Sarah Ingleby
@tools-selfreliance.bsky.social
CEO - Tools for Self Reliance.
A charity working with project partners in Africa and the UK providing training and tools that help people build sustainable working futures.
📍Southampton, UK
👉 https://www.tfsr.org/
A charity working with project partners in Africa and the UK providing training and tools that help people build sustainable working futures.
📍Southampton, UK
👉 https://www.tfsr.org/
Shout out to any companies who would like to support a brilliant charity!
There's different ways to partner from sponsorships, staff fundraising, adventure challenges etc. All options can be tailored (we are very friendly!)
🛠️ Would your company like to be involved?
www.tfsr.org/support/gett...
There's different ways to partner from sponsorships, staff fundraising, adventure challenges etc. All options can be tailored (we are very friendly!)
🛠️ Would your company like to be involved?
www.tfsr.org/support/gett...
January 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Shout out to any companies who would like to support a brilliant charity!
There's different ways to partner from sponsorships, staff fundraising, adventure challenges etc. All options can be tailored (we are very friendly!)
🛠️ Would your company like to be involved?
www.tfsr.org/support/gett...
There's different ways to partner from sponsorships, staff fundraising, adventure challenges etc. All options can be tailored (we are very friendly!)
🛠️ Would your company like to be involved?
www.tfsr.org/support/gett...
Reposted by Sarah Ingleby
Chilly walk this morning
January 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Chilly walk this morning
Even though it's freezing out there, we still have a team of dedicated volunteers who show up at the workshops no matter the weather 🥹
January 6, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Even though it's freezing out there, we still have a team of dedicated volunteers who show up at the workshops no matter the weather 🥹
New year thought:
what if business did a bit more than just talk about impact?
At Tools for Self Reliance, we work with companies who want to do something practical. Not box-ticky.
Partnerships are flexible & hands-on. You can even pack a toolkit at our workshop that’ll help build a livelihood.
what if business did a bit more than just talk about impact?
At Tools for Self Reliance, we work with companies who want to do something practical. Not box-ticky.
Partnerships are flexible & hands-on. You can even pack a toolkit at our workshop that’ll help build a livelihood.
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
New year thought:
what if business did a bit more than just talk about impact?
At Tools for Self Reliance, we work with companies who want to do something practical. Not box-ticky.
Partnerships are flexible & hands-on. You can even pack a toolkit at our workshop that’ll help build a livelihood.
what if business did a bit more than just talk about impact?
At Tools for Self Reliance, we work with companies who want to do something practical. Not box-ticky.
Partnerships are flexible & hands-on. You can even pack a toolkit at our workshop that’ll help build a livelihood.
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That’s amazing. Congratulations! Over the years I have directed many folks your way when they have offered to donate tools to @themerl.bsky.social that we cannot take. Only when the tools are useable though!
January 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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If you're local to Southampton or New Forest, pop along to our Renew Store!
Especially if you’re planning to get stuck into hobbies, or start a new one 🛠️🧵🌱
We’ve got tools, haberdashery, sewing machines, garden tools, crafting bits & pieces, and plenty of useful surprises, all at great prices.
Especially if you’re planning to get stuck into hobbies, or start a new one 🛠️🧵🌱
We’ve got tools, haberdashery, sewing machines, garden tools, crafting bits & pieces, and plenty of useful surprises, all at great prices.
January 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
If you're local to Southampton or New Forest, pop along to our Renew Store!
Especially if you’re planning to get stuck into hobbies, or start a new one 🛠️🧵🌱
We’ve got tools, haberdashery, sewing machines, garden tools, crafting bits & pieces, and plenty of useful surprises, all at great prices.
Especially if you’re planning to get stuck into hobbies, or start a new one 🛠️🧵🌱
We’ve got tools, haberdashery, sewing machines, garden tools, crafting bits & pieces, and plenty of useful surprises, all at great prices.
Yesterday we launched our Winter Appeal!
We need £6k to launch business training for women in Malawi. Your donation funds mentoring & small grants, helping women build sustainable incomes.
If you would like to donate or start your own Just Giving fundraising page www.justgiving.com/campaign/wep
We need £6k to launch business training for women in Malawi. Your donation funds mentoring & small grants, helping women build sustainable incomes.
If you would like to donate or start your own Just Giving fundraising page www.justgiving.com/campaign/wep
Winter Appeal 25/26 - Women's Empowerment Projects
Help us raise the final £6,000 to launch business training for 120 women in Malawi.
Your donation funds skills workshops, mentoring and small grants, helping women build sustainable incomes.
www.justgiving.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Yesterday we launched our Winter Appeal!
We need £6k to launch business training for women in Malawi. Your donation funds mentoring & small grants, helping women build sustainable incomes.
