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✨ RED CARPET 2026 – Threads of Resilience ✨

Every stitch tells a story. Every thread represents strength. Every creation celebrates resilience.

Join Skilled Hands for our annual Red Carpet – Threads of Resilience, an inspiring evening celebrating creativity, courage and community. Experience a spectacular fashion showcase featuring handcrafted designs, powerful stories of transformation, and the incredible achievements of women who have turned challenges into opportunities through artisan skills.

More than a fashion event, this is a celebration of hope, empowerment and the life-changing impact of creativity. Your attendance will help us continue providing craft skills training, confidence-building opportunities and pathways to employment and entrepreneurship for women in our community.

Come dressed to impress, celebrate with us, and be part of an unforgettable evening where resilience takes centre stage.

📍 Venue: Djanogly Theatre, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham
📅 Date: Saturday 24 September 2026
🎟 Tickets available now – reserve your place and help us create more stories of hope and opportunity.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986137329217?aff=oddtdtcre…


Together, we’re weaving a future where every thread tells a story of resilience.

#ThreadsOfResilience #RedCarpet2026 #SkilledHands #WomenEmpoweringWomen #CreativityForChange

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From Kitchen Table to 14,000 Candles: How Passion Built a Thriving Creative Business | Annie Mley of On a Wick and a Prayer

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SOMETHING LUXURIOUS IS COMING TO NOTTINGHAM

A new kind of creative experience is arriving…
where fragrance meets storytelling, and guests don’t just attend — they create.

Skilled Hands CIC is preparing an exclusive immersive experience designed for those who appreciate elegance, creativity, and unforgettable moments.

💫 Limited spaces only
💫 Exclusive access
💫 Premium creative experience

This is not a workshop.
This is an experience.

Details will be revealed very soon…

Stay tuned. 🤍

#NottinghamEvents #LuxuryExperience #SkilledHands #CreativeWorkshop #FragranceExperience #NottinghamLife #PopUpEvent #WomenInBusiness

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Meet Kimmy, one of the amazing young models preparing for Red Carpet 6: Threads of Resilience — a Skilled Hands Production.

This year’s event celebrates creativity, confidence, resilience, and community through fashion, storytelling, performances, and empowerment.

We are proud to provide young people with opportunities to build confidence, express themselves, and be part of something inspiring.

💫 Support our young models and join us for an unforgettable event.


📅 24 October 2026

🎟 Early Bird Tickets:
Standard: £11
VIP: £18

VIP includes:
✨ Front-row seating
✨ Gift bag
✨ Finger food buffet

BUY YOUR TICKETS 🎟️ HERE!!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986137329217?aff=oddtdtcre…




#ThreadsOfResilience #RedCarpet6 #SkilledHands #ModelSpotlight #YouthEmpowerment #NottinghamEvents #FashionForChange #CommunityFashionShow

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Meet Michelle, one of the amazing young models preparing for Red Carpet 6: Threads of Resilience — a Skilled Hands Production.

This year’s event celebrates creativity, confidence, resilience, and community through fashion, storytelling, performances, and empowerment.

We are proud to provide young people with opportunities to build confidence, express themselves, and be part of something inspiring.

💫 Support our young models and join us for an unforgettable event.


📅 24 October 2026

🎟 Early Bird Tickets:
Standard: £11
VIP: £18

VIP includes:
✨ Front-row seating
✨ Gift bag
✨ Finger food buffet

BUY YOUR TICKETS 🎟️ HERE!!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986137329217?aff=oddtdtcre…




#ThreadsOfResilience #RedCarpet6 #SkilledHands #ModelSpotlight #YouthEmpowerment #NottinghamEvents #FashionForChange #CommunityFashionShow

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What does resilience really look like?

Recently, Melissa Harriman owner of Bella-Rose Accessories joined Tina Jesson on the Innovative People Podcast to share a powerful story of courage, determination, and transformation.

