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We are so excited to be finalists in the Tandridge Business Awards 2025: Community Service Provider Award.
Newsletter August 2025
Find out about all the exciting activities that we've been enjoying in the last few months by reading our latest newsletter. Just click here: Newsletter August 2025
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!
A donation of plants from Waitrose including lobelia, dahlias, fuchsias and hollyhocks.
Thank you to Melinda and Judy for planting them in our community garden.
Community funding:
Thank you for the lottery funding 'awards for all'.
Thanks to Morrisons, Baffle boards were added to to provide better hearing for the members.
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.
Susan Caswell – promoting us on
social media
Have you noticed lots of great posts about us on local social media platforms recently? Susan Caswell, one of our volunteers, has been enjoying taking photos of our items and creating posts that promote what we do and how we do it! She is also a keen crafter and has been improving her upholstery skills under the expert guidance of Gill, Janice and Veronica on a Tuesday morning. Susan also helps in the office, working with Liz to promote all our fabulous workshops (see list at end of this newsletter). Susan says “I love helping the local community and really enjoy my mornings spent at the Woodhouse Centre. The bubbly atmosphere and lovely members makes it a real pleasure to volunteer here.”
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.