New building for workshops

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33917, 9 August 1975, Page 20

New building for workshops

Pressure on accommodation in the new Canterbury Sheltered Workshops has forced the association to buy a $9OOO relocatable building to enable it to accommodate another 20 I trainees. The Riccarton Borough i Council has approved the erection of the building on ;the Kilmamoch Street site with a special condition that the building be removed in [five years. The director of the associa-

i- tion (Mrs M. L. Bernacchil t . said more than 20 trainees , were on the waiting list and " 87 handicapped young people e were already being given a accommodation. . “We have a permit for five years. After that I guess we will have to do something tl else." she said The building, of 60 sq. metres, will accommodate 20 1 trainees. When it is erected f‘within the next two weeks. i trainees will be introduced e [gradually. t The workshops are being t provided with much contract work from firms, for the - making of cardboard boxes. and the packing of items for export. They have also had many contracts for handcraft Work — leather goods, cane baskets and woven articles Tite association has received a $4OOO legacy from Ithe estate of the late .1. 1 Storry, $lOOO from the J ■* and M. Ferrier Trust, and $5OO from the Mount Cook t and Southern Lakes ComJ panv, Ltd. n