Thursday, November 27, 2008

News: Rotherham's Working Heroes

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Employers from around Rotherham are helping to raise aspirations and awareness and create an inspiring focus as part of The Working Heroes Project. Funded by Clore Duffield Foundation and managed by North West Rotherham Action Zone, the project is working in partnership with five schools, two writers, five host businesses and eighty boys aged 11 - 13. The project has two objectives: to create an inspiring focus for boy as writers and through this increase their awareness of the different kinds of jobs they might do as adults. The project is built around visits to different local employment locations. These visits will be followed up by workshop sessions in school with writers, Matt Black and Craig Bradley leading to the creation of original writing for publication and performance at a celebration event in the Spring term at Wingfield College of Enterprise and Learning. The schools involved are Roughwood, Redscope, Greasbrough, Rockingham and Wingfield working with business partners AESSEAL, RCAT, Groundwork, RMBC and Parkgate Shopping Centre. Stacey Almond from North West Rotherham Action Zone said: "It’s a great opportunity for the boys to experience a working environment first hand and start thinking about work options from an early age. We hope they’ll be able to capture some of the workplace characters and atmosphere in their writing."
North West Rotherham Action Zone website

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