square.