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Unemployed youths get a helping hand from Hewden
SED exhibitor Hewden, has partnered up with the UK’s leading sustainable transport charity, Sustrans. The project aims to help 182 unemployed young people into work, whilst giving them the opportunity to gain practical plant operator skills.
The £3 million plus project, run by Sustrans, will revitalise the National Cycle Network using Hewden plant, including excavators, dumpers and rollers across 13 locations in England.
Instructors from specialist training companies; Mentor and Eco Training will be educating the teams of previously unemployed adults (who are between 18 and 24) in the safe use of plant equipment. Once training is complete, the trainees and Hewden plant will begin work on the project.
All plant and site equipment for the project is being supplied by Hewden through its national branch network.
Hewden has also recently signed up to exhibit at SED 2011 at Rockingham Motor Speedway, Corby Northamptonshire from 17th – 19th May next year.
Hewden
Trafford House
Chester Road
Stretford
Manchester
M32 0RL
Phone: 0161-848 8621
Fax: 0161-877 2584
www.hewden.co.uk