Welcome to Westbury Workshops
We will be launching an exciting new venture very soon – hosting short courses at our ironing studio in Newstead, Stoke-on-Trent.
It’s all part of our vision to help people who have never learned how to iron and adults with learning difficulties or physical disabilities who want to develop their life and work skills.
Working mum Diane Brassington, owner and founder of Westbury Ironing, has now set up Westbury Workshops because she wants to help people to live more independently by teaching them to wash, iron and care for their own clothes.
Diane, who has spent more than 25 years in the care and support sector, is also the mother of three teenagers, including a son who is a full-time wheelchair user with multiple learning difficulties.
“Having worked or volunteered in the social care sector for so many years and having a son with disabilities means I both understand and appreciate that people with disabilities want to be as independent as possible,” she says.
“We also want to equip them with the skills they need to work in the ironing and laundry business. This has always been our vision – to offer work and training opportunities to local people.”
Each of our short workshops will teach people how to:
Wash clothes properly without shrinking, fading or running of colours
Understand the labels on clothes – why they are there and what they mean
Operate a washing machine and know the difference between each of the programmes
Dry clothes correctly depending on the fabric
Understand how an iron works and be able to iron clothes
Hang and fold clothes
We will be offering three different courses:
Four-hour one-off courses for students leaving home and adults who have never learned to iron (max three learners per course)
A three-week course run one day a week for three hours for adults with learning difficulties or physical disabilities
1:1 bespoke tuition
How much will courses cost?
Four-hour one-off course - please call for details
One day a week course - please call for details
Bespoke courses – price available on request
Where will the workshops be held?
We have a bright, modern and airy studio based at Landau Training and Enterprise Centre in Newstead, Stoke-on-Trent. Landau is a charity that provides people with learning disabilities or long-term health issues, and the long-term unemployed, with the skills and support they need to find work. www.landau.co.uk
How do I sign up?
Four-hour one-off course
One day a week course
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