Christine’s Story
One of our ROAD Participants who joined the programme at the end of November 2016, found themselves to be successfully employed just two months later! With the help of the programme which assisted the participant to claim benefits, hone their job-searching skills and improve their confidence, they are now happily employed at a bakery. The […]
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Terry’s Story
Terry joined the Programme with limited literacy and numeracy, but having attending a literacy course at Stanley hub, made excellent progress. Taking a major part in caring for his young daughter on a daily basis, they both supported each other in developing their reading skills.
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Krista’s Story
Here is Krista’s story, told by our Health Trainer: “When I first met Krista, she was shy, lacked confidence, and was very unhappy with her weight and lifestyle. After a long chat with Krista, we both decided to look at her diet and see what changes we could make, and discussed a safe and comfortable […]
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Shaun’s Story
One of our Employability and Digital Inclusion Coaches has been working with Shaun for some time, after he was referred to her for help increasing his motivation, aspirations, obtaining job-specific skills and experience, and to reduce financial and digital barriers to employment. Shaun had been unemployed for several months and was referred to ROAD largely for […]
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Steven’s Story
ROAD Participant, Steven, has been helped by the ROAD Programme for some time now, and is currently volunteering with one of our Partners, Jack Drum Arts. Of Volunteering, Steven says: “Volunteering increases my sense of worth, purpose and motivates me, I feel valued and part of something which makes me feel good about myself, it […]
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Scovan’s Story
ROAD Health and Wellbeing Trainer, Angie Cooke of Pioneering Care Partnership has been working with Scovan for some time now, and of this Participant’s amazing journey, she says: “Scovan has gone through a personal recovery journey and became involved with ROAD via a mindfulness course she saw advertised. Scovan completed the course and started to […]
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Kat’s Story
Angie, Health Trainer at the Pioneering Care Partnership, has been working with ROAD Participant, Kat, since August. When she came to ROAD, Kat was suffering from a low mood, high levels of anxiety and low fitness levels, and with Hypermobility, she was prone to repeated injuries such as sprains. Because of this, Kat needs to […]
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Patrick’s Story
Patrick started, very reluctantly, with ROAD on 14th February 2017. Initially, he didn’t want to engage with us, but soon realised that ROAD was there to help him. Over the months he has worked hard with his Health and Wellbeing Health Trainer, Jane Marley at Pioneering Care Partnership, and his Finance and Digital Coach, Emma […]
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Laura’s Story
ROAD Participant Laura, who has been working with her Health Trainer, Angie from PCP, on lots of aspects of her health and wellbeing for almost a year now: confidence, weight loss, anxiety. Through discussions at her regular one-to-one appointments, it was identified that having a driving licence would support Laura to find and gain an […]
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Daniel’s Story
Daniel Higgins came to ROAD (Reaching Out Across Durham) after hearing about the support they could offer to people that were currently experiencing times of hardship. Daniel had been a carer for a number of years, but had made the decision to make positive changes to his life, allowing him the freedom to be his […]
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Thomas’ Story
Thomas was a ‘video game addict’ and very rarely left the house. It left him feeling lonely and isolated, despite the fact he had many only friends. So much so, that he reached a point where he didn’t even enjoy playing his games anymore. His lack of any workplace experience or qualifications meant Thomas didn’t […]
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Helen’s Story
Helen was unemployed for more than two years before receiving support from ROAD. Navigators and trainers from across the programme worked with her to improve her confidence and self-esteem through one-to-one support, as well as specialist courses. To help Helen move closer to her ambition of working in the health and fitness sector, ROAD found […]
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Adrian’s Story
Here is some amazing feedback from Adrian, a participant who came to us in June this year. Adrian worked with ROAD’s Navigator Alison initially to identify what his needs were, before being referred to our partners at Pioneering Care Partnership – PCP. Adrian worked with Hannah and Nicky from PCP. With Hannah, Adrian worked on […]
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Iain’s Story
Iain worked with his ROAD’s Navigator Alison, and Martina our health trainer from Jack Drum Arts. “I worked for years in the army but I had to stop. I was feeling kind of lost when I was referred to ROAD When I started ROAD I had nothing, I was still living with my ex and […]
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Paul’s Story
“When I was young, I used to do martial arts (taekwondo), I used to be fit and healthy, happy all the time, boisterous. Then I lost contact with my son in 2001 and I started feeling depressed. I fell out with people that I have known for a long time. I ended up being by […]
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