Pulteneytown People’s Project

41 Murchison Street, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5HW

Tel 01955 606950 Fax 01955 604918

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Newsletter - April 2011
41 Murchison Street, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5HW
Cover Page: Our MAASK
Telephone: 01955 606950 Fax: 01955 604918 Easter at MAASK
group received a Tesco
Email: p-p-p@btconnect.com Community Award and
IT‟S Easter at MAASK and the children were delighted when they received a
enjoyed a successful Tesco Community Award to help them celebrate the holidays.
Scottish Charity Number SC 033675 Limited Company Number 272750
Easter Club. On Wednesday, April 6, the children were met by Tesco Wick Store Man-
ager Stuart Cowan at South School where they showed off the toys and ideas they
came up with for spending the £2,210 they received.
Page 1: Four young men
The Pulteneytown People’s Project website is updated daily with news, pictures and Stuart Cowan said: “There‟s such a great selection of toys here for all the
finished work placements kids, allowing them to use their imagination and play together.
in local businesses. The “It‟s really great for the kids, the community, and their parents as they have
information on future events. Carnegie and Lybster such a trustworthy group where the children can enjoy themselves.
Youth Club spent a day “It‟s a really worthwhile cause which will benefit the whole community.”
paintballing. The new toys came in handy for The Easter Club, which ran from April 11 to
http://www.pulteneytownpeoplesproject.org.uk/ April 15. The week was a huge success with over thirty children coming to enjoy
Page 2: The Men’s Cooking themselves over the holiday period.
group have been baking There were lots of fun games each day with a badminton tournament, a pool
delights. The Training competition, and even a dancing competition - which the boys won!
There are pages dedicated to each of our projects such as MAASK, HomeLink, Due to
Centre has lots of classes
DIYnamo, TARGET, and the Training Centre, with additional pages on you could join.
the beautiful
Spring weather
individual groups such as our popular Mum’s Fun Group. the children
even managed
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a trip to Dun-
information and details on
There’s lots going on! beath Strath for
where to find out more a treasure hunt
stories from the PPP. and soaked up
the sun at a
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their week
prizes were
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Community Centre Placement Success For Workers Community Centre Wholesome, Homemade Meals
Construction Blog: Construction Blog:
FOUR young men received certificates at a special ceremony held by the PPP for
The Pulteneytown People's Project has been working with three gentlemen to cre-
finishing their placements in local construction firms.
April 11th April 18th ate delicious dishes as part of a cooking course.
Niall Gallagher, Bobby Black, Gordon MacNab, and Aaron Wilson all
Coming every Wednesday, Berty Webster, Robin More, and Billy Dunnett
proved their worth by working hard and impressing their employers during the six
are taught how to create good, wholesome, homemade meals, and bake treats in the
months they were employed. To celebrate their success, Vince Walker of the PPP
form of cakes and puddings.
took the men out for a meal at a local restaurant where they were each handed their
So far the gentlemen have been busy making mince and tattie soup, cullen
certificates.
skink, lasagne, pork kebabs, shortbread, bread and butter pudding, fairy cakes and
This was a double cause for celebration as all four recently passed their
pies of all shapes, sizes, and ingredients. At the end of each day everyone gets a
Emergency First Aid at Work course. On the course they learned both theoretical
large slice of what's been made to take home and enjoy.
and practical based skills in treating fractures, burns, bleeding, injury reporting,
The gentlemen are delighted with the class.
CPR, and how to deal with certain scenarios they may face in their working life.
Robin More said: “I would definitely say that eating what we make in the
The six hour course was run by Vince Walker, certified through Ken Brown Lei-
Cooking Class is the best part, but I also enjoy learning and cooking the food too.
sure Training.
The class has made me much more confident in cooking. I feel a lot happier going
There was also good news for all the young men as they look set to move into
Construction contin- From these sunny home and having a go at making something myself."
apprenticeships or further employment. Niall was informed by his placement em-
Berty Webster added: "We‟ve been coming now for about seven weeks to the
ues to progress ployer MM Miller that he is to be kept on as an apprentice, Bobby has secured an photos you can see course. We all go to the Pensioners Computer Class as well and we use that class to
apprenticeship with Lee Mackay Joinery, Gordon is hoping to be kept on at Sand-
smoothly on the new the substructure type up our notes from here and use the computers to search for recipes to make.
ers Harper Joinery, and
Community Centre. By Aaron is exploring the walls beginning to be It‟s brilliant how we can use both courses together like that.”
Funding for the course was pro-
looking at the bottom idea of becoming self built round the base vided by the Highland Council Adult
employed with help
of the steel frame- of the framework Learning in the Highlands initiative.
from the PPP.
work you can see new, Congratulations to with lots of materials
yellow steel supports all four and we hope placed near the front
in place to keep the they find every success fence for use.
in their future careers.
building secure and There's lots of activ-
safe, and several Shown here, from left, ity on the site with
large blocks of con- are Bobby, Aaron, new sections of the
Gordon, and Niall as
crete have been they proudly receive their walls being built every
moved to the front Emergency First Aid at day. Some of the perfect pies made by the class
From left: Amalie Cormack (Training Centre Manager),
Work certificates Berty Webster, Robin More, Billy Dunnett
for later use. The
next part of the build Youth Groups Go Paintballing PPP Training Centre
will be the placing of
substructure walling, THE Carnegie and Lybster Youth Club had a day out paintballing at Wildwoodz TWO new basic computing classes are due to
which will see the Paintball Centre on Sunday, April 17. start in the PPP Training Centre, and anyone can
present outline turn After an early join.
start and a quick The classes will run on a Monday and
into something which shopping trip to In- Wednesday, 6pm-8pm, beginning Monday, May
looks much more like verness the „Band of 9. Held at the PPP Training Centre, 44 Murchison Street, Wick, the courses will
a building. Brothers‟ donned cover how computers work, Internet options, use of accessories, MS Word, basic
their overalls, loaded Our Community
presentations, basic photo editing, and more.
their paintball guns, Centre There are limited computers available, so a confirmed booking is essential.
and headed off into
the woods to take part Construction Blog: You can book your place by calling 01955 606950, or emailing
in a series of chal- vince.walker@btconnect.com.
http://
lenges with plenty of There is also a new group starting Mondays - Lad‟s Learning for Life is a
www.pulteneytownpeopl group for fathers which aims at teaching valuable life skills as well as participating
paint and excitement.
On the right you esproject.org.uk/ in healthy, sporting activities. Lad‟s Learning for Life runs on Monday‟s, 10am-
can see the youth centre_updates.html 4pm.
groups ready for ac- The PPP Job Club will be changing from a Thursday to a Friday, 10am to
tion. 5pm. Contact the PPP on 01955 606950 for more information on all these topics.