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Nov 2020
Harrogate charity offers internships to deaf community
A charity supporting people with disabilities is offering members of the deaf community the opportunity to work in its cafe next year.
Artizan International is a Harrogate-based charity offering art and crafts workshops for differently-abled people. It also sells crafts made by disabled artisans in Ecuador and Peru in its Oxford Street store.
In Spring 2021, the charity has plans to open a cafe offering supported internships to members of the deaf community. Those involved will be trained in barista work and general hospitality.
The hope is the training the interns receive will allow them to pursue a career in the catering industry. The long term visions is for the cafe to be completely deaf run.
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Susie Hart, the charity's founder, opened a cafe run by the deaf community in Tanzania previously so has experience in running similar projects successfully.
The charity opened its shop three weeks before lockdown two hit but it says it has stayed "busy" with online orders and prepping new products for the shop when it is allowed to reopen next week.
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