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Greeniversity is set to hold its 500th class

Peterborough’s green skills swap scheme is set to hold its 500th class on Saturday 3rd December.Greeniversity was first launched by green charity Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) in March 2010, the scheme now has over 600 local people signed up as members.

These members have the opportunity to learn green skills for free, including how to fix a bike puncture, how to grow organic veg, and how to insulate a loft.

Greeniversity teachers are local volunteers who are willing to share their green know-how.On Saturday 3rd December a Sound Therapy workshop will be the 500th Greeniversity class to be held in the city. Run by volunteer teacher Jane Snart, the workshop is being held in Peterborough Cathedral where the acoustics are particularly good. Jane explains, “The class is open to everyone in the city and I hope as many local people as possible will come. Sound Therapy is a wonderful way to leave you feeling calm, energised and ready to take on the world. This is the second time the Sound Therapy class has been held in Peterborough, the first time last year was such a great success. We’ve already had sixteen bookings for the class on Saturday.”

The Sound Therapy class runs between 10am-2pm on Saturday 3rd December and attendees will experience the sounds of different instruments from all over the world including gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, Native American drums and flute.

Originally set up with the assistance of government funding, Greeniversity has recently received a grant from the National Learning and Skills Council (NLDC). This funding will help unemployed people in Peterborough to get back into work by building confidence and skills through informal adult learning. Greeniversity Project Officer Karen Lawrence says, “We originally launched Greeniversity with a grant from the government and now it is totally self-sustaining. This new funding from NLDC will help us reach a whole new audience supporting unemployed adults take the first steps towards getting back into work. Many of the people we’ll be working with have been out of employment for some time and don’t know where to start. Greeniversity will help them pick up invaluable transferable skills and build their self-belief at the same time.” This second phase of the Greeniversity project will launch in January 2012.

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