The students have been
learning the art of plastering as part of a Steady Work project
based at Rock Road in Torquay, which aims to help people who
may otherwise be excluded from mainstream training due to alcohol
or drug dependency or perhaps lack of confidence.
The scheme, which
currently caters for up to eight students, is funded by Torbay
Council and the Department for Communities and Local Government
and run by the Shekinah Mission who run a similar workshop in
Plymouth.
The students were
given the opportunity to go head to head against trainees from
Plymouth as pat of a competition where each trainee was given
a room to plaster within a new 15-bed night shelter in Plymouth,
being redeveloped by the Shekinah Mission.
Torbay's skill and
team performance throughout the competition shone through and
they were crowned overall winners by Rok Construction, one of
Steady Works biggest support providers.
Cabinet Member Councillor
Derek Mills said: "I am delighted to see that the work
carried out by the Shekinah Mission is already impacting positively
on peoples' lives in the Bay.
"This innovative
scheme builds on our aspirations for economic prosperity in
Torbay with a skilled and highly paid workforce. Not only are
we helping people to get back into work but on a personal level
it will help to raise their self-esteem and confidence whilst
contributing to their local community.
"I would like
to take this opportunity to thank Travis Perkins for supplying
the material for the competition and the trainees on their achievement.
They obviously take pride in their work and I hope that their
new found skills will take them onto bigger and better things
in the future." |
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