Insert for facilitating multi-component moulding and method of moulding

A handle for a hand-held or operated tool or appliance comprising a body of rigid material and a separate mold-facilitating insert having a base, the body defining a cutout region which is of complementary shape to the base whereby the base fits within the cutout region, the insert having an upper surface from which a raised pattern or shape protrudes including at least one raised element of closed form, and a lower opposite surface which abuts the body, wherein the insert defines an internal bore or bores which extend between the interior of the element of closed form to the opposite lower surface where the bore or bores join a channel or channels provided laterally across the lower surface of the insert.