The Eccles Precinct is about to embark on a giant transformation. Part of ‘The Eccles Vision’, Salford Council describes the project as building on its roots both in terms of heritage and the strong sense of community pride, as the town grows into the future.
On the fringes of the development sits our Mustard Tree Eccles hub, and has been for over 10 years.
With a fresh focus on employability training, vocational partnerships and 1-2-1 support, the revitalised hub would like to welcome everyone from the local community and further afield.
On the reopening day, we asked some of our regulars what they thought of the refurbished space. Listen to the audio at the top of the page or below, where you can also find out a little more about what work has been done.
Last week, we welcomed Salford Now to write a piece about the refurbished hub, which you can read here. Local Eccles Councillors Mike McCusker and Nathaniel Tetteh also visited to meet our staff, trainees and volunteers. Cllr McCusker said “it was a great opportunity to meet the Mustard Tree team at its newly refurbished Eccles Hub who are helping to improve the economic wellbeing of people in Salford and find settled homes.”
You can read the full write-up via Salford City Council News.
“Once I’d been to Mustard Tree, I started speaking out. If I hadn’t made that move, I wouldn’t be here with Sisk”.
In one of our recent newsletters, we talked about Freedom Project trainee Hema
and how helping to improving economic wellbeing enabled her to take a step towards independence.
I had heard about the Manchester-based charity Mustard Tree, which provides individuals with pathways to greater financial security and settled homes. From there I met Christina, the Regional Social Value & Stakeholder Manager of UK North, and I came to experience Sisk for the first time for work placement training. I was very comfortable, and I felt like I could do something really interesting with them.
Hema has now started her permanent position with John Sisk & Son, as a site administrator - you can read the full story of her career restart here.
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