Ruskin Mill College Fundraising Campaign for the rebuild of the Woodland Kitchen
Ruskin Mill College is urgently fundraising for a rebuild of the Woodland Kitchen. This project build is due to start in the late 2010 with a completion date of Autumn 2011. The Woodland Kitchen is our priority capital development project for 2010/2011. The target amount required to complete this project is £330,000.
Ruskin Mill College Fundraising Campaign for the Iron Age Forge
Ruskin Mill College is urgently fundraising for the The Iron Age Forge – Stage 1 of the project is due to start in the late spring with a completion date of July 2010. £35,000 is the target amount required to complete the project, £24,000 has been raised already leaving a shortfall of £10,000.
Richard Rogers, Principal at Glasshouse College reports on the latest Ofsted Inspection
Richard Rogers, Principal, outlines the College’s Achievement.
Glasshouse College was one of the first independent specialist colleges to be inspected using the new common inspection framework and luckily we had the opportunity to work with a team of inspectors early in the Autumn to look at how the new framework would affect us. This proved very useful, as did the fact that the lead Inspector, Kath Smith HMI, has been visiting the Glasshouse for the past three years to carry out the Annual Monitoring Visit.
Great Ambition
Last December, David Heugh, Fundraising Director for Freeman College, won the Rensberg Sheppards Business Person of the Year award organised by the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce.
A self build project to be proud of.
Students and staff at Ruskin Mill College Nailsworth were joined by funders, local suppliers and dignitaries to celebrate the completion of a spectacular green wood workshop in the Horsley Valley.
Clervaux Trust: new beginnings
Clervaux Trust is a meeting of vision between Clow Beck Eco Centre and Ruskin Mill Educational Trust.
Project details:
Ruskin Mill is currently fundraising for a rebuild of our somewhat dilapidated Forge workshop. The Forge is one of several craft workshops at Ruskin Mill College utilised by students with complex learning disabilities, the community, teacher training programmes and a wide range of community groups. It is situated amongst woodland and within close proximity to other craft workshops in the Horsley Valley. The original workshop was built in 1995 and is a very basic, hand crafted shelter with a tarpaulin roof which was almost washed away in the 2007 floods. After 13 years of constant use the workshop is to be re-built and design modifications will improve both usability and access.
For more images of the Iron Age Forge please click on the PDF file below.
The new design will significantly improve access and usability and is approx 12 mtr x 5mtr in size. The frame will be made of locally sourced larch with a corrugated iron roof. We aim to build a workshop that is robust, user friendly, weatherproof, aesthetically in keeping with the natural environment and uses sustainable materials. Importantly, students will be involved in key stages of the build, particularly the crafting of the ironwork for the front portico and the side grills. Like our recent green wood workshop re-build, we hope community volunteers will be involved in the project.
Ruskin Mill College is urgently fundraising for the shortfall amount and/or old tools and equipment that would have been used in a blacksmiths forge.
Please contact Sian Williams, Fundraising and Development Manager if you would like any further information or would like to make a donation towards the Forge.
Sian Williams, Fundraising and Development Manager
By phone: 01453-837516
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