Over the years the Inclusions Project has seen an increase in requests for work placements for our service users.

Phillip Marshal

After more than 17 years of stacking shelves and filling carrier bags, popular supermarket worker Phillip Marshall finally decided to put his feet up. Phillip retired at the end of May 2004 from the busy South Harrow branch of Sainsbury’s. They threw him a surprise retirement party and presented him with a new watch - something he had wanted for ages! The watch was presented to him by the store’s manager Paul O’Callaghan, who said: " Mr Marshall was a valued member of the Sainsbury team. He will be greatly missed, not just by us, but also by our customers. I wish him all the best." His colleague, Anne Searle, who has worked with Phillip ever since he joined Sainsbury’s said: "He is a wonderful lad, really polite and caring. All of our regular customers knew and loved him. He was always on hand to help them with their shopping."

Jill Johnstone

Jill worked at Shaftesbury High School where she worked as a library assistant which she enjoyed very much. As part of the job Jill re-labelled the books to get them in the right order and put them in their right place as well as making sure the library was tidy. Jill also helped with photocopying and other jobs. Jill now plans to work at Roxeth library on the information desk.

Mutiu Olaiya

Mutiu was placed on a year long voluntary work placement as a Recreational Assistant at Aspire National Training Centre. The management were so pleased with Mutiu’s work and professionalism that they were able to offer him a permanent paid position.

Caryne Ruck

Caryne worked at the Civic Centre Library for just over one year and she helped with sorting out the tapes of stories which were used by people with sight and hearing impairments and elderly people. Caryne would re-wind the tapes, put them in their boxes and then put them into the big boxes which go out on the van for distribution.