{"id":49972,"date":"2021-02-12T16:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=49972"},"modified":"2021-02-12T16:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:41:43","slug":"father-and-son-use-their-passion-for-diy-to-help-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/02\/12\/father-and-son-use-their-passion-for-diy-to-help-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and son use their passion for DIY to help charity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For Christmas, the woodworkers made a decorative tree and now they’re expanding into homeware <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A FATHER and son have combined their enthusiasm for woodwork and charity in a lockdown-born venture that transforms pallets into various products. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gobaith Mewn\u00a0<\/a>\/ Pallets of Hope sells a range of items through its Facebook page, all hand-made by the father-son duo in their Cardiff home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d far rather get my tools out than sit in front of the computer,\u201d says Nick Burd, whose enduring love for DIY was what initially kickstarted the idea to give pallets a second life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His son Aled got involved with the project after returning to the family home during lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not really sure how it started but I think we just ended up having a pallet about and it got converted into something, and then just learning the ropes from dad because he\u2019s always been very interested in this DIY stuff,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the festive season they made a pallet Christmas, which they think is the first of its kind in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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