We were delighted to learn that our Repair Cafe had been successful in applying for funding from the North Staffordshire Environment fund, managed by the Community Foundation for Staffordshire & Shropshire, to help us provide hands-on electrical safety training to our Repair Cafe team.
Our electrical repair team have previously undertaken individual Portable Appliance Testing training online, but the team wanted to get some more detailed training from a recognised electrical training provider, so that they were all working to a common standard and had practical experience of potential hazard we might find in the items brought into our Repair Cafes.
Thanks to this funding, we are now able to book training with local provider Rebus Training, based in Tunstall.
We are looking to work with our colleagues Social Connective CIC based in Biddulph, and MCA will sponsor a free place for a local young person looking to pursue a career in electrical work.
Link to grant details - https://staffordshire.foundation/grants/staffordshire-organisations/north-staffordshire-environment-fund/
