Where to find us
Want to get in touch?
Address
Tools for Self Reliance
Ringwood Road
Netley Marsh
Southampton
SO40 7GY
Contact
Tel: 023 8086 9697
Email: info@tfsr.org
Opening Times
Office: Monday to Friday, 9am – 4pm
Workshop, including open for tool donations: Monday to Friday, 10am - 3pm (with a lunch break from 1pm to 2pm)
The ReNew Store: Monday to Friday, 10am – 3pm
Please note, we are closed on bank holidays.
Tool Donation
Bring your tools, sewing machines, haberdashery items and plywood to our workshops in Netley Marsh, Monday to Friday, 10am–3pm.
Please check our [Tools We Need] list before donating, to make sure your items can support our work.
Travelling a long distance?
Please call us first on 02380 869697 to make sure we’re ready to receive your donation.
We also have a network of volunteer collectors across the UK.
Contact us to see if there’s a collector in your area.
Volunteer groups and collectors
If you wish to contact any of our volunteer groups or collectors around the country please call us (or use the online contact form giving your location – home town and county – and a contact telephone number) and we will either call you or email you with the number of your nearest contact.
The ReNew Store
Come along to our on-site shop on Monday-Friday between 10am and 3pm to find a great selection of workshop tools, power tools, garden tools, haberdashery, fabrics and craft supplies, with new stock added every week.
We also offer a tool sharpening service, just pop into the shop – drop off and collections on Mondays.
If the shop is locked during these hours, it may be due to volunteer availability that day, but please pop into the main reception and we can let you in.
Potential partners
Interested in partnering with Tools for Self Reliance? Whether you’re a corporate or small business, organisation or community group, we’d love to hear from you.
Or perhaps you are a charity within Africa or the UK that would like to work with us, please use our online contact form to get in touch about a potential partnership.
Please note: We’re sometimes asked about sending tools to countries outside Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Malawi. We focus our work in these four countries because we have established, long-term partnerships with organisations there, helping us make sure the tools and support we provide have the greatest possible impact.
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