- Funded £20,000 from the 9th Chiasma (Rural Economics - 'Sustaining Rural Scotland') in Oct 14
Business Impact:
- Awarded £4,400 from Dot Rural
- Awarded £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund
- Launched WoodWorks iPhone app which can be white-labelled and licensed for other similar projects across the UK
- Variety of taster days, residential weekends and woodland enterprise brainstorming sessions have run in 2016
- Design Jam weekend enabling participants to rapidly prototype their enterprising ideas & present them to a panel of judges (Apr 16)
- Long-term enterprise program is now in the process of matching mentors with applicants
- Products will be available to purchase via Etsy
- Engaging with other organisations such as the Princes Trust
- Employs 5 (4 designers)
Design in Action's impact (Ninian Stuart founder of WoodWorks) said - In a sense, I saw design as a word where I wouldn't normally be in the same room as people who discussed it would be but I thought Chiasma was a very interesting process and I really enjoyed it. Being in a large room with so many designers and some of the language of design was quite new to me. I found it [the language] quite helpful and even parts that weren't design related, I found useful. The most challenging part for me was the 'Dragon's Den' type design process but it was very interesting. There was competition in one hand and collaboration in the other hand which was very stimulating.
2010
FALKLAND STEWARDSHIP TRUST TRADING AS WOODWORKS
Spin Out Output
http://woodworks.org.uk/
Woodworks is an exciting initiative that encourages young people (aged 16 - 25) to realise the potential of Scotland's woodlands and challenges them to create new products and processes using only natural and renewable resources. Woodworks is a social enterprise.