News

In memory of a fellow student, a group of eager students from Hyndland Secondary School joined us for a few weeks to learn how to build our classic Benbecula Bench alongside a handful of planters. Learn more about how they got on.

With our whisky barrel project, RE-CASK, we’ve been able to work our way through approximately 80 oak barrels since the beginning, preventing around 4 tonnes of CO2 from entering our atmosphere.

March 2021 updates on staffing, volunteering and available services.

It's estimated that an incredible 250,000 disused whisky casks are in circulation each year. No longer useful in the whisky making process, the opportunity to think differently about how to maximise the value of these end of life oak whisky barrels was something we couldn’t pass on.

January updates

On the 13th March we'll be launching 30 new products as part of our latest project. The products are a result of funding awarded by the Scottish Government and European Social Fund for Designs on Growth, our in-house design project.

“It has been fantastic for learning ​new skills and meeting some really interesting people.”

“I hope that the skills, experience and confidence I’ve developed here will eventually help me find employment.”