Following a severe car accident, Melissa’s life changed dramatically. Multiple spinal surgeries affected her confidence, independence, and ability to do many of the things she once took for granted. Like many people facing life-changing circumstances, she found herself withdrawing from the world and rarely wanting to leave her home.

Everything began to change when her carer encouraged her to attend a Skilled Hands workshop.

What started as a 12-week millinery course became the beginning of a remarkable journey. Melissa went on to complete our Jewellery Making and Bag Making programmes, developing new skills, building confidence, and reconnecting with her creativity.

But perhaps the most inspiring part of her story is what happened next.

Using the skills she learned, Melissa started her own small business and successfully sold her handmade products at her children’s school fair. Her determination and entrepreneurial spirit earned her the Skilled Hands Woman of the Moment Award, recognising not only her achievements but the resilience that made them possible.

Stories like Melissa’s remind us that empowerment is about more than learning a skill. It is about rebuilding confidence, creating opportunities, and helping people discover what they are capable of achieving.

At Skilled Hands, we are proud to support women on these journeys and to celebrate their successes through initiatives such as our annual Red Carpet event, where participants showcase their work, share their stories, and inspire others.

Thank you, Melissa, for sharing your journey so openly, and thank you to Tina Jesson for hosting such a meaningful conversation.

🎧 Watch the full interview via the link below.

https://youtu.be/_D9da86yg3I?is=NxKfv...

What does resilience mean to you?

#podcastshow #SkilledHands #WomenEmpowerment #Resilience #truestory

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Very interesting and inspiring project and story. A must listen 👂 #motivationalpodcast

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✨ MODEL SPOTLIGHT ✨

Meet Tyler, one of the amazing young models preparing for Red Carpet 6: Threads of Resilience — a Skilled Hands Production.

This year’s event celebrates creativity, confidence, resilience, and community through fashion, storytelling, performances, and empowerment.

We are proud to provide young people with opportunities to build confidence, express themselves, and be part of something inspiring.

💫 Support our young models and join us for an unforgettable evening.


📅 24 October 2026

🎟 Early Bird Tickets:
Standard: £11
VIP: £18

VIP includes:
✨ Front-row seating
✨ Gift bag
✨ Finger food buffet

BUY YOUR TICKETS 🎟️ HERE!!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986137329217?aff=oddtdtcre…


#ThreadsOfResilience #RedCarpet6 #SkilledHands #ModelSpotlight #YouthEmpowerment #NottinghamEvents #FashionForChange #CommunityFashionShow

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I Was Told I Was “Overqualified”… That Rejection Changed Hundreds of Women’s Lives

What happens when rejection becomes purpose?

In this deeply personal story, Sheila, Founder of Skilled Hands Organisation CIC, shares how being told she was “overqualified” after graduating with a First Class Honours degree became the beginning of a journey that has now empowered hundreds of women across Ghana and Nottingham.

Before Skilled Hands Org CIC was founded in the UK, the vision started in Ghana through Gold Heart Organisation, where women and unemployed graduates were trained with practical skills to improve confidence, wellbeing, and financial independence.

Today, Skilled Hands CIC has:
✨ Empowered over 600 women
✨ Organised more than 1,000 funded workshops
✨ Supported women through creativity and community
✨ Helped women start small businesses through artisan skills

Now, preparations are underway for:

✨ Red Carpet 6 – Threads of Resilience ✨

A powerful fashion and storytelling experience taking place on:
📍 Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham
📅 24th October 2026

This year’s runway explores:
• Struggle
• Rebuild
• Rise
• Celebration

Through fashion, drama, creativity, and emotional storytelling, Threads of Resilience is raising funds to continue supporting women and children in the Nottingham community.

We are currently welcoming:
✔ Sponsors and partners
✔ Designers and creatives
✔ Performers and volunteers
✔ Small businesses for brochure adverts
✔ Community collaborators

🎟 Tickets available on Eventbrite

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986137329217?aff=oddtdtcre…

Every ticket purchased helps us continue changing lives through workshops, creativity, wellbeing support, and skills development.

What is your resilience story?
#lifejourney #changeagent #resilience

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