In total
, Ingol and Tanterton Community Trust (Intact) so far has managed to help 107 Preston residents into work during the three years that it has been going, including Philip Pugh.
This 54-year-old from Ingol had spent over a decade out of work, due to problems managing his diabetes, but he told the Lancashire Evening Post that Intact had helped him find the motivation to change his circumstances.
The grandfather took a series of Intact courses, in addition to work with agencies, before finding full-time courier work during the spring.
Pugh stated:
“I wouldn’t have got the job without Intact because they pushed me. The first job I applied for, I really wanted, but they knocked me back. I went in and told them and they said ‘Right, apply for another one’. They gave me that push I needed.”
Intact’s skills development and volunteer manager, Helen Dixon, said that the charity was keen to celebrate the successes it had enjoyed, and was about to embark on a fourth year in business.
Cash-strapped local organisations such as this often rely on places that can offer services like printing, at affordable prices, to help them secure the materials they need to stay afloat.