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Bespoke pieces, projects, volunteer projects, waste wood collections statistics and so much more to be proud about in 2023!

Save the date in your diary for our Schools Open WEEK: 22-26 January 2023! Discounts, prototype products and an exciting competition available for 1 week only. Kids are of course welcome!

We're looking for a new managing director for Glasgow Wood. After 17 years, the founding CEO Peter is stepping down and looking for someone to continue leading the social, environmental and financial development of the social enterprise. Know someone who'd be a good fit?

Expect to see discounts on reclaimed timber, usual reclaimed gems including ex-Hunterian archive drawers, specially priced scaffold board shelving, plus a few things to prepare you for the festive season (including gift vouchers!). A few other things will be announced soon!

Glasgow-based artist Tinsel Edwards created a beautiful series of pieces for her degree show utilising ex-Hunterian Museum archive drawers. See the paintings and learn about what's next for her practice.

Take a look at our waste wood collections statistics for the financial year 2022-2023. This will be our baseline to help us set environmental goals and continue to improve our positive impacts.

Glasgow School of Art graduate Susan Breckenridge up-cycles drawers from the Hunterian Museum & Gallery to display all the treasured memories and artefacts of her childrens' lives.

Via our wood collections service, we worked with EventCycle to collect waste wood from COP26 back in 2021. When Scottish Libraries contacted us in early summer 2023 to produce some peg boards, we had just the material for the job! Learn about the full transformation here.