Hands On is a community training workshop providing learning and volunteering opportunities in construction and home maintenance skills.

The Hands On project runs introductory short courses in home maintenance and construction skills, including joinery, plastering, tiling, plumbing, painting and decorating. Courses are run from our workshop in a renovated listed building in Chapeltown, Leeds.

The workshop aims to minimise its environmental impact. It has been renovated using reclaimed, recycled and natural materials where possible. The building is heated by a wood-fired stove, is very well insulated and features water and energy saving fittings and appliances.

Community and environment days run several times a year, involving local people in fun and practical activities that promote ways of reducing our impact on the environment.

There are lots of opportunities to get involved – attending a course, volunteering, or coming along to an event.

The project is funded by the Big Lottery Reaching Communities programme and the Tudor Trust.