We are ready - almost!!
Hi everyone, and welcome to 2025! I’m Toni, the new Operations Manager, and I’m really looking forward to meeting you all. I’m excited to be part of WCW and bring my experience, passion, and ideas to the role. A little about me: I’ve lived...
Hello everyone,
Firstly, thank you all for your patience over the past few months while we have been closed (for all but volunteer sessions). We want you to know that behind the scenes we have been working hard to re open the Workshop as soon as possible.
We have appointed...
Kia ora,
Spring greetings from the Wānaka Community Workshop. We’ve got some exciting news including a paid job opportunity and an update on our Health & Safety procedures.
Where we’ve come from…
Four years ago, Wānaka Community Workshop began with an empty shed and an ad in the Messenger. Word...
Kia ora,
The Trust is responding to concerns with use of the Community Workshop facilities over the past few months. We have also been advised the current usage could be problematic from a Health & Safety and insurance perspective.
With this in mind we are going to have to shut...
apologies: try this link for the open day event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/421859073949087/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5b%5d%7D
hope to see you there
A reminder about our workshop open day and fundraiser on this Sunday. Open Day - Things for Sale - Raffles - Demonstrations etc -
please come and support us
Buy a Rat Trap, corn hole game, yoga cushion, lots of fabric on sale, plus other items made at the workshop....
Hi there, Thanks to everyone who has paid up for this year. As you know we rely on membership, donations, sponsorship and fundraising to keep the workshop open. Remember you need to be a paid up member to use this space.
We hope you can also spare some time to...
22 May 2024 Hi all you wonderful sewers...
- This email is being sent to you as we have you down as a current member interested in our sewing room. (check foot of page to see whether we have you as paid/unpaid) Is this correct? Do you want to be...
Hi there,
This is a quick Membership reminder, we have set you up for a 2024 Membership to the Wānaka Community Workshop but have not seen payment yet.
If you have already paid or wish the subscription to be cancelled, apologies, please reply to this email and let us know.
Hello everybody and Happy New Year for 2024,
Membership for our Workshop is by calendar year and we are keen to get everyone interested to sign up or if you were a member in 2023 to renew your membership. Click on the link at the end of this email to...
Hi everyone,
Happy Christmas! The Workshop has had a busy month with a record turnout to the Volunteer sessions and a wonderful Christmas celebration last week.
Furoshiki Workshop Wednesday 13th December
Fabricate are very excited to be joining forces with Revology to bring you a **Furoshiki Gift...
Now we're getting that pesky skiing out of the way we're thinking the spring resurgence in the workshop is just around the corner.
Knitting Workshop 23rd September
Gwilym's mum is going to run a introduction to adventurous knitting workshop on the 23rd September. The price is $20 per person...
To all our wonderful volunteers, sewing class participants, supporters and followers. An update on what’s happening…
Our Great Sewing workroom
We now have a great setup thanks to all the many donations, hard work from volunteers, funding received etc.
We boast 8 new sewing machines...
Hi everyone,
THE FABRIC-ATOR IS HERE!
Long ago, in the depths of time, Claire and Sue had a dream to munch up all the fabric in Wānaka and turn it into bolsters. With the arrival of the Fabric-Ator this dream is closer to reality. Better lock down your clothes....
Hi there,
We are getting our membership systems sorted finally! You have received this email because you are in our system as being interested in being a member of the Wānaka Community Workshop for 2023 but have not yet paid the subscription fee.
We have recently made some changes to...
Communications - The New Old School Way
We've needed a better way to communicate with you guys, the WCW members, since we started.
Facebook is so last century and wisely our older, and some enlightened younger members, refuse to use it so here we go. This is how we...
