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- Turning Point Craft Initiative, Shetland (you are here)
Case Studies
Turning Point Craft Initiative, Shetland
A TCPI client
If it wasn’t for the project, I would have jumped over a cliff weeks ago.
The Turning Point Craft Initiative (TPCI) day centre provides counselling and practical skills for people who want to overcome drug or alcohol problems. Along with counselling, their day centre programme offers therapeutic healing through working with wood, helping clients gain the motivation and confidence to rebuild their lives.
The clients learn a variety of skills which they can then use to create something tangible. One of TPCI’s products is a hand-turned wooden pen crafted in their day centre by the clients who have sufficiently developed their skills. Each pen is made on a woodturning lathe using the finest woods and no two pens are the same.
Turning Point gives its clients something to focus their time and energy on and it’s a welcome distraction for those trying to overcome issues with alcohol and drugs. This stark comment from a client summed up the impact of TPCI: ‘If it wasn’t for the project, I would have jumped over a cliff weeks ago.’
Client making a hand-turn wooden pen
Contact
Please use the following link to find out more about our grants programmes, or call our Grants Team on 0141 225 6670.
If you would like to find out more about supporting projects like Turning Point Craft Initiative, please visit our helping you give pages, or calling the Development Team on 0131 524 0300.