Craft4Smiles C.I.C.
We are a group of people from different backgrounds and life experiences who live in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and who, through crafting, have found our smiles again. Smiles are infectious. We would love to share ours with you and through you to others.
Because we have all experienced the benefit of crafting for our own wellbeing, we are passionate about it, and want to help as many people as possible to either start crafting or to develop the crafting skills they already have, or simply to have a go at something they haven't tried before. We offer a range of pop-up/taster events and short and long paper crafting and mixed media courses. These can be found in the Courses section below or our Crafting Page.
Based on the unique techniques and designs developed for our craft groups, we have produced craft kits and embellishments - 'elegant bits' - so that you can produce something unique for your home or the homes of the important people in your life as a gift. If you aren't a crafter yourself, but love unique designs, we have turned our crafting activities and designs into unique home décor and stationery products which we display and sell in our Gallery so that you too can share some of our experiences.
Courses
Our courses, all delivered live online are fun, social events that allow new connections and friendships to be made All materials and tools needed are posted in advance of each event and are yours to keep. We run Pop-up/taster events, 5 and 10 week short courses and year long courses.
We have 32 free places on 4 Pop-ups in December 2020 and January 2021 for people living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and on the first term of our 'From Beginner to Advanced Crafter' Course starting 1 February 2021 for people living in Peterborough.
To find out more about all our courses, click on one of the course leaflet icons below or email info@craft4smiles-cic.org.uk.
If you are interested in these courses, but none of the dates work for you this time around, then please email info@craft4smiles-cic.org.uk and/or subscribe to our Newsletter and we will keep you updated on future opportunities.
We are keen to talk to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents about their interest in crafting - individuals and groups. Contact us at the email address above to arrange to talk to us or to arrange for us to talk to your group to discuss.
Donate to Craft4Smiles C.I.C.
We aim to offer our courses free of charge to those who cannot afford to pay for them. To help with this, all profits are re-invested in Craft4Smiles C.I.C.
This year has been a difficult year for us all but giving makes us feel good! GivingTuesday - 1st December 2020 #givingtuesday2020 offers the opportunity to take something positive from 2020 and make a difference at the same time! #giveback2020. Through crafting, we aim to give people who are excluded from the communities in which they live, including those who are unemployed and who are experiencing mental health difficulties, something meaningful do, the opportunity to make new friends and to gain new skills as a step towards being able to take part. The people who are likely to benefit the most from Craft4Smiles C.I.C. courses may not be able to pay to join one.
Our sessions are 2 hours long and cost £60: You can help us by donating to our courses fund - any amount however small will help someone to join a course and: £7.50 buys 15 mins, £15 buys 30 mins, £30 buys 60 mins, £60 buys 2 hours.
If you would like to help us to help more people accesss our courses donate here now or on 1st December 2020.
Craft4Smiles C.I.C. - Promoting wellbeing through crafting
Who we are: Craft4Smiles C.I.C. delivers craft courses to promote wellbeing. We specialize in paper craft and mixed media. Participants in our courses display and sell the beautifully crafted home decor and stationery items they have made in our Gallery with 70% of the profit going to the individual and the balance being reinvested in Craft4Smiles C.I.C.
Discount: We are celebrating the launch of our website with a BUY3+ to get a 10% discount. Purchase 3 more or items across our collections and enter BUY3+ code at checkout.
Pricing: Postage and packing is included in our prices - you will pay no more than the price displayed by the items you have chosen.
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