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Apr 2 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Today's the Day! Gabriel's #bowlforukraine has gone live! After the tsunami of #twitterlove that he received last weekend his Instagram account clarkie_woodwork went from 6 followers to 227,000! He's had a week of interviews and there's even an article in today's Times! 1/5 Image
Woodwork is officially cool! But he wanted to share the love and do something for kids that really need our help. The war in Ukraine has been worrying him so he's hatched a plan. He's carved a special bowl and we've set up a JustGiving page - justgiving.com/fundraising/bo… 2/5
We all know times are tough, but if you can manage a contribution it will once again show that social media can be a force for good. And you never know - the #bowlforukraine might be yours! A priceless, iconic artefact! (or perhaps just a nicely carved bowl) 3/5 Image
So you lovely, soppy, kindhearted fools, please retweet this thread, especially if you have a super crazy number of followers, and let's see if we can conjure up a little more magic! 4/5
The money raised will go to Save the Children's Ukraine appeal and again here's the link:
justgiving.com/fundraising/bo…

And if you're an Instagram user we'll keep you updated on his account clarkie_woodwork 🙏❤️

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Apr 15
A wee thread about a young boy and the tweet that got away. Feel free to RT.

Three weeks ago my youngest, Gabriel 12, came home upset. His love of woodwork was not deemed cool, nor was only having 6 followers on his instagram. 1/15 ImageImageImage
His Dad was upset too. It's hard watching your children battling with life. But what to do? Mum wasn't around, so Dad, the impulsive fool that he is, instead reached out to the lovely people on twitter. Maybe he could persuade some of them to follow his son? 2/15 Image
He was aiming for 60, the magic number in teen world when your instagram page is apparently no longer deemed an embarrassment.

So he posted the tweet and got on with cooking tea. 3/15
instagram - clarkie_woodwork
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Apr 6
A wee thread. Please RT
10 days ago my son Gabriel 12yrs came home despondent. His passion for woodwork was not cool and neither was only having 6 followers on instagram.
instagram: clarkie_woodwork 1/8 ImageImageImage
But then something remarkable happened. I put a call out on twitter, in the hope of snagging him maybe 60 followers, and within 24hrs he had over 220,000!!! @ZoeTheBall was giving him a shout out on R2 and he had 20,000 commissions for bowls and chopping boards! 2/8 Image
We've had MSM banging on the door all week, he's done interviews for the Sun, Indi and the Times and he's even appearing on Newsround today!! 3/8 Image
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Mar 28
So I've now heard Gabriel's had a shout out from Zoe Ball on Radio 2! Crazy. His story seems to have really struck a chord, which is lovely. We could all do with a little sunshine given the state of the world. But since things have gone so public, a couple of thoughts: 1/6
The phrase 'bullying' is bouncing around and I think we need to be careful. I deliberately didn't use that word in my original tweet, nor do I think it is accurate. It's very easy for us all to demean the 'other', as a way of reinforcing who we are. 2/6
Just 5mins on here will confirm that! Inevitably kids take their cues from us so it's hardly surprising that they might do the same, especially amongst teenagers still trying to figure out who they are. Yes it's shitty but we need to be supporting ALL kids and helping them. 3/6
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Mar 27
Update: So as many of you know my youngest, Gabriel, ended last week a little despondent with only 6 followers on his woodwork Instagram. But then twitter worked it’s magic… 1/4 #clarkie_woodwork
Swept up in a wave of twitter affection and support he now ends the weekend with 220k followers! It’s all gone a little nuts but we once again wanted to say a big thank you for all your kindness. You’re all great soppy heroes. 2/4
#clarkie_woodwork
Anyway Gabriel has spent the day carving his #bowlforukraine which he is hoping to raffle to raise as much ££ as possible for kids over there. I’ll keep you posted but Gabriel will give you the details himself on his Instagram #clarkie_woodwork. 3/4
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