Reception for Mannheim Trainees

Tonight it was our opportunity to return some of the wonderful hospitality we had received when we visited Mannheim and Heidelberg in December. All of the ABB Stotz-Kontakt trainees and the sponsors/tutors who are hosting them in Swansea businesses and charity shops were invited to the Mansion House for supper.

These sponsors included the British Heart Foundation, Mumbles Pier and the Pettifor Trust, a Welsh charity who raise money for animal charities that are independent and based in Wales.

A large number of the trainees are due to return to Germany shortly, others are here to the end of March. Further trainees will arrive in due course. Erasmus is guaranteed for another couple of years, so these work placements will continue for now, but what happens after that, nobody knows.