About Us
Dundee Community Craft CIC (DCC-CIC) is an organisation that provides workshops, education, employment opportunities, mental health and well-being support to highly vulnerable communities in Dundee affected by poverty, complex trauma, and substance use. Our team works with people within these communities, whom we call our ‘community makers,’ to co-design and co-produce unique, hand-crafted metalwork and jewellery that are sold commercially to galleries and retail outlets.
Our services are an innovative way for those whose collective identity is often devalued in modern society to discover a shared experience in craftsmanship, which serves as a foundation for improved well-being and mental health. We holistically support our community makers to increase their self-esteem, nurture connections with others, and discover a sense of purpose through investing in equipping them with practical, skills-based training, employment opportunities, and trauma-informed therapeutic interventions which they can carry into other areas of their lives. Each piece of high-quality craftsmanship produced by DCC-CIC is a testament that it is possible to flourish and nurture beauty in times of adversity.
About Dundee Community Craft
Dundee has been dubbed the drug death capital of Europe by many mainstream media outlets. In 2019, The Courier reported Dundee as having one of the highest suicide rates in mainland Scotland. Both of these issues are complex and exist co-morbidly. While we do not claim to have a silver bullet, we do think we have a small part of the solution with Dundee Community Craft.
We provide a range of bespoke crafts courses for our clients. Our courses provide a safe space, teach skills, provide relaxation and improve overall mental well-being.
Our social aims are to give voice and visibility to our community artisans whose work you can buy in our online shop and can be found at Dundee Contemporary Arts and the Cambo Heritage Trust.
We provide craft education, employment and volunteering opportunities to those we serve in the community. We partner with third and public-sector organisations to provide craft workshops to increase confidence, build resilience and create communities centred around providing craft education.
