Latest news with #IndustrialHub
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Pledge to halt closure of Peterborough skills hub 'ambiguous'
A campaigner described a council promise to scrap plans to close a skills hub for vulnerable adults as a "stay of execution" and said it had done little to provide long-term Janceski, whose brother Richard is one of the 29 people supported by the Industrial Hub in Peterborough, said a pledge to "halt the proposal" was "ambiguous".Peterborough City Council had said it could withdraw funding from the hub, which gives training and work experience to people with autism and learning has since said it will work with service users and their families to "look at how a new service could be developed" to provide "greater opportunities and a financial saving". The authority said it faced a budget gap of more than £20m in 2025/26, and closing the hub, which is part of the City College's Day Opportunities programme, could save £500,000. Hundreds signed a petition opposing the Janceski criticised a letter to service users which said the hub "will not close for now". "When you're telling an autistic person or a person with learning disabilities that something won't happen for now, it's ambiguous," she said."If this letter is supposed to provide reassurance, it does the opposite. If anything, it's more distressing. "It's not closing for now, but when?"She also criticised the suggestion in the council's letter that users should be supported to "be more independent, stay healthy and happy [and] find good jobs", calling it a "real insult"."These are the best jobs they've ever had," she said. "My brother's been there since 2018. He's never been more happy." Some users needed carers or supported living, she added, making independence or certain kinds of employment an "unachievable goal".The hub, based in Hampton, provides training and work experience in woodworking, garden maintenance, recycling, painting and Qayyum, a Labour councillor who is the cabinet member for public health and adult social care, asked council officers to stop pursuing the closure of the hub and instead look at how to transform the service."I can safely say that the decision to close the hub has been taken off the table for now and a period of thoughtful interaction with all involved will now take place," she said. "I realise the distress this has caused those who have used the hub and their families."She added that the council's commitment to encouraging "independence" and "meaningful employment" for people with learning disabilities was "driving the change we want to make to this service", as well as the need to save Janceski said Qayyum "has been fighting for the Industrial Hub"."We have a really good councillor there on our side, but I think it's just a stay of execution," she City Council said it will still be spending £5m to provide day opportunities for people with learning disabilities, including £1.7m with City College. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Five Peterborough stories you might have missed
Plans to close a hub for vulnerable adults and a community gym have raised concern amongst people living in Peterborough, while a new building has won an award for its impact on the city. Here are five stories from Peterborough you might have missed this week. More than 700 people have signed a petition calling for a hub that coaches people with learning disabilities to be saved from closure. The Industrial Hub in Peterborough, which is part of City College's Day Opportunities programme, offers work experience and training. Families fear the service will shut down in June. Peterborough City Council said those affected "will be supported to source alternative opportunities should they need to". Bushes full of wine bottles, a table-football game and a burned-out motor scooter were among the items discovered by litter-pickers during the Great British Spring Clean. More than 300 volunteers collected 600 bags of litter during the cleaning spree in Peterborough. Customers at a Peterborough gym said they were still coming to terms with the announcement that it would close in a few weeks' time. The YMCA gym in Bretton will shut on 4 May after the owners said "rising operational costs and increased competition" had made it unviable. The charity's gym in Cambridge will also close on the same day. A new £32m university building has beaten competition from five other developments to win a national award for its impact on the city. The Lab, which is part of Anglia Ruskin University's site, was named as the best building in the urban life-focused Pineapples awards. A trial of new technology aimed at speeding up the transfer of patients to hospital helped improve care and enabled crews to return to service quickly, an ambulance service trust said. Mobile signals and Wi-Fi connections can be unreliable when crews need to access patient data, according to the East of England Ambulance Service Trust. Peterborough City Hospital is among those that installed boxes to allow emergency crews to reconnect automatically. Residents face another five months of disruption after Cambridgeshire County Council said work to repair a cracked bridge would continue. The £32m King's Dyke bridge, which connects Peterborough and Whittlesey over the Peterborough-Ely railway line, was opened in 2022 to ease traffic caused by a level crossing. However it was