ProspectusForth Sector 2012
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Executive Summary 2
Financial Summary 3
Introduction by the Chief Executive 4
Social Return 7
Activities 8
Ambitions 10
Strategy 12
Organisational Strengths 15
Management Team 16
Board Experience 19
Contact 22
Contents
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Forth Sector is a company limited by guarantee and a charity based in Edinburgh. Formed in 1991, it supports people who are disadvantaged and unable to secure meaningful employment; most have mental health conditions.
The organisation operates businesses where clients gain work experience and receive training and support from a professional team. The businesses are St Jude’s Laundry, which holds a Royal Warrant, The Scottish Soapworks, manufacturing quality, hand-made soaps and cosmetics and EES Logos, a specialist embroidery, workwear and gift business.
The purpose of investment is to transform the organisation in order to support many more people and ensure sustainability in future.
Capital investment will enable the development of an ‘employability hub’ to house all of Forth Sector’s growing businesses and client support facilities.
A development site in a deprived area of Edinburgh has been identified with an option to purchase from the City of Edinburgh Council at £300,000. Planning permission, all necessary surveys and preliminaries are complete.
An employer’s agent has been appointed and the contract is out to tender.
The cost of development will be £2.3 million and subject to funding, should be complete in the spring of 2013.
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Investment of £1.5 million in the form of capital grants has been secured from the Big Lottery and Social Investment Scotland. A further £0.5million in loans has been secured. The balance of funding is being sought.
Investment in production space, facilities, product development, sales, marketing and organisational capacity will double income by 2017.
Projections show that by 20171:
- Group annual sales will be £2.9 million.
- Group annual profits will be £274,000.
- The balance sheet will show £2.3 million of net assets
- Cash balances will be £565,000.
The organisation will lose dependency on revenue grants completely by 2013.
The model of employability will be developed further to exploit new market opportunities. It will support a wider range of disadvantaged people, providing work-placement, vocational training and personal development. This will lead more than 500 beneficiaries being supported by 2013, and double this by 2017.
Projected Social Return on Investment (SROI) will be £7.34 for every £1 invested
(independent assessment).
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Executive�Summary
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Financial�Summary Yearto31March 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
£ £ £ £ £
PROFIT&LOSS
Sales 1,835,893 1,940,390 2,280,098 2,631,501 2,872,845
Gross Profit 1,659,315 1,766,030 2,071,803 2,388,456 2,596,415
Operational Costs (1,571,776) (1,675,145) (1,920,961) (2,093,405) (2,275,787)
Non-recurring Items 0
Interest (15,868) (64,163) (56,462) (51,536) (46,216)
Profit/(Loss) 71,671 26,722 94,380 243,515 274,412
BALANCESHEET
Fixed Assets 1,339,064 2,192,169 2,210,222 2,209,247 2,209,247
Current Assets 574,026 533,427 565,367 807,546 1,074,804
Current Liabilities (204,064) (315,478) (317,188) (364,579) (411,016)
Net Current Assets 369,962 217,949 248,178 442,966 663,788
Long-term Liabilities 286,888 743,686 697,590 647,888 594,297
NetAssets 1,422,138 1,666,431 1,760,811 2,004,326 2,278,738
TotalReserves 1,422,138 1,666,431 1,760,811 2,004,326 2,278,738
CASHFLOW
OpeningCashBalances 63,268 81,910 84,485 104,720 323,021
Cash Inflow/(Outflow):
Trading (152,419) 131,021 101,211 264,397 292,605
Capital Expenditure (1,341,368) (860,125) (20,554) 0 0
Grants 1,222,429 217,571 0 0 0
Loans 290,000 514,109 (60,422) (46,097) (49,702)
ClosingCashBalances 81,910 84,485 104,720 323,021 565,924
KEYRATIOS
Return on Capital Employed 5.0% 1.6% 5.4% 12.1% 12.0%
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Stability is a myth. Change is unrelenting; it creeps up imperceptibly or arrives with a bang. There is sense of something profound happening in the economy and in society. At local level there is the same sense. The economic outlook is grimmer than could have been imagined. For charities the surety of grant funding has evaporated with swingeing cuts in public funding. The move to competitive tendering is inexorable. This has already had a profound impact on Forth Sector and indeed, the whole of the third sector.
In 2008 the collapse of Lehman Brothers set off a chain reaction which continues. Like the rest of the economy at that time, Forth Sector was not in great shape to face the storm, with 60% of its income coming from public funding in the form of grants and a portfolio of seven loss-making businesses. The Board acted decisively, a new chief executive was appointed, and the organisation set itself the goal of becoming self-sufficient without the need of revenue-funding within five years; a target it is on course to achieve. It also set about transforming the services offered to those it exists to support, disadvantaged people who are a long way from the jobs market; this too is well in hand.
In order to affect the change, we knew that significant investment would be required. We also knew that investment depended on a viable and robust business-model. We set about producing a strategy fit for the new world we find ourselves in and a business plan which we knew could deliver sustainability. The ensuing years have been very challenging but the tough decisions were made and the organisation is in good shape to embrace the future.
TheOutlook-NeedandOpportunity
Cold economic reality means that the amount of money available for social care will decline over coming years. This will have most impact on those who are not considered to be in need of a high level of care, yet are not able to move into mainstream employment without considerable help. These people, the majority of whom have mental health conditions, will be even more marginalised by welfare reform. They are our natural constituency and we are well placed to support them, provided we have the capacity to do so.
