Dear Sir,
I write to thank and congratulate Newton Aycliffe Youth Council for the opening event of the Newton Aycliffe Summer Festival Week on July 3rd. It was called Full ‘Stem’ Ahead, the acronym standing for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics.
I have a business on the town called Go Ahead Training and I was very pleased to be invited to take part in the event, the focus of which was to demonstrate to young schoolchildren and their parents the hugely important role they play in the future of technology, engineering, economics and manufacturing for the Business Park which serves their town.
I would also like to thank the businesses and colleges for acknowledging the importance of the event by sending teams representing them, such as 3M’s, Go Motor Sport, Hydram Engineering, Compound Filtronics, SRM, EDT Trust, South Durham UTC, Darlington, Middlesbrough, South West Durham Training Ltd and Bishop Auckland College.
The event was extremely hard work and time consuming to organise with no certainty of success, so I applaud Council officers, Andrew Bailey, Chrissy Walton and Steve Cooper for their efforts along with Mayor Mary Dalton who opened the event and Councillor Jim Atkinson who was ever present throughout the day and the process.
Aycliffe Business Park has a dedicated team working tirelessly to extend a message to the people of Newton Aycliffe that they are important to the prosperity of their community and the Council’s initiative by organising this event shows a commitment they feel the same.
Go Ahead Training will be working with the business community in supporting any future initiatives and for all the hard work done by the Youth Council, we repeat our thanks.
David Spensley