Woodwork department brings forest school dream to life for Ashington primary school

Woodwork department brings forest school dream to life for Ashington primary school

Blyth Star Enterprises, which provides living support and day services that replicate real working environments to over 350 people living across Northumberland, has been working with NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School in Ashington to help bring their vision for a state-of-the-art forest school to life.

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Wood fuel customers could boost charity donations following Government's wet wood home heating ban

Wood fuel customers could boost charity donations following Government's wet wood home heating ban

A government ban on the most polluting fuel for household heating has seen local mental health charity, Blyth Star Enterprises, receive a surge of enquiries from people looking to buy sustainably-sourced dry logs from its Woodfuel Centre and, through their purchases, raise much needed funds for the charity.

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Local mental health charity celebrates apprentice achievements

Local mental health charity celebrates apprentice achievements

Recent statistics show that NHS mental health and learning disability nursing staff have decreased by over 6,000 in the last decade, a decline of more than 12% and 40% respectively.*

The need for new staff entering the profession is critical, therefore as part of National Apprenticeship Week (3-9 February 2020), local mental health and learning disability charity, Blyth Star Enterprises, is celebrating vocational achievements obtained by their own apprentices working towards a career in social care.

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