Press releases 2005

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Get on-the-job training and kick-start your career
25.11.2005
Quality training is good for trainees and businesses alike – that’s the thinking behind a new on-the-job Tourism and Hospitality training scheme in Ilfracombe this winter.

14-18 November is Road Safety Week for Ilfracombe School Children
7.11.2005
Fears about child safety in Ilfracombe have led to a campaign to raise parents’ awareness of the dangers of parking too close to the school gate as they drop off and pick up their children outside Ilfracombe Infant and Junior Schools.

Free sessions at the gym to help people back to work
13.10.2005
A new scheme called Well Wise, run by Jobcentre Plus and funded by Transform, the Neighbourhood Management Programme, will be offering free one-hour sessions at a Fitness Centre in Ilfracombe for people on Incapacity Benefit for stress or depression.

Funding success gives wheels to Ilfracombe
1.09.2005
The North Devon Volunteering Development Agency has been awarded just under £80,000 by LEADER+ for a two-year project that aims to revolutionise transport in Ilfracombe.

Transform supports Ilfracombe sexual health drop-in clinic
27.07.2005
A confidential sexual health drop-in service for young people has been set up at the Wilder Park Cottage Group in Ilfracombe. The drop-in is run by trained sexual health staff and a community nurse who can provide the right advice and information on how young people can protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections, stay safe and deal with peer pressure.

New Services for Combe Martin and Bratton Fleming
27.05.2005
Newly installed flashing speed signs in Combe Martin and Bratton Fleming, computing facilities with broadband internet access and a new parish website at Bratton Fleming; local residents are making Transform, the Neighbourhood Management Programme, work for them.

Community Action Day at Slade and Burnside Estates
14.04.2005
On 28 April the Slade and Burnside Estates in Ilfracombe will become a hive of activity as another Community Action Day kicks off in and around the Community Centre in Slade.

New energy at Transform
11.03.2005
“I don’t think people have yet grasped how much their lives can change for the better – and what a difference Transform can make to this area.”

Slow Down!
04.01.2005
Transform, the Neighbourhood Management Programme, and Devon County Council are working together to buy and install flashing speed signs to slow traffic through Bratton Fleming and Combe Martin.