Donating Sewing Machines to Africa
Pedal & Treadle is proud to partner with Tools with a Mission, taking in unwanted sewing machines. We service and repair them ready for shipping to Sub Saharan and East Africa, helping vulnerable people in poverty rebuild their lives.
How do I donate my machine?
- Contact us on 07825 904066 or email
- Taunton, Wellington, Tiverton or Oakhampton and 15 miles thereabouts.
- We can collect at a mutually agreeable time/day or
- you are welcome to drop the machine to our workshop in TA4 1JU.
- Other locations
- I can collect machines but may need to ask you to hang on to your donation until I can get enough machines to make the trip worthwhile.
- If you are a group who have gathered donations of 5+ machines I can collect sooner and to a mutually agreeable time.
What machines do we accept?
- All makes and model of mechanical machines including industrial
- Treadle machines are possible but not guaranteed due to time and space for restoration. Your details will be passed on to a collecting volunteer with a van.
Do you accept broken machines?
- Yes. If we have the parts we will repair the machine. If the machine is beyond repair we will use it as a donor machine to help repair other machines.
Can I chose where my machines goes?
- Afraid not. The machines are dispersed through registered charities to people living in extreme poverty, helping them develop skills and change their lives, gain dignity and have a safer future.
- Primary beneficiaries are single mothers, school dropouts, street orphans, the homeless, people with physical disabilities and ex sex-workers.
Can I get my machine back?
- Yes: If it has not had any work done on it, contact us to pick it up.
- Yes: If it has had work done on it but it has not been collected you can pay for the work completed and collect the machine. Payment will be to Pedal & Treadle as you will revert to being a customer of our services instead of a donor.
- No: If the work has been completed and the machine has been collected it is too late.
- All machine must be collected from Pedal & Treadle’s workshop in Milverton, TA4 1JU
Why:
- My family lived in East Africa during my childhood, working alongside local communities by sharing practical, trade-not-aid skills. It had an enormous impact on our lives, which is why I chose a charity working with East Africa.
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