RETUNE operates 5 days a week Monday to Friday, to work with 28 attendees over the year to teach fine woodworking of stringed instrument construction and repair, CNC machine software and use, as well as reclaiming old unused hand tools specific to the workshop environment.
RETUNES motto (Reclaim your Potential) is twofold. Reclaiming and reusing wood and tools and reclaiming and reusing the individual’s potential
To reclaim and reuse these tools as an example of RETUNES motto (Reclaim your Potential) this engages the personal development plan for each participant done in weekly stages with the learning manual. Our target groups are Veterans/Ex-service personnel, Adult Autistic, Long term DWP and those who identify as severely isolated.
We are based in Easterhouse, one of Glasgow’s most deprived communities and the bulk of our current participants are drawn from the local area
We help to address individual issues who suffer isolation that are affected with PTSD and many others, with needs ranging from mental health diagnosis, physical disabilities to family breakdown. we operate 2 specific manuals for attendees, one is the learning manual that takes participants on weekly tasks towards learning skills and constructing their instruments, the other is a personal development manual that each person completes on a monthly basis on areas of their lives and issues, where these have been addressed and what they have identified as benefiting or blocking a move on process.
We utilise the ‘Cycle of Change’ model a CBT model, is a talking therapy that can help individuals manage their problems by changing the way they think and behave utilising the creative process, It's most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.
In the project this serves to boost individual social skills, confidence, direction, decrease isolation, improve a sense of wellbeing, and contribute to greater autonomy and independence,