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Afternoon Tea

Our fundraising Afternoon Tea Event on Saturday 18 July was a success! 45 guests, 6 singers from The Oxted Musical Theatre Company to entertain us, 11 hard-working volunteers to prepare, serve and clear away the teas on the day and numerous others beforehand. Thank you!

Thanks also to our generous sponsors for the splendid raffle prizes (Cucina, National Trust, The Bey Tree, Limpsfield Club, Toni&Guy (East Grinstead), The Wright Choice Flowers, Ali’s Vintage) and towards food costs (Waitrose, Morrisons, volunteers and folk who couldn’t make the event but donated anyway).

The feedback was heartwarming, and we raised over £1200 to help us continue the good work at the Woodhouse Craft Centre and Men-in-Sheds.

Testimonials from some of the guests:

“I just want to say how brilliant the Tea was. It looked beautiful and everything was delicious! I know there were lots of you doing so much work for it! Please can you pass on thanks to all those who helped make it such a super time! Hope you all get to sit and rest this evening! Thank you all again.”

“Just wanted to say thanks to you and your team for a lovely afternoon. My friends really enjoyed the afternoon tea with really nice food. The music was great and just right and helped to make the afternoon even better. Really good to hear it live as well. I hope you made a lot of money for the charity.”

THANK YOU to everyone who came along and supported us – we really appreciate it!

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We are thrilled to announce that we have been selected as one of three finalists in two categories of Sustainability and Community Service Provider in the 2026 Tandridge Business Awards. Winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 14 October 2026 at Lingfield Park Resort. Please do Wish us luck!

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Thank you for your donations

Here are some that we have received recently.

Thank you to Oxted Parish Council for donating a much needed Thicknesser replacement. The photo shows the very happy Shedders!

Community funding:

Thank you for the lottery funding 'awards for all'.

Trip to Whitstable 2025

We had a trip to Whitstable in July. We were very lucky with the weather and our members and Volunteers had a great time.

There are lots of happy photos .

Pram race donation from Oxted Rotary

Oxted Rotary presented Woodhouse Manager Liz Martin-Lawrence with a donation from the Pram race of £900, while former Manager Dee Graham received a voucher donated by Thai Pad Tapas Bar & Restaurant for collecting £398 in her bucket.

Thanks to Titsey Rotary for their donations

We are grateful for the donation of a tool to dismantle donated wooden pallets so we can reuse the wood. In return we are refurbishing their notice board.

Introducing Shanne Payne- Workshop Coodinator

Shanne joined us last year as our Workshop Coordinator. As the workshops have grown in popularity, it became clear that we needed a more structured system to manage them.

A local resident, Shanne previously worked as a bursar at Godstone Primary School for 30 years and is now enjoying working alongside Liz, Sarah and Diane in the busy office at the Centre.

In June 2024 the BBC visited the centre as part of their election coverage. Charlotte Wright, Political Editor for BBC Southeast, asked our members and volunteers what they were hoping to see from our local candidates. All the Oxted candidates were interviewed outside the Centre. The piece came across well on the news. They also did a great written article about the Centre which featured on the BBC Website.

Thank you Waitrose

The Woodhouse Craft Centre members and volunteers were, once again, delighted to receive flowers given to us by Waitrose. It really brightened our day and our vases!

A summer project by Vega

We were delighted to welcome Vega Brooks to the Woodhouse Centre this summer. Vega is a local art student who wanted to volunteer in the community whilst putting her creative talents to good use. She spent a number of weeks chatting to our members and creating a beautiful wall hanging of the Oxted skyline using the huge variety of fabrics in our store cupboard. We hope you can pop into the Centre and see Vega’s fabulous work when you are passing. Thank you, Vega!

Other services we offer

Upholstery and caning

When your chair or foot stool has seen better days reupholstery is the ideal solution. We have lots of fabric in our store for you to choose from. Our caning department is going from strength to strength and we offer a very competitively priced service.

Sewing machine servicing

We are agents for Aztec Threads sewing machine servicing. Please contact us if you would like your machine to be serviced. The cost if £75.00 and your machine can be dropped off and collected in The Woodhouse Craft Centre Office.