VOLUNTEERS lending a hand at a community cafe in Redditch have earned catering qualifications.

A group of 15 people from the Millfields centre, which provides services for adults with learning disablities, have been helping out for up to two days a week at the YMCA in Church Hill.

Richard Daykin, Leighann Oldacres, Rachelle Darling, George Brunt, Kathy Byrnes and Brenda Barley all gained the National Proficiency Training Course qualification.

Ann-Marie Preece, Andrea Dezonie, Steve Shaw, Leslie Harrison, Maxine Foxall, Hin Chui, Reg Hendy, Paul Garrad and Angela Mason also qualified.