Community

We believe a company is only as good as the communities it belongs to. For us that means Stamford, the craft world, and the wider network of people working toward a more considered way of making and living. We share a percentage of our profits with charities whose goals align with ours, and we give our time as well as our money.

MindSpace Stamford
MindSpace provides mental health support through activities, workshops and fitness. Mental health features in many of our monthly one-to-ones, so this is a cause close to the whole team. We have raised funds, volunteered in their garden and advised on the interior design of their new hub.

The Sylva Foundation
Sylva is an environmental charity helping trees and people grow together. We have been closely involved with their gender equality project, supporting their work to bring more women into woodworking. We also support their biodiversity work — as a company committed to British woodland, their goals and ours are well aligned.

Repair Cafe
Repair Cafes promote circularity through community repair events, saving objects and providing purpose for volunteers. There are now cafes in Stamford and Rutland, and they have given more than one of Matthew's jumpers a new lease of life through sashiko stitching. We know how hard it is to make repair commercially viable, which is why we have enormous admiration for what this network achieves.

To read more, our giving back statement is available here.