Maria contacted the Surrey Choices EmployAbility team in 2017 whilst attending The Larches Activity Centre in Epsom as she wanted to maintain the relationships she has built at Surrey Choices whilst gaining support into work. Roots Cafe Through the assistance of an Employment Support Specialist from our EmployAbility team, Maria firstly secured a voluntary role…
Jack is a customer from the Surrey Choices Growth Team, who preserve the wonderful Surrey countryside and many public spaces, working with lots of people on different projects. Whilst we are celebrating #NationalAutismAwarenessWeek, we had a chat with Jack about Autism and his life to find out a little bit more about him: How has…
At the end of February during one of the Farnham Community Group meetings, a customer named Justin asked if the group could do something for Red Nose Day. This quickly began an exciting discussion with Justin saying he would love to stand on the street and tell passers by his favourite jokes to raise money…
Volunteering can be a great way to give back to your community. We had a lovely compliment for the excellent support EmployAbility has given to a customer to allow them to become a “Digital Buddy” at his local library. This is the exactly the sort of thing people mean when they talk about social value, people supporting…
This month, our colleague spotlight is Linda Phillips. Linda has worked for Surrey Choices for 27 years and at the end of March 2019 she will be retiring. Linda has built so many amazing relationships with our customers, colleagues, parents and carers and she will be dearly missed! We left a special message for Linda in…
Dress to Impress is a small local Fancy Dress Retailer in Ashford High Street. It is a family run business with only two members of staff; a mother and a daughter. Over the past year Dress to Impress have been working with our EmployAbility team. They have been incredibly supportive by offering work experience to…
This month, we interviewed Dermot for our internal newsletter. Dermot is a customer of EmployAbility, and his Employment Support Specialist supported him to land his dream job working at Chessington World of Adventures Resort! Here is what Dermot told us about himself: What are your favourite hobbies or interests? I love dancing, practicing yoga and…
Customers and staff from The Farnham Community Group, Surrey Choices and The Woodlarks Centre have joined forces to help the homeless in their local community. The idea originated from a member of the Farnham Community Group, Yvonne. Yvonne has a mild learning disability and is supported by the group to gain independence and develop new…
Hi, my name is Oliver Stevens, I have been undertaking a six week work placement with the Marketing and Communications team at Surrey Choices through the help of EmployAbility and my Employment Support Specialist David Man. I was really keen to find more work experience in Marketing as I really enjoy creating and editing videos,…
The Growth Team is just one of five vocational projects we offer to our customers at Surrey Choices. The Growth Team provide our customers with a fantastic opportunity to gain gardening work experience, as well as providing customers with training and support to carry out practical gardening tasks which help preserve the Surrey countryside and public…
