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bulworthy project

Joined: 27 Jun 2011
Posts: 188
Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 10:56 am Post subject: What courses do downsizers provide?
We run our charcoal making courses, but we wondered what courses other downsizers are running, where they are held and any relevant details. www.bulworthyproject.org.uk/courses

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 10:58 am Post subject:
I do various at Acton Scott if Shropshire: one day courses in poultry keeping, pig keeping, duck keeping and veg gardening.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 1:21 pm Post subject:
We run chair caning and rush courses here in Asturias, our next course is in May. Details here: https://tinyurl.com/crrsk44

sally_in_wales
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 1:23 pm Post subject:

apart from helping out at the various DS fibre weekends and retreats, I'm doing a two day traditional skills course at Renew in mid Wales https://renew.midwales.org.uk/events in July, and will be doing a number of demonstrations and sessions on historic food, soap, cosmetics, textiles and similar topics in museums around the country throughout the year. Easiest way to see what we are up to is to have a look at the diary at https://sallypointer.com/diary

Happy to travel anywhere, can do sessions on specific skills or on a related group of topics.

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mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 2:29 pm Post subject:

sally_in_wales wrote:

Do you want to stay with us while you do the Renew thing?

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 3:38 pm Post subject:
I run 'An Introduction to Chicken Keeping' and 'From Hatch to Despatch'. https://greenmeadowpoultry.co.uk/courses.html

wildfoodie

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 2169

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 3:54 pm Post subject:

I've got some wild food walks and mushroom foray experience days
https://www.gastronomicdiscovery.org/
and https://www.foodsafari.co.uk/course/mushrooms-in-a-day/
and my first chutney and preserves course
https://swaveseyvc.co.uk/page/default.asp?pid=64&title=More%20Community%20Education%20Information.
There might be some more, including a coastal wild foods day June 23rd - still planning that one.

Andrea

Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 2260
Location: Portugal

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 4:00 pm Post subject:
We do Permaculture Design Courses here in central Portugal. Two courses this summer, one in July and one in August. www.casalinho.com/courses

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 4:41 pm Post subject:
Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland (SABI) representative/contact for the south of Scotland (south of the Great Glen) Available to run local and regional scything courses through the summer, from May to September, depending on grass conditions.

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 5:03 pm Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Do you want to stay with us while you do the Renew thing?

Thats very kind, we'll probably stay on site that weekend but may well come and visit en route

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 12 10:45 pm Post subject:
Always lovely to see you.

woodsprite

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 12 6:04 am Post subject:
Having handed over several of my courses to Mochyn, I still run a few at Acton Scott. Victorian farmers wife, the still room, lotions & potions and Victorian Christmas (stir up Sunday). In addition I run a writers course and an improvisation course as part of my day job. :0)

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 12 7:49 am Post subject:
Northmoor offers butchery courses & Jacqui cattle keeping ones, I think.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 12 7:35 am Post subject:

I do poultry keeping and beekeeping.
John does welding and blacksmithing.

We do arrange courses through RBS as well as privately. The RBS ones are considerably subsidised by EU money.

I also am a training coordinator for the RBS setting up loads of other courses all over the SW (but concentrating on Cornwall & Devon) on subjects ranging from cattle hoof trimming to succession planning. We also work closely with Young Farmers.

Melli-Jane

Joined: 09 Mar 2011
Posts: 272
Location: East Sussex

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 12 11:15 am Post subject:

I am the GTO for the Small Farm Training Group in East Sussex, we run courses for our members throughout the year on anything smallholder, farming or craft related. Membership is �20 per annum and the courses cost anywhere between �10 and �60 per person.
I am looking for new tutors in the area who would like to give a morning or day of their time for a small remuneration to run some new courses. We are covered on livestock but could do with some new blood for anything craft or downsizer related, we love anyone with some passion, confidence and experience, no qualifications required!... email me at [email protected] if you are local and can help

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