If you would like to donate or start your own Just Giving fundraising page www.justgiving.com/campaign/wep
We need £6k to launch business training for women in Malawi. Your donation funds mentoring & small grants, helping women build sustainable incomes.
If you would like to donate or start your own Just Giving fundraising page www.justgiving.com/campaign/wep
Seriously our volunteers are a talented bunch! This hedgehog in a shoe is made entirely of matchsticks MATCHSTICKS, by Richard 👏
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Seriously our volunteers are a talented bunch! This hedgehog in a shoe is made entirely of matchsticks MATCHSTICKS, by Richard 👏
Reposted by Sarah Ingleby
The sharpest tool in the shed now.
Thanks to the lovely volunteers at Tools for Self Reliance 🪛
Back my lino printing…
Thanks to the lovely volunteers at Tools for Self Reliance 🪛
Back my lino printing…
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The sharpest tool in the shed now.
Thanks to the lovely volunteers at Tools for Self Reliance 🪛
Back my lino printing…
Thanks to the lovely volunteers at Tools for Self Reliance 🪛
Back my lino printing…
🌟 Celebrating 45 incredible years of Tools for Self Reliance!
From tool refurbishing in the UK to skills training across Africa, we’re proud of how far we’ve come, and excited for what’s next.
From tool refurbishing in the UK to skills training across Africa, we’re proud of how far we’ve come, and excited for what’s next.
October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🌟 Celebrating 45 incredible years of Tools for Self Reliance!
From tool refurbishing in the UK to skills training across Africa, we’re proud of how far we’ve come, and excited for what’s next.
From tool refurbishing in the UK to skills training across Africa, we’re proud of how far we’ve come, and excited for what’s next.
🎉 We’re celebrating 45 years of Tools for Self Reliance today!
For 45 years, we’ve been supporting people to build brighter futures through skills, confidence, and opportunity.
A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of our story over the years!
For 45 years, we’ve been supporting people to build brighter futures through skills, confidence, and opportunity.
A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of our story over the years!
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🎉 We’re celebrating 45 years of Tools for Self Reliance today!
For 45 years, we’ve been supporting people to build brighter futures through skills, confidence, and opportunity.
A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of our story over the years!
For 45 years, we’ve been supporting people to build brighter futures through skills, confidence, and opportunity.
A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of our story over the years!
2024 - Electrical Installation Trainees sampling their new equipment
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
2024 - Electrical Installation Trainees sampling their new equipment
2023 - Certificate ceremony
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
2023 - Certificate ceremony
2022 - Thomas and Stuart at the Oak Fair
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
2022 - Thomas and Stuart at the Oak Fair
2021 - A visit to Llanelli and Carmarthen Group
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
2021 - A visit to Llanelli and Carmarthen Group
2020 – Graduate Robert outside his motorbike repair shop
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
2020 – Graduate Robert outside his motorbike repair shop
2019 – Apprentice in Malawi
October 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
2019 – Apprentice in Malawi
Reposted by Sarah Ingleby
From Southampton ➡️ Lilongwe, Malawi
Back in June, I was part of the team helping pack a container of toolkits - and this week they arrived in Malawi!
So good to see them ready to support vocational training projects and local communities 💛
Back in June, I was part of the team helping pack a container of toolkits - and this week they arrived in Malawi!
So good to see them ready to support vocational training projects and local communities 💛
October 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From Southampton ➡️ Lilongwe, Malawi
Back in June, I was part of the team helping pack a container of toolkits - and this week they arrived in Malawi!
So good to see them ready to support vocational training projects and local communities 💛
Back in June, I was part of the team helping pack a container of toolkits - and this week they arrived in Malawi!
So good to see them ready to support vocational training projects and local communities 💛
Our six-tonne shipment of tools has safely arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi! 🔧
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed... we couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️
(you can read the original story here - www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2524264... )
#charity #nonprofit #internationaldevelopment
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed... we couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️
(you can read the original story here - www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2524264... )
#charity #nonprofit #internationaldevelopment
October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Our six-tonne shipment of tools has safely arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi! 🔧
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed... we couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️
(you can read the original story here - www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2524264... )
#charity #nonprofit #internationaldevelopment
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed... we couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️
(you can read the original story here - www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2524264... )
#charity #nonprofit #internationaldevelopment
2018 - Malvern Hills Group
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
2018 - Malvern Hills Group
2017 - Chef Angela Hartnett helping us fundraise!
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
2017 - Chef Angela Hartnett helping us fundraise!
2016 - Apprentice in Sierra Leone
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
2016 - Apprentice in Sierra Leone
2015 - HUPGEN graduation
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
2015 - HUPGEN graduation