Students ‘join’ forces for new restaurant

Matt Webb, Oliver Fullerd, Jack Cottrell, Benjamin Carroll, Amjad Mahmood (Student Support Tutor Hopwood Hall College), Adrian Case (Site joiner), Aaron Holt and Jonathon Rostron

Carpentry and joinery students were given the chance to put their skills into practice recently to help create some of the décor for a new restaurant.

Under the supervision of site joiner, and volunteer, Adrian Case, the students were tasked with designing and making fifteen blackboard menus, but with a catch. All of the blackboards had to be made out of recycled materials.

Ben Carroll, 17, said: “I enjoyed the experience. I got to use different tools that I’ve never tried before and I’d definitely like to do something like this again.”

Jack Cottrell, 16, from Middleton added: “It’s been great to see what it’s like in a real building environment.”

Adrian Case said: “I was pleased to be able to share my skills and knowledge. The students worked well together and have shown a keen interest to learn.”

The students were working with EAT (Employment and Training) Pennines, a social enterprise committed to investing in young people. The company’s latest project is the renovation of The Stables, in Heaton Park, into a new look restaurant.