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UNDER THE EDGE
INCORPORATING THE PARISH MAGAZINE
GREAT LONGSTONE, LITTLE LONGSTONE,
ROWLAND, HASSOP, MONSAL HEAD, WARDLOW
No. 96 January 07
50P
ISSN 1466-8211
A Tanzanian Diary
Alice has just completed her volunteer work at the orphanage in Mwanza,
Tanzania. She wanted to let all her friends and supporters in the village know
how it went and that the money she raised has helped towards funding a much
needed shower and toilet block for the children, an indoor teaching area for the
rainy season and support towards the salaries of the Tanzanian staff at the
orphanage. Below are some extracts from her diary. She left the day after the
terrorist alerts at all UK airports broke. Her first week was spent at a language
school in Dar es Salaam.
Turn to page 2 to read Alice's diary of her time in Tanzania.
Cash to Boost Villages
Residents in Longstone and
surrounding villages are being asked
what kind of training would benefit them
as part of a new project to boost the
local economy.
The IT2Villages project run by
Derbyshire County Council's adult
community education service aims to
support local businesses, their staff and
people looking for work in Ashford,
Longstone, Eyam, Youlgreave, Stoney
Middleton, Taddington, Hartington and
Tideswell.
Almost £140,000 is available to run
courses and training workshops to help
firms become more sustainable and
creative in their use of IT and to increase
opportunities for local people to work near
to where they live.
The county council wants to hear from
people who run or work for local
businesses, anyone thinking of starting
up a new business or people looking for
work locally about how training could
help them.
In a survey being carried out in the
villages, people will be asked about the
kind of training they need such as basic
computer skills, designing a website,
business administration, using the
internet and e-mail and sustainability
or any other courses.
The authority also wants to know
where and when people would like the
courses to run, for example in
community venues or on their premises,
whether they should be held during the
day, evenings or even at weekends and
how long the training should last.
Questionnaires have been set to local
firms for employers and staff to fill in and
should be returned to the authority's
community education Office, Hope
Valley College, Castleton Road, Hope,
Derbyshire S33 6RD. Questionnaires
can be sent out by post or e-mail by
request. Alternatively, people can ring
with their views and speak to Alison
Rooke on 01433 620662 or 01629
813747.
It is hoped the courses, will start
running from March year.