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RBH News
ROCHDALE’S GREEN TEAM READY TO GO!
December 15, 2009, 03:55:44 PM
| We have teamed up with Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale to pilot a new scheme designed to give young unemployed people in the Rochdale area an opportunity to develop their environmental skills.
Teresa Jennings from Groundwork explains: “The 'Green Team' is a year long training scheme which has been funded by both organisations,” she said;
“Groundwork will run two ‘Green Teams’ who will work on RBH estates and land to make small scale environmental improvements that will make a big difference to local communities.”
Candidates aged 18 – 24 have been recruited via the Government’s Future Jobs Fund project and at any one time the scheme will see around 16 young people working. The scheme will provide training which will result in accredited certification which should ultimately help the young people find full time employment.
Our Director of Property Services, Eugene Wilson is pleased the company has been able to support the project. “Tackling worklessness, particularly in young people is one of our key objectives,” he said.
“The ‘Green Team’ members will have the opportunity to gain real employment skills and experience, whilst at the same time delivering work that will benefit RBH tenants and their local communities. That is why this project has our full support.”
One of the first tasks for the newly recruited ‘Green Team’ will be clearing rubbish and vegetation from footpaths on the land behind Queens Drive, Kirkholt. The ‘Green Team’ will also be planting spring and summer flowering bulbs and tidying up run down areas on several other estates.
The trainees will be expected to learn accredited skills in health and safety, manual handling, plastering, block paving, bricklaying, fencing and landscaping and other specific training will able be available at the trainees request.
“We are looking forward to welcoming the ‘Green Team’ to RBH,” adds Eugene Wilson. “We will be monitoring the success of this initiative, which could be rolled out on a wider scale if it proves successful.”
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