Thank you! With your help, we have hit our target! Your donations for our Big Give appeal will make a huge difference to young women in Sierra Leone. If you would still like to make a donation to the project, or indeed any of our work, we would be delighted.

What is this #mysterytool? There's a hole in the top, perhaps for liquid? Inserting the correct gadget into one end will presumably make the brush-lined cogs go round (doesn't work with a ballpoint pen) and it's full of muck... so maybe its intended to clean something. But what?

How is this for a legacy?! Three generations of the Duell family have now added their names to the volunteer roster here at Tools for Self Reliance. For over 20 years we've been supported by them - a huge thank you to them and all our volunteers! #ThankyouThursday

Try your hand at cable knitting with our beginners workshop on Thursday 15 February from 2-4pm. Tickets are just £15 per person and include all materials, hot drinks and homemade cake. Free parking. 📷📷📷📷 Book your place today, email 📷 [email protected]

Next stop Sierra Leone! 🇸🇱 Sewing machines, plus tailoring starter kits, are on their way to support our new vocational training project with #MobilitySierraLeone supporting people affected by disability. Keep updated on their progress on our website. tfsr.org

Meet Comfort, pictured setting up her tailoring shop in Lolota, Ghana. She's just graduated from our Transition to Work project and is kitting out her premises with a start up toolkit and joint business grant from us & Street Girls Aid read her story here: bit.ly/readytosew

Great to see our new project with Trax Ghana is hitting the headlines! 📷 Read the latest news by clicking here 📷 bit.ly/TRAXAGRI #empowerment #newstart #Entrepreneurship

Our latest Forging Links is out. Keep up to date with our projects, partners and trainees here: tfsr.org/wp-content/upl…

Our tailoring trainees with Malawi partner, FESODEV, have received their refurbished sewing machines. Yesterday we held an open day to show people exactly what these machines mean to trainees. But...this video says it all. I new opportunity, new access to business and profit.

At our ‘Men’s Breakfast’ this morning, Paul Isgard gave a brilliant talk on the charity ‘Tools for Self Reliance’ ToolsForSelfReliance🔧🔨 who work with local African organisations to build sustainable livelihoods in Africa through vocational training and the supplying of tools/equipment.