The aim is to develop Nickel Enterprises into a social enterprise in its own right, enabling people with learning disabilities to have paid employment for the work they undertake in the future. The team is always increasing in numbers as more trainees join Nickel Support and they want to get involved.
Vintage coffee shop
Event organisation
Upcycling furniture
Every Friday from 1-5pm an expert team from Nickel Enterprise run up a vintage coffee shop in Carshalton. They serve tea, coffee and hand-made cakes to the local residents. It has quickly become a local hub for people to meet and have a gossip and laugh!
It has also become very popular with the parents who drop their children off at Gray's School of Dancing next door. They get a bit of downtime by chilling out with other parents, whilst enjoying a lovely fresh hot drink and slice of cake.
Please pop in and say hi and the Nickel Enterprise team will be delighted to take your order.
The address is:
Carshalton Methodist Church
Ruskin Road
Carshalton
Surrey
SM5 3DE
The Nickel Enterprise team run a number events throughout the year, with three regular ones for adults with learning disabilities:
Valentine's
Halloween
Christmas
There is also the annual 'NickelFest' event, which is for everyone, combining our love for music, the community and having a good time. A number of professional artists perform and there are workshops taking place throughout the day.
Nickel Enterprise has a strong team of 'up-cyclers' who take old pieces of furniture and improve it by doing any of the following:
Sanding
Painting
Varnishing
Decoupaging
Cleaning it
The team are trained through Nickel Support and some of the up-cycled pieces have sold through the on-site shop, although there is no pressure to produce a work of art. The up-cycling training is undertaken throughout the week and features heavily on the timetable. We have a number of experts in this area who offer their skills.
Some trainees have taken their new found skills to develop their own enterprises.
For more info on what is involved with Nickel Enterprises check out the website, which was built by the trainees:
www.nickelenterprises.org.uk