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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Skills we should learn …

DIY store offers lessons in basic household jobs to under-14s
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319539/B-Q-offer-children-DIY-classes-plug-skills-gap-35s.html#ixzz12KvtDKK3

A DIY chain has become the first to offer classes teaching children how to do basic jobs around the house.

B&Q has launched the hour-long sessions to help plug a 'skills gap' that has opened up in under-35s, compared to people from older generations.

Just one in five of people born after 1975 know how to tile floors or walls, for example, compared to 58 per cent of over-50s

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319539/B-Q-offer-children-DIY-classes-plug-skills-gap-35s.html#ixzz12Kw5sYGy

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