EMERGE Touch Wood
@emergetouchwood.bsky.social
Reclaiming & recycling timber since 2013
Mon-Fri 8:30am - 4pm
Sat 10am - 2pm
0161 223 8200 / https://www.touchwood.org.uk/
Work experience for volunteers. Part of EMERGE Recyling.
Mon-Fri 8:30am - 4pm
Sat 10am - 2pm
0161 223 8200 / https://www.touchwood.org.uk/
Work experience for volunteers. Part of EMERGE Recyling.
We were thrilled to supply trophies for the 2025 #ManchesterSportsAwards - the annual event celebrates local athletes, coaches & clubs. By asking us to make these reclaimed wood trophies, MCRActive, celebrated the importance of sustainability and investing in our social enterprise too. Thank you!
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We were thrilled to supply trophies for the 2025 #ManchesterSportsAwards - the annual event celebrates local athletes, coaches & clubs. By asking us to make these reclaimed wood trophies, MCRActive, celebrated the importance of sustainability and investing in our social enterprise too. Thank you!
Please support our sister organisation FareShare Greater Manchester with their fundraising appeal! 👇
💚On Giving Tuesday please support our Winter Van Appeal.
By donating to our appeal, you could have a real community impact!
💚You can donate and support our Winter Van Appeal at our Just Giving page here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van...
#FareShareGreaterManchester #DrivingImpact #WinterVanAppeal
By donating to our appeal, you could have a real community impact!
💚You can donate and support our Winter Van Appeal at our Just Giving page here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van...
#FareShareGreaterManchester #DrivingImpact #WinterVanAppeal
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Please support our sister organisation FareShare Greater Manchester with their fundraising appeal! 👇
🌳It’s #NationalTreeWeek this week and this 👇 is why it’s so important that we rescue and reclaim waste wood rather than sending it to incineration where that carbon gets released back into the atmosphere.
Give us a call to give your waste wood a new lease of life & save trees! 📞 0161 223 8200
Give us a call to give your waste wood a new lease of life & save trees! 📞 0161 223 8200
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🌳It’s #NationalTreeWeek this week and this 👇 is why it’s so important that we rescue and reclaim waste wood rather than sending it to incineration where that carbon gets released back into the atmosphere.
Give us a call to give your waste wood a new lease of life & save trees! 📞 0161 223 8200
Give us a call to give your waste wood a new lease of life & save trees! 📞 0161 223 8200
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🚛Our Van Fundraiser appeal has hit 10% - thank you to everyone who has donated so far! We’re hoping to raise £25,000 to keep us motoring and delivering food to community groups across Greater Manchester. Please donate today and help us stay on the road: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van-fundraiser
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🚛Our Van Fundraiser appeal has hit 10% - thank you to everyone who has donated so far! We’re hoping to raise £25,000 to keep us motoring and delivering food to community groups across Greater Manchester. Please donate today and help us stay on the road: www.justgiving.com/campaign/van-fundraiser
Looking for a job which would have a real impact? Check this out 👇
🚚 Drive change with us!
We’re hiring a Recycling Collector-Driver to help keep Manchester & Liverpool greener 💚
💷 £12.60/hr | Mon–Fri | Permanent
📩 Email recruitment@emergemanchester.co.uk
for an application pack quoting Recycling Collector-Driver in the subject.
#RecyclingJobs #ManchesterJobs
We’re hiring a Recycling Collector-Driver to help keep Manchester & Liverpool greener 💚
💷 £12.60/hr | Mon–Fri | Permanent
📩 Email recruitment@emergemanchester.co.uk
for an application pack quoting Recycling Collector-Driver in the subject.
#RecyclingJobs #ManchesterJobs
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Looking for a job which would have a real impact? Check this out 👇
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
Read the full story here:
🔗 touchwood.org.uk/rewilding-fairfield-hospital
#rewilding #greenhealthcare #touchwood
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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
Read the full story here:
🔗 touchwood.org.uk/rewilding-fairfield-hospital
#rewilding #greenhealthcare #touchwood
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
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
July 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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
Now on an apprenticeship with Wigan Council!
Full story 👇
www.touchwood.org.uk/touch-wood-v...
#SkillsInAction #TouchWood #Volunteering #CareerDevelopment #VolunteerSpotlight #CareerInWoodwork
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...
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 |...
bdaily.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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...
bdaily.co.uk/articles/202...
@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
Join us 👉https://www.emergerecycling.co.uk/share-offer/
#IYC2025 #CoopFortnight
June 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@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
Join us 👉https://www.emergerecycling.co.uk/share-offer/
#IYC2025 #CoopFortnight
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 info@touchwood.org.uk
June 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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 info@touchwood.org.uk
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
* 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
May 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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
* 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
🌳 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
🔨 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
May 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🌳 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
🔨 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
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
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
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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
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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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: voladmin@emergemanchester.co.uk
T: 0161 223 8200 (option 6)
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: voladmin@emergemanchester.co.uk
T: 0161 223 8200 (option 6)
April 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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: voladmin@emergemanchester.co.uk
T: 0161 223 8200 (option 6)
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: voladmin@emergemanchester.co.uk
T: 0161 223 8200 (option 6)
🌳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
April 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌳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
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
🏆 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
#IYC2025 #CoopsYear #UNSDGs #comshares #combiz
April 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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
☀️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
🌷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
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
☀️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
🌷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
♻️ 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
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.
touchwood.org.uk
April 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
♻️ 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
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
🌿 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
♻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
March 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🌿 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
♻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
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
#NAW2025 #Apprenticeships
February 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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
#NAW2025 #Apprenticeships
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
Apprenticeships offer learning on the job and skills for life. We are proud to have apprentices working with us here at Touch Wood.
#NAW2025
February 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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
Apprenticeships offer learning on the job and skills for life. We are proud to have apprentices working with us here at Touch Wood.
#NAW2025
📣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.🌷🌼
February 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📣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.🌷🌼
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.
🎙️🌟 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
🎧 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
January 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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.
🗓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
January 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🗓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
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
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
January 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
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