Owton Manor resident talking about being Communty Reporters

I went up to Owton Manor in Hartlepool  yesterday to give out certificates of achievement to a group of 8 community reporters. The reporters  who were part of the Future Jobs fund are  based at the Manor West Centre.  As a result of there work as  community reporters they have improved their job prospects, learnt new skills,  grew in confidence,  felt that as local residents  they were getting their voice heard and a number of them have gone on to secure full or part time work.  Its great to see how reporters can impact on a local area. See the work they have done around crime and  safety issue on the Poolie News web site. They were keen to continue to contribute as reporters and Wayne one of the reporters  summed up their views of their experience