Want to find out more about Sparc Teams AND be part of a team creating a fun and meaningful project?
Come along, and ‘Get down and dirty’ with us… Painting, decorating and setting up shop.
Community DIY Challenge – Phase I – SparcSpace
Where? SparcSpace, 105 Wilder Street, St.Pauls. BS2 8QU
When? Wednesday 7th April 10am – 7pm
Why? Sparc Teams is a social enterprise in Bristol working with teams, individuals, local businesses and the entire community to turn on our collective potential. This project is wholly focused upon creating a convivial, warm and welcoming environment on Wilder Street in St.Pauls for those who are unemployed or in transition. Over the next days, weeks and months we aim to ‘Revitalize’ our neighbourhood one step at a time – returning a sense of ownership, real opportunity and empowerment to the heart of the community. Create Value and be Valued.
If you have 1 hour or 5 hours, come and join in the fun – meet like minded people, share a few DIY tips, do a little painting, and find out more about how you can get involved with Sparc Teams (there’s jobs, workshops, work trials and more)
In exchange for your handiwork on the day – we’ll give you Sparc Points which you can use to spend towards any of our empowering and career focused workshops or one to one coaching.
There will be gallons of tea, acres of chocolate crispy cakes and ocean sized waves of radio tunes to keep the team smiling!
We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Huge Thanks go this week to:
Vincent Brissenden ( Project Manager and Chief Advisor on removing rawl plugs ;0) for the Community Challenge), Simon Prentice (for unquestioningly lending me his power tools), and Shelley Bartlett for her ability to inspire the inspired.
Community Re-Paint http://www.communityrepaint.org.uk
Community Re-Paint a social enterprise with a store based in Knowle who see ‘waste paint’ as a resource and strive to collect and redistribute more and more paint each year providing a fantastic service for the environment and the local community.
Thanks especially to Vicky and Suzie - who have supplied the project with copius amounts of eco paint at a humungously discounted price.
Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) http://www.prsc.org.uk/
The mission of PRSC is to help Stokes Croft (our nearest neighbourhood) to recognise its special qualities by improving the streetscape through direct action, by creating a sense of identity, a sense of belonging and of self-worth.
PRSC is determined to safeguard the unique character of the area.
Thanks go to Chris Chalkley for his interest in Sparc Teams and the Community Challenge, his exchange of ideas and for loaning us the equipment we need to decorate the space. We’ve borrowed ladders, brushes, rollers, overalls, dust sheets… all without which we wouldn’t have been able to complete the challenge in time. A special mention to Jenny at Stokes Croft China for such a warm and welcoming introduction to PRSC.
Bristol City Council
Bristol City Council have been, how can we say it – our experience with BCC whilst setting up Sparc Teams has been uplifting. They have embraced our social enterprise, our team and our ‘mission to end unemployment as we know it’ wholeheartedly. We aim to honour their investment of time, resource and trust by creating a truly great offering for those who are unemployed, under employed or simply in transition.
We hope to see you all soon at SparcSpace! The next update will include: 10 Brand new Sparc Teams Future Jobs Fund vacancies, New Work Trial Opportunities, Photos of SparcSpace and more…
Best Wishes, Sparcy
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