Read comments from some of the clients we've helped.
Names and details have been changed.
 Paul joined Parkview Laundry in July 2005. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia 8 years ago and had been in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital on a couple of occasions. His health seemed to have been improving over the past year but Paul felt his life now lacked structure and direction.
Both Paul and his Community Psychiatric Nurse felt the time was right to try something more challenging. Paul hadn’t tried working for almost 7 years but after reading about social firms he thought that might be a good first step. Paul was very nervous to begin with so we had one of our supervisors work alongside him for the first couple of weeks. Eventually Paul began to increase the hours of work and his confidence steadily grew. Paul increased his
attendance up to twice weekly and took part on our different training courses.
He has built up good friendships with some of the other staff in the laundry as well as some of the guys in the Forth Sector football team and has become an important part of our small team.
 Sharon has been on placement in our Soap Co for just under a year. Sharon had done shop work in the past but her last job had been very stressful and had led to her becoming severely depressed. Sharon was unemployed for over 3 years before she decided the time was right for her to consider moving back into work.
Sharon was understandably very anxious about taking this step so decided to try a placement as way of getting back into work but in a more supportive environment. Sharon is using her placement as a way of getting used to work routines again and building up her stamina as well as regaining her confidence around being with other people before she starts applying for paid positions.
Our Training & Development team are currently supporting Sharon to put together a C.V., look for suitable paid positions to apply for and help to work through some of the difficult feelings she has about returning to mainstream employment.
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