Rotary Meeting 3 May 2023

3 May Meeting at the Wellington Club 

SPEAKER: Oliver Dickie - BenchSpace

Oliver Dickie, who has a background in the legal profession, is the Chair of the BenchSpace Charitable Trust. BenchSpace is an exciting new collaboration for Wellington to provide accessible bench space – literally – for people who practice or want to learn the creative craft of working with wood. Oliver was motivated to join the BenchSpace project after observing the delight and growing confidence in beginners making simle projects from wood, and the associated mental health benefits of working with your hands. 

Oliver has worked with a group of volunteers to bring BenchSpace to life.His team has a strong vision of creating a well-managed venue that will be available to everyone, from experienced woodworkers through to City housing tenants and woodwork beginners.the love of working with wood grew out of renovating a house and has also gravitated to making banjos and furniture. 

Oliver's talk will be an interesting one and it is a great opportunity to bring along new members who may be interested in woodworking but more importantly interested in joining our Rotary Club.

See you Wednesday.

Louise

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