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Dates: Monday 6 October – Friday 10 October 2025 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Cost: Introductory price of £500 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, consumables, firings, PPE and 4 nights accommodation). Catering: Not included Places: 8 (Beginner+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. *We can offer accommodation on the Sunday evening for people travelling from further afield for an additional £36. Please email accounts@ssw.org.uk if this is required, following booking online. Our […]

Saturday 2 November6pm – 8.30pm, Lumsden Village Hall We excited to be getting ready to get spooky at the Lumsden Halloween Party! Join us for a night of games, and DJing in the Lumsden Village Hall. We’re rolling out a potluck buffet filled with culinary delights from our community, and don’t miss the showcase of artworks, costumes, and sounds created during the Holiday Club. But here’s the twist – bring your own dish to share with the entire community, adding […]

October Holiday Art Club – STONE CLUB (12 – 17 year olds) with Lewis MorrisonMonday 14 – Friday 18 October10.30am – 1 pmStone Club is back! Come along to SSW and the Community Making Space and spend the morning learning about stone carving and design. You will work together with SSW artists and technicians to learn about the properties of different stones, the tools needed to shape and carve and take time drawing and working on your own blocks to […]

We’re launching our October programme in the Community Making Space, continuing the summer season with the next Clay Social and our Kids Holiday Clubs, including the very popular Stone Club for teenagers, with local carver Lewis Morrison. Finishing up with the Lumsden Halloween Party taking place at the Lumsden Village Hall! How to take part Check out the full programme with the menu on the right and sign up for your free sessions online by emailing communities@ssw.org.uk with the following […]

SSW welcomes visitors and residents with families and child dependents and can move furniture around to suit your sleeping arrangements.  The Community Making Space on site at SSW, when not in use for workshops and community events, can be used as a family hang-out room/playroom and we can provide some soft mats and toys.  You can choose which accommodation would suit your family best, between on-site accommodation and the off-site house accommodation.  There is a park with a playground just […]

There is off-site accommodation (called No.17) in a house down the road from the main SSW site in Lumsden. It is around a 3 minute journey at a leisurely pace or around 1 minute in a car. There is a pavement for the entire journey and drop curb silent crossings. The pavement is uneven in places including directly outside the front door of the house.  There is no step-free entrance into the house. There is a small 15cm step at […]

The metal, wood, casting and store workshops are the two large buildings in the courtyard across from the main building. Surrounding the buildings are lots of large objects and materials. These workshops are currently closed and access information will be added when they are reopened. The metal workshop is due to be open in August 2024 allowing access to welding, the forge and stone work.

The Sauna is the small wooden hut in the courtyard next to the Bothy.  The entrance to the sauna is around the back on the narrow paved path through a door with a pull hole-handle. There is a low seat next to the door and higher benches. The sauna needs to be prepared by a member of staff and safety information will be provided. There is natural lighting in the sauna through the small window. The space can get very […]

There are four independent SSW buildings in the courtyard, separate from the main building. The two large barn-style buildings are wood, metal and casting workshops as well as a store. The small wooden clad structure is an outdoor sauna that was constructed as an artwork in 2017. The small stone building is The Bothy. The wood and metal workshops are currently closed so there is no thorough access information for these spaces for now. The Bothy is currently being refurbished […]