Youth Training

Young Turners Training Days

To give young people who are under 22 on January 1st of the membership year the opportunity to improve their woodturning skills.

Training workshops are held at either a professional turner’s workshop, a club or training centre. The number of students at each event varies. We try to provide one trainer for each two students to ensure they are well supervised and have every opportunity to advance.

The AWGB Development Fund and the Worshipful Company of Turners (WCT) sponsor the Youth Training Programme and cover all other costs.

These courses will cover safety in the workshop, safe turning techniques, tooling, and finishing.
Download an Application form or fill in the web form.

For more information contact: Steve Gordon at youthtraining@awgb.co.uk

DateTopicOrganiserVenueNotes
2026
24 October 2026Varied (6 places)Les ThorneHampshire
21 November 2026Varied (6 places)Paul HannabyGloucester
21 November 2026Varied (2 places)Darren CrispRenfrewshire
2027
9 January 2027Varied (2 places)Darren CrispRefrewshire
16 February 2027Varied (4 places)Liz PearsonWest Berkshire
17 February 2027Varied (6 places)Les ThorneHampshire
9 April 2027Varied (4 places)Liz PearsonWest Berksire
17 April 2027Varied (4 places)Dennis WakeHartlepool
20 April 2027Varied (6 places)Peter BradwickCwmbran
1 May 2027Varied (6 places)Les ThorneHampshire
15 May 2027Varied (6 places)Steve GordonWarwickshire
14 August 2027Varied (4 places)Dennis WakeHartlepool
18 September 2027Varied (6 places)Les ThorneHampshire