I have worked in Wolverhampton and the Black Country for 30 years. Now living in Shropshire I am a qualified broker, with 25 years experience of working in housing, skills and social care. Beginning in the 1990s working with the inspirational figure of David Brandon I've always had an interest in the potential for change afforded by brokerage and personalised funding. I am a member of the National Brokerage Network.
Our first Goodlife Listening Project programme went out yesterday 14 December on WCR 101.8 FM as part of Jason Forrest’s show Wolverhampton Today. Presented by Mary Solomon, the programme features Greg and Paula talking about their plans to get married and whether children will be a part of their future together. As Mary says, “have … More Greg and Paula Talk About Their Future Together on WCR 101.8FM
The Goodlife Listening Project has been awarded grants from both the Heart of England Community Fund and the Big Lottery to help build the project up and keep it going for the whole of 2018. The funds will be used to buy professional standard recording and editing equipment and pay for staff … More Goodlife Listening Project Awarded Big Lottery and Heart of England Community Foundation Grants
Goodlife has been selected to received £1,000 after applying for funding from organic skin and haircare brand Green People to help get its Listening Project off the ground. Goodlife’s Listening Project will enable people with learning disabilities to tell their life stories and be heard, and provide an opportunity for them to get involved with the technical side … More Goodlife’s Listening Project Wins Funding Award
GoodLife’s first group of WorkStart students started today with Jan Harris our course tutor leading the way. WorkStart is a series of workshops for unemployed people who have a learning disability or autism designed to introduce people to the idea they might be able to work, build self-confidence and motivation, increase their work choices and … More WorkStart has Started
Baljeet wrote and recorded his work profile earlier this week and was happy for it to be included in our audio blog. Bal wrote his one page work profile to help put into words a little about himself, his work experience, skills, and knowledge as well as describing the kind of work he would like … More Baljeet’s work profile
We’ve recently been spending a lot of time on putting together a bid to the Lottery Reaching Communities Fund to extend the Gateway to Work project. This audio blog from Bill describes how the process of doing the bid has made us research, evaluate and reflect on the work we have done so far to develop a … More Audio Blog – Why Gateway members find it so difficult to get work
Gateway members involved in the Gateway to Work project are getting together each month to share ideas about work, talk about their experience of the project, and help give the project some direction. Our first meeting was at the Wild Bytes cafe in Darlington Street in Wolverhampton on 17 November. This audio blog starts with … More Audio blog from the Wild Bytes Cafe, featuring Hayley, Emma and Andy
Andy is one of the first people to work with us on the Gateway to Work project. In this audio blog Andy explains about his plans to set up his own Theatre Company that will promote what he describes as his ‘core message’ about the experience of people with disabilities today. At Goodlife we were looking … More Andy’s Core Message
Goodlife is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our small but beautiful Gateway to Work project team. … More Join us as a Community Volunteer
What follows in this first post is the story of how we got here and what we are hoping to do. … More Gateway to Work, the story so far…
