Furloughed, Self isolating , redundant , time on your hands at home?
County Training are currently offering free short courses to anyone over the age of 19, and are not participating on any other training or courses) These courses take between 2 - 4 months to complete depending on the subject chosen. There is lots of choice including courses in Business Skills, Social Care, Education and Health and Well being. What are the benefits?:
No college attendance
Achieve a nationally recognised accredited Level 2 Qualification (normally these courses usually cost around £400+) No examination fees
Just assessments, work can be completed electronically or paper-based
If you are interested, why not contact Marge or our Distance Learning Team email address distancelearning@hlcollege.ac.uk ?

Councillors in the West of Shropshire have given a big 'thank you' on behalf of the food banks in Bishops Castle and Worthen for the help they have received from Tesco, Morrisons and the Co-op.

Chirbury and Worthen Shropshire Councillor, Heather Kidd said: "The Food Bank has been very active supplying local families, individuals and couples. People who have never had to ask for help before are facing very difficult times. Our Care in the Community Group would not have been able to do this without the help of Tesco's in Welshpool and their local worker from Brockton who is working her socks off for us. Tesco's have and continue to work with us to make sure we are able to supply our emergency food parcels both in free food and subsidised food.

Historic England's Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund extends a safety net to small heritage organisations at this challenging time.

The grants available will help organisations, voluntary groups and self-employed contractors survive the immediate challenges posed by the pandemic, and to prepare for recovery.

Worthen with Shelve and Chirbury with Brompton Parishes are working together to make sure we can all support our residents during this difficult time. We approached or local Posties who were all willing to distribute our information leaflet (attached above).They asked their local team leaders and all was fine.