Restaurant renewal
posted by Cptn
Who’da thought that a top-notch restaurant for the gentry of Dartmouth would be out to tackle social exclusion (err, if your name’s not on the list you’re not coming in?).
The new eatery and training centre, which will create jobs and raise skills, will be at the former St Barnabas Church (the Cypritic Saint is pictured above) and is the project of social enterprise charity Training for Life.
This is what it said in the press release: “The restaurant and training facilities will occupy the front of the St Barnabas site while the remainder of the building is being regenerated by a partnership of Signpost Housing, South Hams District Council and Training For Life. This will provide 10 flats, managed by Training For Life, specifically for homeless people or those at risk of homelessness, some of whom are expected to work in the restaurant or use the training facilities.”
Gordon D’Silva, chief executive of Training For Life, told the PRSD: “Our whole approach is built on the conviction that sustainable jobs with appropriate personal support and development is the only way to secure a move away from dependency on state benefits into a more productive and meaningful way of life. St Barnabas will be an exciting and innovative means of squaring that circle, working in partnership with the local community.”
January 28th, 2008
