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Case study: Samworth Brothers

Over the past few years Samworth Brothers has been involved in a number of projects with charities and community based organisations aimed at improving social inclusion. From this work Bradgate Bakery, a division of Samworth, became aware of the tremendous need for additional support to assist people with disabilities getting back into the workplace.

The Remploy project aims to address this need by supporting people with disabilities through the recruitment process and by changing the attitude that people with disabilities will struggle to cope with working in a fast-moving chilled food factory.

Remploy assisted Paul Rudd, who has a hearing-impairment, back into work after a two-year period of unemployment after being made redundant. Support offered by the scheme included confi dence boosting sessions, interview techniques and help with writing his CV. After three meetings at Bradgate Bakery, Paul was carefully risk assessed and appraised within the work environment before being offered a three-week work trial. The trial proved so successful that Paul was offered a full time position.

Helping people with disabilities get over the barriers faced when trying to get back into work has not only helped Bradgate Bakery give something back to its community, it has also helped the business, and in particular its management, to challenge negative perceptions of disabled workers in the workplace.

Silver winner 2010 Community Partnership Awards: Local Community

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• Community Partnership Awards
• Winners 2010 - Community Partnership Awards

FDF has published a booklet Community Partnership Awards 2010 (pdf, 2Mb) featuring a range of company case studies from Community Partnership Award winners.