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Ross's story
Ross's ambition is to get back into paid work after a traumatic period in his life when the idea of holding down a job seemed to have become a distant dream. Ross had worked for many years as a skilled upholsterer but as work became scarcer, life started to go wrong. His income dropped, he became homeless and was convicted for an offence for which he narrowly missed a prison sentence.
Given this reprieve, Ross became an enthusiastic participant in a Back to Work course for offenders run by the Surrey Care Trust’s FACE team, returning as a volunteer to support the next group of offenders.
Willing to retrain if necessary, he gained a basic qualification in horticulture while working on a project run jointly by Surrey Care Trust, Surrey Area Probation and High Down Prison at Sutton. His determined attitude has now helped him secure a volunteering place and a potential paid job using his existing upholstery skills.
"When I met Cathy and Raquela from Surrey Care Trust, I had already fallen lower than I thought possible in my life. In fact you could quite easily say I was on the bones of my backside! Some through my own doing and some through bad luck or judgement! I thought less of myself than anybody else could have done! Greeted with a friendly disposition from both Rags and Cathy helped me with my confidence and gave me the will to try again! I knew I was a decent person when working and was always ‘Mr Happy’ to everybody else but that had all ebbed away from me! Without a doubt in my mind, I know that without the great service I received from Surrey Care Trust I would not be able to stand on my own ... now I know I can!"
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“Without the great service I received from Surrey Care Trust I would not be able to stand on my own ... now I know I can!"
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