Obama becomes pin-up for national skills body

Herpreet Kaur Grewal, Regeneration & Renewal, 21 November 2008

The national skills body for regeneration will use US President-elect Barack Obama's experiences as a community organiser to encourage more people into the sector, the body's chair told Regeneration & Renewal this week.

Professor Peter Roberts, chair of the Academy for Sustainable Communities, said the body used video clips, photographs and podcasts to attract people into the sector and that Obama would feature...

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