A Nottingham
centre that helps homeless people and recovering alcoholics turn
their lives around has been given a fresher feel thanks to
employment and skills experts Working Links.
Working Links, which runs government
programmes to help people upskill and get back to work, has two
offices in the city and recently placed its 150,000th
customer back into work – Bulwell man Dave Sheppard.
To celebrate this achievement and to mark its
growth as a company over the last ten years, the organisation
decided to help regenerate an area of land in the city.
Many of its experts – and the Lord Mayor of
Nottingham – took time out from their busy schedules to help
brighten up the gardens at Framework’s older persons’ service on
Bentinck Road in Radford. The area has been revamped into an area
of greenery with plants and a garden bench.
Working Links’ Midlands Director Mike Lee
said: “We have a tremendous track record of helping turn people’s
lives around and reaching the 150,000 milestone is a fantastic
achievement.
“We work in the heart of communities across
the UK and have had a presence in Nottingham for all of our ten
years as a company, working closely with community organisations
like Framework.
“The planting of this new garden for
Framework’s residents symbolises the growth we have made as an
organisation over the last ten years and how, through working
together in partnerships, we can continue to grow communities like
these across Nottingham and further afield.”
More information about Working Links and the services it
provides can be obtained by calling our freephone number on
0800 917 9262