Tools with a Mission

On a roll, now!!

Do you have any tools that are sitting unused in your shed or attic? Are you keen to clear your workshop of equipment you no longer use? Salvation is at hand!

Tools with a Mission (TWAM) is an Ipswich-based charity which collects and refurbishes unused tools, before sending them to two-thirds world countries - mostly in Africa at present - where they are used to help people earn their own living rather than relying on aid handouts. The work has been going for 25 years now, and the spread of collectors across the country is slowly growing.

A quick visit to their website - http://www.twam.co.uk - will give you some idea of their various activities, as well as providing a list of the current 'wanted tools'. There are collection/refurb centres in Coventry and Axminster - as well as a new one set to come on stream in South Wales as of February 2010. A quicvk call to the Ipswich office will let you know of your nearest collector - or how to become a collector yourself.