Real people, real stories

Read some of the individual stories of people we have supported to make positive, lasting change in their lives.

Rebekah’s story

Rebekah started volunteering with our FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland social enterprise five days a week during lockdown.

Staff recommended that she apply for our employability training, which gave her the opportunity to gain SQA qualifications, food hygiene and manual handling training, and secure her forklift license.

After increasing her skills and confidence, Rebekah started to help oversee the new trainees on the warehouse floor, showing other young people how to do their tasks well.

Rebekah is now employed as a Development Worker with Move On, as part of the team delivering our employability training.

Ann’s story

We matched Ann with her mentor Olga as an opportunity to meet new people and boost her self-confidence. Ann says “I’m an introvert so I would like to step out of my comfort zone.”

Ann and Olga took part in various activities together, including bowling and rock climbing, which Ann had never done before. These activities helped Ann gain new experiences and skills.

Ann says she would “definitely recommend the mentoring service to other young people because it was a valuable experience for me. I have met new people and tried new things that I never thought I would be capable of.”

Kayden’s story

Jayden wanted to work in the trades when he was referred to Move On, but struggled with low confidence, a lack of qualifications, and no industry connections.
 
Through our Building Brighter Futures course, Jayden worked hard to gain industry recognised manual handling and health and safety qualifications.
 
The course also gave Jayden the opportunity to attend construction site visits to learn more about different job roles. During a site visit with CCG Scotland, Jayden asked the site managers questions and was offered a week’s work placement learning from an electrician on-site.
 
We also linked Jayden in with City Access Scaffolding, where he was offered a week’s placement in the warehouse shadowing workers. Showing great initiative – and guts – Jayden asked the Manager for an apprenticeship, and was offered an extra week of work experience to meet more senior staff.

Martin’s story

Martin unfortunately lost his job during the pandemic, but was able to access multiple training and experience opportunities at our FareShare Glasgow and the West of Scotland social enterprise, including:

Martin is now employed with Move On as a Development Worker. He says “I went from effectively nothing to being permanently employed with an awful lot more training than I had beforehand.”

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