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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · 14d

Looking for a job which would have a real impact? Check this out 👇

EMERGE Recycling @emergerecycling.bsky.social · 14d

🚚 Drive change with us!
We’re hiring a Recycling Collector-Driver to help keep Manchester & Liverpool greener 💚
💷 £12.60/hr | Mon–Fri | Permanent
📩 Email [email protected]
for an application pack quoting Recycling Collector-Driver in the subject.
#RecyclingJobs #ManchesterJobs

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jul 23

We helped rewild the grounds of Fairfield Hospital in Bury 🌿 Plants, insects and birds have benefitted alongside patients, staff and visitors to the hospital.
Read the full story here:
🔗 touchwood.org.uk/rewilding-fairfield-hospital
#rewilding #greenhealthcare #touchwood

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jul 16

Volunteering at Touch Wood isn’t just fulfilling—it’s a springboard. Just ask Ben Fairhurst. 👏
Now on an apprenticeship with Wigan Council!
Full story 👇
www.touchwood.org.uk/touch-wood-v...
#SkillsInAction #TouchWood #Volunteering #CareerDevelopment #VolunteerSpotlight #CareerInWoodwork

Touch Wood Volunteer Spotlight – Ben Fairhurst | Touch Wood

Touch Wood Volunteer Spotlight – Ben Fairhurst at Touch Wood, for waste wood recycling services.

www.touchwood.org.uk

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jul 2

This development really will be a "Timber Triumph"! We can't wait until it's finished and helping add value to everything we do here, training volunteers, creating pathways to employment into construction & supporting the housing growth ambitions of Greater Manchester!

bdaily.co.uk/articles/202...

Timber triumph as Touchwood gets new base

A Manchester-based social enterprise has received a brand-new facility to boost its training and recycling efforts. Touchwood, which repurposes unwanted timber… | North West | Construction | Charity |...

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jun 26

@emergerecycling.bsky.social & Touch Wood are proud to be a community cooperative (aka Community Benefit Society). Owned by our 130 members who are committed to building a fairer, more sustainable economy & environment.
Join us 👉https://www.emergerecycling.co.uk/share-offer/
#IYC2025 #CoopFortnight

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jun 11

Check out this brilliant upcycling project using unwanted pallets created by our talented Touch Wood team. Get in touch if you would like some bespoke indoor or outdoor furniture making! 📞0161 223 8200 or email [email protected]

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · May 28

As a shareholder, how will your investment be used?
* With marketing & sales campaigns, to promote the real 3Rs, through @emergerecycling.bsky.social services, across GM & Liverpool
* Make our shop more accessible so clients can access more wood. Check out our plans 👇
bit.ly/37ihlRg

#SHARE2EMERGE

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · May 21

🌳 Why reclaimed wood? It’s seasoned, stable and full of character.
🔨 We have a wide range of timber in our workshop just waiting for your Bank Holiday DIY project this weekend.
☎️0161 223 8200
#DIYWithTouchWood #ReclaimedWood #Sustainability #DIY #TouchWood #EcoFriendly #Upcycling #ZeroWaste

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · May 14

Here at Touch Wood we are proud to be a certified #LivingWageEmployer, and celebrate over three years of accreditation.

What does this mean?
• We are publicly committed to #FairPay
• We are certified by @livingwageuk.bsky.social
• We give annual pay increases linked to the cost of living

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EMERGE 3Rs @emerge3rs.bsky.social · Apr 29

SPRING INTO VOLUNTEERING!
Volunteer with FareShare!
@faresharegm.bsky.social needs volunteer drivers to help get food to community groups.
If you're aged 25+, with a clean driver's licence (or max 3 points), we'd love to hear from you!
E: [email protected]
T: 0161 223 8200 (option 6)

SPRING INTO VOLUNTEERING!
Volunteer with FareShare!
FareShare Greater Manchester needs volunteer drivers to help get much-needed food to charities and community groups across Greater Manchester.
If you can regularly spare a few hours a week, are aged 25 or over, with a clean driver's licence (or maximum of 3 points), we'd love to hear from you!
For more information, please email voladmin@emergemanchester.co.uk or call 0161 223 8200 (option 6).

