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Dukeries Principal, Ian Barton, and Teresa Westwood, Considerate Management Director at Robert Woodhead, are joined by a group of Year 10 students from Dukeries’ construction programme


Derbyshire, Sheffield and Rotherham, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts have received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) under its Skills for the Future programme for the Working with Nature project. The project aims to develop


knowledge and skills in traditional and new nature conservation techniques with a new audience using ecosystem services to ensure that natural heritage is protected. Working with Nature is a


partnership between four Wildlife Trusts in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and aims to train members of the community who wouldn’t typically engage with the Wildlife Trusts to become skilled in nature conservation techniques. Working with partners such as the YMCA, employment organisations and youth offending community organisations, the programme will work with groups which may not have had exposure to nature conservation before. The trainees will spend a year in


a placement getting hands-on experience of a conservation organisation, as well as getting more formal qualifications and leave with the skills that may lead


Working with Nature has secured Heritage Lottery Fund support


to a career. The skills will focus on: • Minimising flood risk • Supporting fitness and wellbeing • Looking after bees, butterflies and other wildlife


The State of Nature Report 2016 showed natural heritage needs support more than ever. More than 56% of species are in decline and climate change is resulting in


Students urged to look at construction


Robert Woodhead has joined forces with Dukeries Academy to encourage students to become the next generation of joiners, plasterers, plumbers, electricians and painters. Set up as part of Woodhead’s BIG (Building to Inspire a Generation)


initiative, the Edwinstowe-based company will offer young people at Dukeries even more opportunities to learn about the construction industry, spend time in a ‘real world’ site environment and learn key interview and CV writing skills, preparing them for the world of work. Teresa Westwood, Considerate Management Director at Robert


Woodhead, said: “As the skills gap in the construction industry becomes a growing concern for all of us, we have to find a way to bring more people into the sector. Many highly skilled and experienced tradespeople are now approaching retirement, with not enough young people trained and ready to take their place. We want to change that.”


L-R: Tia Bexon, Erewash MP Maggie Throup, Rosie Dales, David Pritchard and Karl Prosser


Dales apprentices earn MP’s praise


Erewash MP Maggie Throup praised young workers as she made a fact-finding visit to an Ilkeston firm to mark National Apprenticeship Week. Maggie met apprentices while


visiting Dales Fabrications, which designs and makes aluminium products, including fascias, soffits and rainwater systems that enhance the appearance of a variety of buildings. “It’s amazing the range of


products that are made in Ilkeston,” she said, while touring the factory on Crompton Industrial Estate. “Dales is another example of


how local goods are making a difference to the country. It’s good to meet the apprentices and to hear how much they are enjoying the work and how they see their careers progressing.”


weather events that are more extreme and more frequent with regular flooding and sometimes droughts. Jo Smith, CEO of Derbyshire


Wildlife Trust, said: “This project will give people who may not have worked with us before a chance to really learn about nature, gain skills that they can use and share for the rest of their lives.”


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