Maria’s Journey into Employment

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…

The power of volunteering

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…

Customer Spotlight: Dermot

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…

The Growth Team: Langtons House

 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…