partially closed last June, two years after it opened, after cracks were spotted in the westbound carriageway. The council said the lane closure would remain in place and it planned to start remedial work on the site in May, which should be completed in September. Meanwhile, the industry minister said plans to build state-of-the art gas equipment in Peterborough would create hundreds of jobs for local people. On a visit to the city, Sarah Jones said Peterborough would be "at the heart" of multimillion-pound plans to build new gas turbine compressor sets, which provide gas to power stations and businesses. National Gas plans to install new equipment at its facility north-west of Peterborough by 2030. Peterborough United head to Wembley this weekend having suffered back-to-back defeats in League One. Posh lost the Nene Derby against Northampton Town on Saturday and were then beaten by Birmingham City on Tuesday. Darren Ferguson's side face Birmingham again on Sunday in the final of the EFL Trophy. Peterborough Sports got back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Leamington in the National League North. Michael Gyasi and Max Booth got the goals for the Turbines. Peterborough Phantoms collected two wins from two in their double header against Telford Tigers. They are now level on wins with Leeds and Hull with the final play-off group games taking place this weekend. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. County tops national child vaccination list Extra London train services laid on for Posh fans
BBC News
12-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Five stories you might have missed from Peterborough this week
Plans to close a hub for vulnerable adults and a community gym have raised concern amongst people living in Peterborough, while a new building has won an award for its impact on the city. Here are five stories from Peterborough you might have missed this week. Closing hub 'will destroy' members More than 700 people have signed a petition calling for a hub that coaches people with learning disabilities to be saved from Industrial Hub in Peterborough, which is part of City College's Day Opportunities programme, offers work experience and fear the service will shut down in June. Peterborough City Council said those affected "will be supported to source alternative opportunities should they need to". Football table and 'wine bush' found Bushes full of wine bottles, a table-football game and a burned-out motor scooter were among the items discovered by litter-pickers during the Great British Spring than 300 volunteers collected 600 bags of litter during the cleaning spree in Peterborough. Community gym users 'gutted' by closure Customers at a Peterborough gym said they were still coming to terms with the announcement that it would close in a few weeks' YMCA gym in Bretton will shut on 4 May after the owners said "rising operational costs and increased competition" had made it unviable. The charity's gym in Cambridge will also close on the same day. University's £32m building wins urban design award A new £32m university building has beaten competition from five other developments to win a national award for its impact on the Lab, which is part of Anglia Ruskin University's site, was named as the best building in the urban life-focused Pineapples awards. Patient hospital transfers 'improved by new tech' A trial of new technology aimed at speeding up the transfer of patients to hospital helped improve care and enabled crews to return to service quickly, an ambulance service trust signals and Wi-Fi connections can be unreliable when crews need to access patient data, according to the East of England Ambulance Service City Hospital is among those that installed boxes to allow emergency crews to reconnect automatically. The week in politics Residents face another five months of disruption after Cambridgeshire County Council said work to repair a cracked bridge would £32m King's Dyke bridge, which connects Peterborough and Whittlesey over the Peterborough-Ely railway line, was opened in 2022 to ease traffic caused by a level it was partially closed last June, two years after it opened, after cracks were spotted in the westbound council said the lane closure would remain in place and it planned to start remedial work on the site in May, which should be completed in the industry minister said plans to build state-of-the art gas equipment in Peterborough would create hundreds of jobs for local a visit to the city, Sarah Jones said Peterborough would be "at the heart" of multimillion-pound plans to build new gas turbine compressor sets, which provide gas to power stations and Gas plans to install new equipment at its facility north-west of Peterborough by 2030. The week in sports Peterborough United head to Wembley this weekend having suffered back-to-back defeats in League lost the Nene Derby against Northampton Town on Saturday and were then beaten by Birmingham City on Ferguson's side face Birmingham again on Sunday in the final of the EFL Sports got back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Leamington in the National League Gyasi and Max Booth got the goals for the Phantoms collected two wins from two in their double header against Telford are now level on wins with Leeds and Hull with the final play-off group games taking place this weekend. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
