It was fantastic to welcome lots of residents to our KGV Hub and The Green Hub on Saturday 10 June to discuss plans being made to enhance and improve our sites.
The architects who are in the process of designing several new skills and training spaces within some of our community hubs, shared their initial design ideas and had great feedback from all who attended.
We also had a great response to the online and paper surveys with more than 200 completions. All of which will be fed into the final designs.
The project is being funded by Worcester City Council as part of its Towns Fund allocation. Worcester was awarded £19.6 million from the Government’s Towns Fund which is helping to pay for several projects around the city that aim to deliver long-term economic and productivity growth, and support recovery from Covid.
Of that £19.6 million, £1.79million has been allotted towards improving Community Skills and Enterprise in the city, with £1.6million of that money being invested in Worcester Community Trust buildings.
This £1.6m funding will be used for the development of a new construction skills training centre, “Building Block II ” at The Green Hub in Dines Green as well as planned improvements at other hubs.
Our aim is to provide training opportunities to residents within their local communities, focusing on areas where people may not have mainstream qualifications. Courses planned range from IT skills and customer services to training in construction skills including bricklaying, carpentry, plumbing and green tech trades such as solar and heat pump installation engineers.
As part of the same project, a £150,000 grant has been awarded to St Peter’s Village Hall Association to support construction of a new village hall that will include space for training courses for the local community, and a £50,000 grant has been awarded to the Fairfield Centre in Warndon, which is expanding its capacity to deliver hair and beauty skills training.