Làmhan has been set up to address the inequality of access to affordable, high quality sewing tuition in Scotland

The founder of the charity is Jo Watson.

Her fellow trustees are James Wylie and Carolyn Seggie.

Our mission

We will provide a wide range of learning opportunities which will improve employability and confidence through the development of skills, providing pathways to qualifications and by offering access to training, volunteering and employment activities

We will empower people by teaching them to sew, make & repair their own clothes through workshops, patterns, books and sewing kits

We will offer Dress and Textiles Heritage training to people who traditionally face barriers

We will advance arts and culture through the promotion, revival and presentation of traditional tailoring, kiltmaking & dressmaking and the provision of creative opportunities to ensure that these skills do not continue to decline and are not lost to history

We will advance environmental protection or improvement by the promotion of environmental sustainability, through repair, reuse, reclamation, recycling and use of surplus and leftover materials in our classes