ABLE, the next step ...

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Following a period of our own learning, we are now ready for the next stage of development in which training undertaken on the site will be registered to accredited standards.

This training consists of horticulture, aquaculture, construction, and bee keeping, as well as work and life skills. We are in the process of recruiting a highly self motivated individual to undertake this task, then deliver and expand the training, and thrive on the challenge this new phase offers.

This Outdoor Learning Coordinator is generously funded for two years by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, an independent grant making body, which funds organisations whose charitable activities help people to realise their potential and have a better quality of life.

At this exciting time, we have also now exceeded the milestone of 2,000 attendances at the project and in October 2007 we were delighted to host a senior delegation from the new Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Young People Directorate.