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Sarah Ingleby
@tools-selfreliance.bsky.social
CEO - Tools for Self Reliance.
A charity working with project partners in Africa and the UK providing training and tools that help people build sustainable working futures.
📍Southampton, UK

👉 https://www.tfsr.org/
Seriously our volunteers are a talented bunch! This hedgehog in a shoe is made entirely of matchsticks MATCHSTICKS, by Richard 👏
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Reposted by Sarah Ingleby
The sharpest tool in the shed now.

Thanks to the lovely volunteers at Tools for Self Reliance 🪛

Back my lino printing…
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🌟 Celebrating 45 incredible years of Tools for Self Reliance!

From tool refurbishing in the UK to skills training across Africa, we’re proud of how far we’ve come, and excited for what’s next.
October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎉 We’re celebrating 45 years of Tools for Self Reliance today!

For 45 years, we’ve been supporting people to build brighter futures through skills, confidence, and opportunity.

A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of our story over the years!
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
2024 - Electrical Installation Trainees sampling their new equipment
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
2023 - Certificate ceremony
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
2022 - Thomas and Stuart at the Oak Fair
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
2021 - A visit to Llanelli and Carmarthen Group
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
2020 – Graduate Robert outside his motorbike repair shop
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
2019 – Apprentice in Malawi
October 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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From Southampton ➡️ Lilongwe, Malawi

Back in June, I was part of the team helping pack a container of toolkits - and this week they arrived in Malawi!

So good to see them ready to support vocational training projects and local communities 💛
October 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Our six-tonne shipment of tools has safely arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi! 🔧

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed... we couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️

(you can read the original story here - www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2524264... )
#charity #nonprofit #internationaldevelopment
October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
2018 - Malvern Hills Group
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
2017 - Chef Angela Hartnett helping us fundraise!
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
2016 - Apprentice in Sierra Leone
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
2015 - HUPGEN graduation
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
2014 - Bridgend TFSR Workshop
September 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
2013 - Baildon coffee morning
September 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
2012 - Me with partners in Tanzania!
September 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
2011 - Volunteer working on a Singer sewing machine treadle in Southampton.
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
2010 - Martin and his apprentices in Ghana
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
2009 - Sir Desmond Tutu visits us in Southampton
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
2008 - Paul and team climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
September 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM