Community stories: 29 November 2018
Pemberton is a small community in the South-west region of Western Australia. With an employment shortage in the hospitality industry and limited access to local training for disadvantaged adults, the Pemberton Community Resource Centre (CRC) saw an opportunity to make a real impact.
They used a $4,890 Small Grant for Rural Communities to run a barista training course, which caters for disabled people and youth.
Working with other local community groups to identify people who would benefit from the barista training, the CRC were able to engage 42 participants!
The course was such a great success that the local school is interested in continuing to work with the CRC to provide the barista training to their students. It has also given local business operators the ability to employ locally, where previously they relied heavily on the itinerant workforce, helping to strengthen the local economy.
