The purchase of equipment to establish Wood Creations - a new business providing specialist joinery services, concentrating specifically in the church refurbishment market.
Wood Creations works across all religious denominations and is a specialist in both church restoration work of existing furniture and in new product manufacture. The business offers a range of products including: church pew and kneelers; stations of the cross; candelabras; custom built sacristy furniture; altar chairs; protective and decorative wall panelling; specialist furniture for weddings / baptisms; book racks; and exterior church information signs.
Funded under Axis 3, through ARC North West, items funded included:
1 new business has been established which has created 6 jobs in the local area, including a reskilling opportunity through apprenticeship.