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Apr 30

🌳At Touch Wood, we believe every piece of wood has a story — and reclaiming wood gives it a second chapter. Every time you choose reclaimed, you’re not just building something beautiful & you’re helping build a more sustainable future. Join us in making conscious choices. www.touchwood.org.uk

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Apr 28

It was a thrill to produce the awards for this event using reclaimed wood and celebrating the brilliance of community impact organisations! Congratulations to all the finalists! #SustainableTrohpy #CommunityImpact

Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · Apr 2

🏆 Last month, alongside @thecooperativebank.bsky.social, we celebrated three brilliant #coops doing inspiring work to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Meet the winners 👇 and read about the awards and impact at 👉 buff.ly/T8pkrZB

#IYC2025 #CoopsYear #UNSDGs #comshares #combiz

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Apr 16

☀️Get Your Garden Ready for Summer! It’s the perfect time to update your outdoor space.
🌷Our handcrafted garden furniture & planters, made from reclaimed wood, bring beauty, sustainability, and character to your garden. Let’s make your outdoor space green in more ways than one! #Sustainability

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Apr 9

♻️ A full-circle story from Dunham Massey 🌳
Read how tree protectors from the
@nationaltrust.bsky.social Dunham Massey estate were used to build planters for an education project back there👇 touchwood.org.uk/reclaimed-re...
#CircularEconomy #ReclaimedWood #AccessibleGardening

Reclaimed, reimagined, returned: from tree protectors to planters for Dunham Massey | Touch Wood

Reclaimed, reimagined, returned: from tree protectors to planters for Dunham Massey at Touch Wood, for waste wood recycling services.

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Mar 12

🌿 Wondering what to do next weekend? Why not join us for our next EMERGE & Touch Wood Gardening Club and Open Day?
♻Come along and find out more about what we do here as we put the Real 3Rs into practice. 10-2:30 on Saturday 15th March
#Real3Rs #Sustainability #EMERGERecycling #TouchWood

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Feb 13

Did you know we have apprenticeships here at Touch Wood? Want to find out more about what we do? Please check out our latest blog post: www.touchwood.org.uk/national-app...
#NAW2025 #Apprenticeships

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Feb 12

We’re thrilled to be supporting National Apprenticeship Week! We’re shining a spotlight on our inspirational apprentices at Touch Wood.
Apprenticeships offer learning on the job and skills for life. We are proud to have apprentices working with us here at Touch Wood.
#NAW2025

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Feb 12

📣Call out to Community Shareholders - why not join us for our Gardening Club and Open Day on Saturday? 10am - 1 for raised bed building and filling then homemade soup lunch & open day from 1 until 3pm.🌷🌼

EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jan 27

Another great podcast episode from our sister organisation in the EMERGE Collective, FareShare Greater Manchester. Please give it a listen to hear how corporate partnerships are helping to support vital work saving good-to-eat surplus food from going to waste and fighting food insecurity.

FareShare Greater Manchester @faresharegm.bsky.social · Jan 27

🎙️🌟 Just dropped: A new podcast episode! We’re sharing the behind-the-scenes story of our partnership with Manchester clothing firm N Brown & insights on the mutual benefits of working together.
🎧 Listen here: www.faresharegm.org.uk/food-stories...
#NBrown #CorporatePartnerships #CommunityImpact

Food Stories Episode 6 : Celebrating Corporate Partnerships | Fareshare

Learn more aboutFood Stories Episode 6 : Celebrating Corporate Partnerships and howFareshare can assist with food donations.

www.faresharegm.org.uk

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jan 8

🗓New year, new plans? Why not start #sustainable and kick start the year by giving old timber a new lease of life? From corporate wellbeing spaces to bug hotels, bird boxes and planters for your own garden, we can help you make your outside space a great place to be! #Manchester #Local #Ethical

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Jan 8

How do we employ the real 3Rs in Touch Wood?
Join us as a community shareholder and support the work we do at Touch Wood.

See the full details about the share offer here 👇
www.emergerecycling.co.uk/share-offer/

#Real3Rs #RealRecycling #WoodRecycling #WoodReuse #LandfillReduction #Share2EMERGE

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FareShare Greater Manchester @faresharegm.bsky.social · Jan 7

🍏Are you passionate about reducing food waste and food poverty & looking for a new challenge for the New Year? Our busy warehouse team is hiring a Food Allocations Coordinator. For a full job description 👇
www.faresharegm.org.uk/careers/
#Careers #CharityWork #CommunityImpact

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Dec 18

Since the last EMERGE share offer in 2022, Touch Wood has rescued 1280 tonnes of wood from construction & other sites. Help us make an even bigger impact by investing in the 2nd @emergerecycling.bsky.social share offer 👇
www.emergerecycling.co.uk/share-offer/
#touchwood #recycling #shareoffer

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EMERGE Recycling @emergerecycling.bsky.social · Dec 12

♻️Since 2022 we’ve helped avoid at least 3,114 tonnes of CO2 emissions by recycling & reusing valuable resources. Help us increase the amount of valuable resources we divert from landfill & incineration, by investing in our second share offer👇
emergerecycling.co.uk/share-offer/
#EcoFriendly

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EMERGE Touch Wood @emergetouchwood.bsky.social · Dec 9

We heard recently that we’ve been granted £5000 to improve the outside space at our HQ from the #TRUCommunityFund. Recently, we hosted a visit from @thetrupgrade.bsky.social who came to see the area that'll be improved. We'll be building raised beds for fruit and veg & bird boxes for the garden.

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