FIREFIGHTERS Cheadle Blues involved with ROC Cafe

FIREFIGHTERS from Cheadle Fire Station are helping make the communities they serve an even better place to live by getting involved in a new range of activities for the area’s children.

Blue Watch from Cheadle went along and spent some time with a group of five to 11-year-olds at the Adswood Junior ROC Café.

Watch Manager Jagjit Dhaliwal said: “This is a great way to bring the local communities and partner agencies together to help make their community an even better place to live.

“The centre offers a range of activities, including street dancing lessons, team games, pool, table-tennis, board games, arts and craft and ‘what I really liked’ home made cakes.”

Taking part in the sessions allowed firefighters to introduce the children to themselves, the fire and rescue service and what their work is about in an informal setting – getting the young people used to seeing crews as there to help their communities in many more ways than simply when they need to dial 999.

ROC – Redeeming Our Communities – is a national charity founded in 2004 and has more than 30 projects throughout the UK.

The charity’s main aim is to bring about community transformation by creating partnerships which open up opportunities for crime and disorder reduction and improved community cohesion.

ROC brings together community groups, churches, the police, the fire and rescue service, local authorities and voluntary agencies to encourage them to work together in positive partnerships for practical change.

The sessions that Cheadle’s Blue Watch are involved in take place at the Adswood Young People’s Centre and launched just a couple of weeks ago – with more than 40 children going along to the initial events.

 

Source: http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/

For more information about ROC, please go to http://www.roc.uk.com/.