WATCHET'S Community Makers group is appealing to community organisations to get in touch with projects for them to complete in the town.

The volunteer group meet twice a week to work under the guidance of tradesman Ian Wedlake with projects being proposed by the community.

The team's focus is on the built environment, covering such areas such as construction, painting, plastering and carpentry.

So far the team has helped refurbish the Watchet Boat Museum, built benches for Splash Point, made a planter for a Christmas tree at the Visitor Centre, and are working on a series of bench planters and a playhouse for Knights Templar School.

Once projects are proposed, the group uses monthly meetings to decide which to tackle and in what order.

The workshop sessions take place on Thursdays between 7pm and 9pm and Sundays between 3pm and 5pm at a community workspace at Harbour Studios on the East Quay.

Community maker Jack Mitchell said: “I’m really enjoying being part of this project. I like being able to see the results of our work in the town, and feeling part of the community. It’s also a bit of a laugh.

"We’re all very different people with a range of skills, so we’ve already learnt a lot from each other.”

The scheme was initiated by social enterprise regeneration company, Onion Collective CIC, thanks to money raised by Healthfull, as a result of extensive research carried out in the town, asking its inhabitants what they felt Watchet needed for a stronger future.

During this process, the community expressed a desire to make sure skills and trades were not lost and would be able to be passed to other people.

A spokesman for the Onion Collective said: "In Watchet there is a division of skills and experience with a wealth of knowledge begging to be passed on and shared.

"This project therefore aims to break down some of these divides with people learning from one another, working together, developing skills and relationships and supporting personal and community development."

If you are a community organisation and have a project you would like to suggest for the town, or if you would like to join the team of makers, please contact Sally Lowndes at sally@onioncollective.co.uk or ring 07832 137047.