 In September Sharon Carney became our tutor for the English Conversation classes. Over the last 9 months she has worked hard developing our class resources and delivering effective inspirational teaching.
Our handouts have become much more pictorial and are therefore much easier for our participants to use. It’s wonderful to see them make the connection between everyday items and the English word for them.
Since January the Nunsmoor Centre has been supporting our work by contributing half the costs of the Beginner’s Class. This, combined with grants from both Wingrove and Elswick Ward Committees, has been fantastic as it has meant that we have been able the first two classes of 2009. We are currently fundraising for the next 3.
Sharon has also developed a much more in depth English Conversation Class for our BME Volunteers who wish to develop both their volunteering and their spoken language skills. The pilot went very well and we are now running our 2nd class which is fully booked.
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The Northern Rock Foundation has awarded us a grant for three years to pay the salary of our Music Project Co-ordinator Tim Hutchinson. This is simply fantastic as it means we will be able to give real depth to a Project that has already exceeded all our expectations. 
The Tudortrust have also awarded us a grant for three years this time to pay the salary of the CHAT Project Manager. This is equally fantastic as it means that we will be able to continue working on turning our vision for CHAT into reality.
In case anyone missed it the Yours & Mine Cafe closed on 31st January 2009 and the ground floor of the CHAT building came back to the CHAT Shop for our use. We have decided not to lease out the space as a cafe but are in the process of restructuring and decorating throughout so that we can use it for our own projects. So if anyone asks you the cafe has gone not CHAT and we are not reopening it.
Stanhope Street banners. Once artist Jane Gower has finished her aspect of the work the young people’s original artwork will be returned to the CHAT Shop. We plan to display it in the ground floor meeting space.
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