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Gappies visit County Hall

Published: 10/12/2019

The Chair of Flintshire County Council, Councillor Marion Bateman and her Consort, Councillor Haydn Bateman, welcomed the current Flintshire cohort of “WeMindTheGap” (known coloquially as “Gappies”) to County Hall recently. 

All Gappies are taking part in the twelve-month programme (established by Moneypenny founder, Rachel Clacher in 2014) which provides support and equal opportunities to young people in the area.

Councillor Bateman said:

“It was wonderful to welcome the young people to County Hall and give them an insight into what goes on here.  They all seemed to thoroughly enjoy the visit to the Council Chamber.  It really is great to see innovative projects like this proving to be such a success in our County.”

Rachel Clacher said:

“We are incredibly excited to have started another programme in Flintshire this year. As always, we couldn’t have done it without our employer-partners and funders which enable us to enrich the lives of ten young women in each location. It gives them life-changing opportunities to grow in self-confidence, broaden horizons and get paid work placements over the course of the next six months. It’s a unique project, not only because of its success rates but in its completely holistic approach and life-long support."

Since 2014, WeMindTheGap has grown beyond the borders of Wrexham to Flintshire, Manchester and Liverpool.   For more information, visit wemindthegap.org.uk @WeMindTheGapUK.

^{The Gappies are pictured with Cllrs Bateman and their 'Aunty' (Project Lead) and 'Big Sister' (Welfare Officer) known as the delivery team}