Another Six Buckets Collected from the Ironworks’ Permanent Wishing Wells In aid of all the incredible work that Hope House do for our regional communities, we have had three wishing wells set up across the Ironwork’s site for our visitors to donate into. These wishing wells have already been emptied four times since they were placed due to the volume of our visitors and members making wishes, and we hope to see them emptied even more in the coming year. Serving...

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NATIONAL PLEA TO ALL CITIES! The creators of the 27ft tall Knife Angel made from 100,000 knives are now reaching out to all UK cities in a national plea for them to host the magnificent sculpture. The British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry is hoping other cities will follow suit after Liverpool, Hull and now Coventry have all committed to hosting the Sculpture as part of its National Tour. The Knife Angel, made from 100,000 knives which were collected by all 43 UK Police Const...

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Ironworks Supply Stansted Airport with Knife Banks As with any airport in Europe, Stansted Airport in London has to deal with an incredibly large number of people entering its doors every day, with a huge 27 million passengers per year. Occasionally some of these passengers may bring a blade into the airport and, although it is unlikely that many of these knives are being carried with malicious intent, the safety of its patrons is always at the forefront of Stansted’s ...

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Ironworks to Receive a Recognition Award from the West Mercia Police On Friday the 1st of March, the West Mercia Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Tracey Onslow, and Deputy Chief Constable, Amanda Blakeman, visited us to present Clive Knowles, Chairman and Founder of The British Ironwork Centre, with a special award to recognise all of our help and support over the years. The award not only celebrates the support given to West Mercia, but it also recognises the impact th...

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Helping to End a National Blight The Knife Angel’s Next Stop: Coventry The National Monument against Violence and Aggression, the “Knife Angel”, has now been on its grand UK tour since the end of November 2018. Beginning its journey stood outside of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral over the Christmas holidays, the Angel has since travelled to the Queen’s Gardens in Hull, and is now set to continue its journey onwards to Coventry in March. The Ange...

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Forget Me Not Campaign Ironworks to Help Raise an Additional One Million Pounds for National Hospices   Our aim is to help as many hospices across the UK as we possibly can to achieve a national total of one million pounds. In 2018, we enabled a total of five hospices to achieve a whopping £179K through various Forget Me Not campaigns. In 2019, as part of our National Hospice Support Programme, we are hoping to triple our efforts towards reaching the million mark...

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Making Tracks in National Coach Tourism The Ironworks Journey to being Shortlisted for the British Coach Tourism Awards 2019 Recognised nationally as a long-established and greatly-respected awarding body, the British Coach Tourism Awards (BCTA) aim to honour and award those in the industry who are truly exceptional at what they do for coach trips and their visitors across the UK. The awards are as much an honour as they are a representation of what all coach tourism indus...

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From West to East Knife Angel to Travel from Liverpool to Hull Following great success in Liverpool City, the end of January will see the Knife Angel officially embark on the next leg of its national journey to the Yorkshire city of Hull. The National Monument against Violence and Aggression has been standing proudly outside of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral for two months over the seasonal Christmas period where it has created a truly impressive stir with Liverpool&rs...

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Ironwork’s Support Thomas Adams School with latest Environmental Project As part of their bid to be more environmentally friendly, Thomas Adams School in Wem have been taking part in an exceptional project to raise awareness for the importance of recycling and eco-conservation. The school will be working hard over the next few months to collect thousands of bottle tops for the creation of a sculpture, igniting their children’s imaginations over using general...

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The Knife Angel has now been stood proudly outside of the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral since the end of November 2018. When the city approached us with their ideas to host the 27ft sculpture over the holiday period, we were completely thrilled. Originally, Liverpool was only meant to be hosting the Angel for the month of December but that soon extended to the 31st of January. With so much going on over the past few months, the end of January is right on our heels, meaning it...

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