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Volunteer Development Scotland Ltd. (also known as Volunteer Scotland).
Charity registered in Scotland SC013740 and a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland, No. SC106743. Our registered Office is Jubilee House, Forthside Way, Stirling. FK8 1QZ

Tim Stead Trust

To save The Steading as a base for education in wood craft and art, for the benefit of traditional woodcraft heritage and for the benefit of the local community.To establish a viable means of purchasing The Steading, Blainslie in the Scottish Borders in order to safeguard its future as a significant piece of Scottish craftsmanship thereafter and., To establish the Tim Stead Trust thereby making The Steading and its contents accessible to the public; and to provide educational activities interpreting Tim Stead’s furniture, sculpture, philosophy and poetry.

Current opportunity

The Tim Stead Trust are at an exciting point in our evolution. You could be part of the wonderful ongoing story. Having been phenomenally successful in...