We Built a Bench!
Last Friday at our Step Outside Gardening Group we built a bench! We are so proud of our achievement, and it’s all thanks to George (who is living with dementia), an expert in woodwork, who skillfully guided us through what we needed to do, step-by-step. Take a look at the photos below to see how we got on.
We are extremely grateful to our funders The Digby Trust, Wimborne Dementia Community and Stepping into Nature AONB. Without their help, we could not continue with this vital, life enhancing work.
We started with two of these, thanks to Rachael and Steve Thorne
Operation preparation - new timbers brought and tools at the ready.
The work begins. Cutting all the timber to the same length.
George supervising the proceedings
That smile shows he’s happy with the progress so far
Elaine inspects the bolts are tight enough before we test it out
Kate looks worried as she tests it out! But it was fine thanks to everyone’s hard work. We’ll be adding the finishing touches to the bench this week.
