Swansea Community Farm has appointed ‘Bob’ the builder to help them transform a currently redundant workshop into a useable space for all the community.  Can he do it? Yes he can – but not on his own!!

Bob Mattingly has come on board to not only get the build finished on time, but also to help the Farm’s volunteers gain valuable skills in the building trade.

In June 2011 the Farm received £60,000 from The Big Lottery Jubilee People’s Millions to redevelop an existing workshop into a community café, training kitchen and disabled toilets.  Part of the funding is to be used to employ a builder/supervisor to help make the Farm’s dreams become reality.  Bob has a number of years experience in the building trade and working with volunteers.  Not only is he in the process of renovating a 300 year old house in Gower, but he has also worked in the voluntary sector training young volunteers from a range of backgrounds and abilities.