PARTNERS


Raise the Roof core partners

Arts Development Company

Bridport Area Community Housing

Bridport Town Council

Common Ground

Dorset Woodhub

Wessex Community Assets



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OPERATIONS/

ACTIVITIES

Courses in:

•         Carpentry & joinery

•         Green woodwork

•         Sustainable construction

•         Design & make for production, e.g. for furniture and fittings

•         Woodland Ecology

•         Woodland Creation

•         Woodland mgt

•         Extraction

•         The Timber Processing Chain

•         Machinery Operation

•         Social forestry approaches

•         Social prescribing – “woods for well-being” plus crafts/making





OUTPUTS/

VALUE PROPOSITION

Learners will benefit from:

•         Access to new knowledge

•         Gaining new skills

•         Industry integration

•         Potential career change

•         Workspace

•         A community of peers


Linked to practical and socially useful making of things such as furniture, buildings, wood stores,
animal architecture, renovating community spaces.


Post-COVID recovery: making and creating is good for mental health.


Capacity-building & enhanced community cohesion through working on practical projects together.




PROMOTION/ MARKETING CHANNELS

•         Through the network of partners.

•         Dedicated website:  www.raisetheroof.info

•         Social media

•         Community events

•         Press releases.




BENEFICIARIES/ CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

People who are unemployed or in low paid, precarious employment.

Local 18 – 40 women + men eager to re-train, upskill, or supplement previous education & training.

People keen to access affordable housing through self-build/self-finish.

People referred by GP’s and other agencies for “social prescribing” activities/”green gyms”.



CUSTOMER/BENEFICIARY RELATIONSHIPS

During training courses:

•         Co-creative focus

•         Emphasis on building capacity & confidence

•         Practical & immersive experience

Online:

•         Supportive resources

•         Forum space

•         Mentoring & Business start-up support


RESOURCES

•         Workspace

•         Hand tools & machinery

•         Materials (inc timber from local woodhub)

•         Network of Tutors

•         Delivery framework

•         Enrolment process

•         Website