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Bright sparks pass out



Six young people have learned what life is like as a firefighter as well as other life skills after completing a week’s training at Adwick Fire Station.

 

The teenagers, aged between 13 and 15, have been on a course, funded by the Redmond Tenants’ and Residents’ Association (TARA) – who tapped into grant funding from The Big Lottery.

The TARA is helped and supported by St Leger Homes of Doncaster – the organisation that manages just under 21,000 homes for Doncaster Council.

On Friday (November 4) the six teenagers took part in a passing out parade – after learning skills including discipline, team work and confidence building from the firefighters at Adwick Fire Station.

Sue Wray, chairwoman of Redmond TARA, said: “We applied for the grant funding because we wanted to help put something back into the community for the younger people. The funding has paid for 13 young people, aged 10 upwards, to go on these courses run by the fire service.”

Susan Jordan, chief executive of St Leger Homes of Doncaster, said: “We support 45 tenants’ and residents’ associations in Doncaster and were only too happy to support the Redmond TARA in their grant application. The money is helping young people in the Adwick area learn a range of skills that will help them throughout their life. I hope they have enjoyed the course.”

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue’s Group Manager Martin Oldknow said: “It was a pleasure to welcome this group of young people to one of our fire stations. Courses such as this one have been proven to improve the life chances of the people completing them, as well as achieving our goal of educating young people about fire prevention and arson reduction.”

Besides these courses, the fire service also runs a cadets session at Adwick Fire Station each Wednesday evening between 6.30pm and 8.30pm. The sessions are free to attend and young people learn basic firefighting skills.  For more details ring SYFR’s watch manager Keith Watts on 07920546044.