We seek to serve the local church by providing the staff, technical skills and resources to run regular sewing workshops as a means of demonstrating Jesus’ love to their local community. Sewing sessions aim to support people living in financial hardship by providing a space to make, mend and alter clothes and home furnishings, whilst drawing the local community as a whole together. We aim to provide a place of belonging: building communities that love and care for one another.
As we build this network we ask churches to partner with us. We seek host churches who are willing to provide a venue and hospitality. We then reach out to the community for volunteer support. As a Sewing Hub Leader you will lead a paid and volunteer team to provide a friendly and welcoming environment, demonstrating care and compassion, whilst being organised and having a strong team ethic. Our sewing sessions run from a place of prayer: we pray before each session, and at the close of the session. As the hub leader you will provide a safe and welcoming place for your team to engage with open prayer together.
You will have a strong understanding of sewing and be able to lead your paid and volunteer team in serving our participants. You will be a confident demonstrator and facilitator, with a broad knowledge of clothes making, soft furnishings and textile art. You will be willing to learn new skills and encourage others with skills to share their knowledge.
We work on a 5 week, half-termly basis, generally during the school academic year. We do much of our communication and planning via WhatsApp.
As our Sewing Hub Leader you would be required to lead the team in:
- providing a welcoming and loving atmosphere, through the hospitality of refreshments.
- providing engaging sewn activities and topics for participants to enjoy, listening and considering what the groups would like to learn, (resources for many activities available).
- offering our CPD opportunities to the team and participants.
- setting up the room to provide a safe and friendly working environment.
- maintaining the register of attendance.
- collecting enrollment data.
- lending out sewing equipment and ensuring their safe return.
- training, monitoring and reminding people of safe practices.
- encouraging people to engage in conversations and activities.
- liaising with local supporters to promote the sewing sessions.
- providing technical sewing support to participants as required.
- working and praying in a way that promotes Christ’s love, whilst honouring others’ personal views may be different to your own.
Skills and qualifications:
- a friendly and personable disposition, with a focus on hospitality.
- good English communication skills.
- a broad understanding of sewing and use of domestic sewing equipment.
We encourage the Sewing Hub Leader to live locally, helping us be connected to the local community and local church. You will network with other local community groups, stake holders, and support networks. This helps build awareness of the sessions and provides a means of advertising what we offer.
This post is for a temporary contract, according to our working policy, paying an hourly wage with allowance included for holiday and pensions, currently set at £19.50/hr. Sessions are 3 hrs each week, including set-up time (term-time only, usually 30 weeks a year). Preparation, planning and networking time is offered as an additional hour each week, undertaken on a more flexible basis. Training sessions outside the weekly sewing hub rhythm happen up to three times a year.
The post holder will be required to provide two referees, who form part of our safer recruitment practices.
This post is for a new sewing hub in Bristol, based at Kensington Baptist Church, Easton.
Application deadline: 10th July 2026
Interviews will be held on zoom on Wednesday 15th July, between 1pm – 4pm. We will contact applications on the 13th July to confirm an interview time.