UK: Mayor visits sheep and apprentices at Mudchute city farm on the Isle of Dogs

Mayor Biggs wasn’t sheepish about meeting the animals at Mudchute urban farm on the Isle of Dogs. Picture source: LBTH

The money to pay for their training comes from levies that the council, like all local authorities, charges developers for planning consent on major schemes, to benefit the community.

By Mike Brooke
East London Advertiser
March 12, 2018

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Europe’s largest urban farm has been given Tower Hamlets Council funding for three new apprentices, with two recruits just joining the first apprentice who has been working on the farm for a year.

Tanjima Khanam, 21, from Poplar, was already volunteering at the farm when the apprenticeship opportunity came up.

“It’s been quite a journey to get here,” she said. “I want to stay here for as long as possible.”

They work in accounts, childcare and animal care and are training for NVQ qualifications, arranged by the East End Community Foundation.

One of the new apprentices is 19-year-old Louie Legon who originally I wanted to be a zookeeper. He revealed: “I get assessed every couple of months and am learning something new every day.”

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