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The medal winners of the Rio 2016 Paralympics will receive the very first special medals which will help visually-impaired athletes tell if they have won either gold, silver or bronze. The designers have created a total of 2,642 medals which are 877 gold, 876 silver and 889 bronze. The medals were created with a device […]
It had all been a bit quiet since the gnomes and old tyres had arrived one wet rainy day in the late spring. (See June news to get up to date with the ‘summer of colour’ initiative dreamt up by the two learning mentors Sam and Emily of Signal 1 and 2). Plain white mat […]
In a matter of seconds the sky turned deep purple. Within minutes the rain was so dense it looked like a foggy day and without us knowing the road outside quickly became a river of gushing water bursting over the curb and dashing across the car park and into our vision room destroying carpets, computers […]
Cancer – it’s touched most of us. We know people who’ve battled it, are battling it right now as well as some who have passed and some who are in remission. It was a sad sad day the day Giovanni lost his battle against cancer; he’d fought so valiantly and with such dignity. Never before […]
…But When You Believe Magic Flows and The Unlikely Becomes So Real You Can See It, Touch It and Even Taste It! Oh Yes we believe, Oh Yes we see magic and Oh Yes our service users show us in many ways on many days that things that were once on the edge of impossible […]
Delightful recipe includes; recycled tyres, compost, seedlings as well some creative thinking, green fingers, a special ingredient and some fun – it is Skills Tank after all. And there I was stood with my keys in one hand and an umbrella in the other trying to unlock the door to Station House in the pouring […]
The sun has had its hat on and it’s come out to play… so Skills Tank students grabbed their coats, jumped in the minibus and sped off to help the Wildlife Trust! Spirit of belief, big hearts and a willing soul… such wonderful blessings and as the Skills Tank students over in Tamworth find themselves, […]
Yes Skills Tank students have done it again and what a princely sum they’ve raised £303.00 for Sports Relief – there’s no stopping them – what’s next? Now that’s a good question and you’ll have to keep coming back to the Skills Tank blog to find out – but one thing is for sure, they […]
It’s a quiet, virtually silent lethargic Monday, which is a little unnerving as Mondays can be mayhem. Skills Tank students are in the kitchen and we’re discussing different cultures and how they celebrate special events with food. It’s a little hardgoing but gradually the students come out of weekend mode and start to join in. […]
Uplifting news, Care First has recently been presented with Birmingham Business Charter’s Social Responsibility certification; with this Care First and Skills Tank join a small group of just 301 companies across Birmingham who’ve not only shown but clearly proven they care on many levels. Not only does Care First and Skills Tank go to great […]
