Team 14 REACH for the stars with pre-school project

The latest team to undergo the Foyer REACH programme met with their chosen community project to unveil their work.

The group recently celebrated completing the programme with a graduation event, and following this they headed along to Gordon Park ELCC to share what they had done to help the pre-school.

Earlier in the programme the team had met with staff to discuss some of the things on their wish list and decided that they would like to help improve the outdoor provision for the children.

At a bingo afternoon last month the team raised £219 to put towards a mud kitchen and water wall.

They also hoped that the money would allow them to paint a fence and replace slabs with chuckies.

Foyer REACH is a 12 week programme of workshops and projects which aims to increase community involvement, wellbeing and employability and well as work on each participant's personal development.

Workshops include budgeting, planning, self defence and team work.

Participants can gain a City and Guilds Level 1 Certificate in employability skills, as well as having an opportunity to achieve the REHIS Food Hygiene Certificate, First Aid at Work Certificate and ASDAN Volunteering Award.

For more information on the Foyer REACH programme in Ellon you can visit: www.aberdeenfoyer.com or e-mail: annemarie.morrison@aberdeenfoyer.com.

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