Community Carpentry Course
Since taking in the first
group of trainees in January 2007 the Community Carpentry Course has now given
over 30 people the opportunity to participate in learning new and basic
carpentry skills.
With
a certificate being awarded for the development of new skills we have to date
been able to award 9 carpentry certificate and 11 first aid awards. An
essential part of the course has seen the development of toy repair and
manufacture. Local nursery schools and playgroups provide us with broken toys,
children’s furniture and these are repaired free of charge. Trainees are also
given the opportunity to make something for themselves; to date students have
made toys, book cases, shoe racks and in one case having been taught to hang
doors repaired a family member’s door.
The
Carpentry workshop has proved to be a real success.
It
is with thanks to the collaboration of the Learning Partnership and Youth
Matters that this opportunity to develop and share new skill has been so
successful.