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Publications

We have a number of our publications available on line which are suppied by our Head Office. Please help yourself to any that you might want to use.

Each publication is provided in .pdf format. You can download the free Adobe Reader from here.

Organisational Strategy

This document outlines our mission and objectives for the five year period 2001-2006. It is a 7 page document.

pdfOrganisational Strategy 2007-20011(1 MB)

Annual Review

This is a review of the charity’s activities. It includes a summarised version of the accounts.

pdfAnnual Review 2007(7.87 MB)
pdfAnnual Review 2006(1.19 MB)
pdfAnnual Review 2005(274 kB)
pdfAnnual Review 2004(1.58 MB)

Annual Report

This is the report from the charity’s trustees and includes the full audited accounts.

pdfAnnual Report 2007(246 KB)
pdfAnnual Report 2006(232 KB)
pdfAnnual Report 2005(190 KB)
pdfAnnual Report 2004(190 KB)

Refurbishing sheets (limited availability online)

Refurbishing sheets offer advice on how to refurbish specific tools.

Tool Sorting Sheets (currently unavailable online)

Tools sorting sheets offer advice on how to select tools for refurbishing. They are usually 1 A4 size sheet.

Standard Tool Kit

Standard tool kits are lists of tools that are sent in each type of kit. For example all the tools sent in a standard carpentry kit are listed. They are one A4 size sheet
These are currently being updated but you can download a list of most of the tools sent in kits. This is three A4 sheets long.

pdfStandard Tool Kit(23.8 KB)

Sewing Machine Manual

The Sewing Machine Manual is a modular manual designed to help in refurbishing sewing machines. New modules will be added as they are completed. We recommend you start off by reading the whole of Section 1. You can then dip into other modules for further information as required.

Tools We Need

We send a wide range of tools to our partners in Africa but there are certain tools we don’t send. Tools We Need provides further details.

You Can Help Us

The You Can Help Us slip outlines ways to help Tools for Self Reliance and includes examples of the tools we need. It prints out as 3 slips on an A4 sheet (double sided).

pdfYou Can Help Us(149 KB)

Donation Forms

pdfDonation form(138 KB)For individual donations
pdfRegular giving form(108 KB)For regular individual donations
pdfGroup Donation Gift Aid Form(155 KB)For group gift aid giving
pdfSponsorship Gift Aid Form(156 KB)For sponsorship

Keep the Fun in Fundraising

A 30 page document with tips and advice on fundraising.

pdfVolunteer Fundraising Handbook(272 KB)

How to set up a fundraising webpage

A single page document with information on how to set up your own fundraisng page for Tools for Self Reliance on the Just Giving website.

pdfVolunteer Setting up a webpage(272 KB)

Country Strategies

(currently being updated and not yet available)
Country strategies set out in detail how Tools for Self Reliance is working with partners in each country. They are typically 24 A4 pages long.

Ghana
Tanzania
Uganda

In Our Own Words

In Our Own Words is a series of reports written by people in Africa who have received assistance from Tools for Self Reliance and by volunteer groups across the UK. They are designed to be printed double sided on A3 paper.

pdfSuper Shoe Shop – Ghana(1.13MB)
pdfMwadewekunze Club – Zimbabwe(4.93 MB)
pdfTFSR Milton Keynes(493 KB)
pdfTFSR Cymru(2.03 MB)

Focus on Uganda

The following two documents come to us from our partners Ugandan Rural Development and Training (URDT). The first is a report written by two partners who spent two months in the UK training to refurbish tools, and the second is a training needs assessment giving some insight into the process of selecting beneficiaries of tools and training in Uganda.

pdfTool Refurbishing Trainees’ Report(585.4 K)
pdfTraining Needs Assessment 2006(309.1 K)

Employment Policies

pdfData Protection Policy(39.2 KB)
pdfDiscipline and Appeal Policy(33.6 KB)
pdfGrievance Procedure(11.6 KB)
pdfMaternity Policy(36.3 KB)
pdfPensions Policy(13.2 KB)
pdfRedundancy Policy(30.9 KB)
pdfTravel Policy(19.9 KB)
pdfWorking Time Regulations(15.4 KB)

Health and Safety

pdfHealth and Safety Policy(28.7 KB)
pdfSickness Absence(26.8 KB)
pdfViolence and Harrassment(57.5 KB)

Other Policies

pdfEnvironmental Policy(31.8 KB)

 

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Tools For Self Reliance (Northampton) 28B Clare Street. Northampton NN1 3JF
Independant Charity Since 1997  Charity No: 1062719

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