2025 Festival Dates: 5 & 6 July

DIY: Build Your Confidence with Girls With Drills

Do you want to learn how to use a drill or feel more confident doing DIY at home? Girls with Drills have two activities for you to get stuck in with.

 

Activity 1: DIY Stool Workshop

Come along to our bookable DIY Build a Stool workshop and learn how to use power tools and hand tools to make a wooden stool for you to take home. This workshop is for adults only (18+).

 

Activity 2: Stud Wall Drop In

This drop-in session offers you the opportunity to learn the basics of using a drill and putting things up on your standard stud wall. Participants will get to try out putting in a wall plug, putting up a shelf or a hook, using a stud finder and more! You’ll come away with new skills you can use in your own home.

These workshops are designed with adults in mind, however younger people aged 10+ can come along with an adult to the Stud Wall Drop in. 

 


 

About Girls with Drills

Girls with Drills think making stuff is too much fun for anyone to be excluded. So they’re doing something about it. #girlswithdrills was born out of the frustration that so many girls and women want to be self-sufficient but haven’t been given the tools or know-how to be. Since 2018, Girls with Drills have gone all around the UK to teach people how to use power tools. Their main aim is to create a safe space where people can be goofy, ask questions, make mistakes and learn from them without feeling judged!

 

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The National Festival Of Making Delivery Team

National Festival of Making is supported by the Arts Council England, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Brian Mercer Trust and Foundations and Partners. This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

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