News: Apprentices bring hope to empty home
The charity Action Housing and Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (RCAT) have celebrated success with the official opening of their first refurbished house under the HOPE Strategy.
The house, which had been derelict for several years, was donated to the project by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and refurbished by construction apprentices working with Action Housing to create two flats. Two of the apprentices who had been working on the project are going to be moving into the flats.
The chair of the board of trustees at Action Housing and Support, Mr Gwilym Griffith cut the ribbon at the house in Maltby on Alexander Street. He was joined by many of the other partners involved in the project and Gill Alton, principal and chief executive of RCAT.
The charity's HOPE strategy brings together voluntary, public, and private sectors to provide holistic solutions to empty houses, worklessness and provides purposeful activity.
Gill Alton, principal and chief executive of RCAT, said: "This fantastic project is the culmination of partnership working between Action Housing, Rotherham College and RMBC. We have taken derelict housing and converted it into high quality, affordable homes. I am very proud of our students, college staff and everyone involved for what they have achieved."
All the apprentices who had taken part in the project so far were presented with a certificate by local MP Sarah Champion, who said: "I am so proud that this wonderful project is happening in Rotherham, it shows what working together can achieve."
RCAT website
Images: RCAT
The house, which had been derelict for several years, was donated to the project by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and refurbished by construction apprentices working with Action Housing to create two flats. Two of the apprentices who had been working on the project are going to be moving into the flats.
The chair of the board of trustees at Action Housing and Support, Mr Gwilym Griffith cut the ribbon at the house in Maltby on Alexander Street. He was joined by many of the other partners involved in the project and Gill Alton, principal and chief executive of RCAT.
The charity's HOPE strategy brings together voluntary, public, and private sectors to provide holistic solutions to empty houses, worklessness and provides purposeful activity.
Gill Alton, principal and chief executive of RCAT, said: "This fantastic project is the culmination of partnership working between Action Housing, Rotherham College and RMBC. We have taken derelict housing and converted it into high quality, affordable homes. I am very proud of our students, college staff and everyone involved for what they have achieved."
All the apprentices who had taken part in the project so far were presented with a certificate by local MP Sarah Champion, who said: "I am so proud that this wonderful project is happening in Rotherham, it shows what working together can achieve."
RCAT website
Images: RCAT
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