The UK Government’s ongoing strategy of moving people off of benefits into employment has been confounded by the economic crisis which has made it even more difficult to bring
Introduction�by�the�Chief�Executive
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people excluded from mainstream employment into work. In a time of little or no economic growth, ironically the growth market is in ‘employability’. With more than 40,000 claimants of Incapacity Benefits in Edinburgh alone, this is the market opportunity for Forth Sector. Our USP is that we can offer real work placements for real people in real businesses. The gap in the market lies here, because whilst a plethora of organisations offer training and ‘work preparation’ all the evidence is that what really makes the difference to a person’s employability is ‘Individual Placement and Support’ (IPS). IPS relies on providing a real work environment; Forth Sector almost uniquely offers this through its businesses – real, competitive businesses.
Investment will ensure our businesses can not only be sustained, but continue to grow and in the process offer many more work-placement opportunities.
Securing investment demands a credible business plan. Our plan took the equivalent of five- person-years to produce. The aim was to ensure it was something we and prospective investors could believe in. The plan is hard-headed and commercial, but driven by our need to exist to support others, because we know we can make a difference.
MikeFinlaysonChief ExecutiveMay 2012
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Social�Impact
When the new service is in full operation, Forth
Sector creates more than £3,000,000 additional
social value per year. For every pound of investment
in the service £7.34 is returned in social value.
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There is a tendency for charities to simply state that they ‘do good things’ and so deserve to be funded. Outcomes-based contracting invariably fails to capture the real value of charitable activity to beneficiaries or the wider social impact. Surprisingly, many charities have no means of establishing objectively their true impact, value or efficiency.
When we reviewed our strategy and started to develop our plans we asked ourselves the hard question “are we adding value?” We even asked the question “should we exist at all?”
We couldn’t answer these questions without objective, dispassionate assessment, so we commissioned qualified external agencies to consider the extent of need for our services and to establish the difference we made to the lives of those we exist to benefit and the wider social value we might be creating.
Research conducted by the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health confirmed the nature and extent of need and the lack of provision.
Establishing the difference we could make to the lives of our beneficiaries and the impact we could expect from our planned investment was carried out in the form of a predictive SROI (social return on investment) audit by consultants EKOS.
The assessment concluded that as a result of engagement with Forth Sector, beneficiaries were improving their physical and mental health and were better able to cope with their conditions and life in general. It also concluded that they were much more likely to secure meaningful employment. These were tangible benefits to the individuals, their families, their communities and society in general.
In terms of wider social value the assessment found that for every £1 invested in the planned development, a monetary return of between £5 and £7 could be anticipated; most of this saving was in reduced costs to the public purse.
These are extracts from a very thorough analysis. The full report is available on our website
We are confident that we help to transform people’s lives and in the process, create measurable social value.
Social�Return
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Forth Sector is a company limited by
guarantee and a charity based in Edinburgh.
Formed in 1991 it supports people who for a
variety of reasons are disadvantaged and
unable to secure meaningful employment;
many clients have mental health conditions.
The charity operates businesses where
beneficiaries are offered work placements to
gain work experience and receive training and
support from a professional support team.
The businesses operate in competitive
markets; they provide genuine and challenging
work placements.
The organisation has a highly competent and
experienced Board and Senior Management
Team, a strong brand and solid history. It has
three operational divisions, Employability
Services, Businesses and Forth Sector
Development Ltd, a consultancy business.
EmployabilityServices
The Division provides professional case-
management, training and therapeutic support to
clients who face disadvantage and as a
consequence are excluded from meaningful
work. The team consists of case managers,
Occupational Therapists and a training team,
headed by an experienced manager. The team
work closely with the businesses to ensure
supportive working environments. They work
with clients to help them meet their personal
goals and wherever possible, to move on into
meaningful employment.
Activities
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SocialFirmsDivision
Under the leadership of a highly experienced
manager, the Division operates three
commercial businesses where benificiaries
take up work placements under the
supervision of managers and core staff.
Businesses include a commercial Laundry
with a 45 year history which holds the Royal
Warrant, EES Logos (formerly Edinburgh
Embroidery Services) which provides
bespoke embroidery work wear and gifts and
the Scottish Soap Works, which
manufactures gift products and cosmetics.
ForthSectorDevelopmentLtd(FSDLtd)
FSD Ltd is a highly successful consultancy
business, which Gift-Aids a proportion of
profit back to the charity. The business
operates on a wholly commercial basis with
its own strategy and Board.
“Our primary focus as a charity is to provide employability support to aid the recovery of people with mental health problems. We achieve this, uniquely, by offering placements within our businesses complemented by professional support provided by our Employability Services team. Forth Sector Development is our consultancy arm offering high level business development services.”
Activities
Our ambition is to support many more people by creating more and better work placement opportunities in sustainable businesses.
Larger premises will provide purpose-built accommodation for businesses and support facilities. They will allow increased production capacity and the ability to support many more benificiaries in a suitable environment. This will create considerable economies of scale and energy efficiencies.
Sales across Social Firms will double by 2017 through investment in premises, plant and machinery, product development sales and marketing.
The Employability Services Division will develop further its model of employability to exploit new market opportunities by tendering for contracts and subcontracts. It will support more clients claiming Incapacity Benefit, Employment Support Allowance and Job-Seekers Allowance and a wider range of disadvantaged people and carry out training for work. This will lead to more than 500 clients being supported by 2013.
Space for the commercial laundry business will double. Significant investment will be made in new, high-capacity, energy-efficient plant and machinery, allowing it to win larger contracts, while gaining economies of scale and lowering running costs.
EES Logos will benefit from additional equipment purchased to allow it to widen significantly its product offering. In the process it will adopt an ethical stance, sourcing fair-traded and organic products and raw materials. Sales will more than double by 2017.
Ambitions
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This pennant, above, embroidered by Edinburgh Embroidery Services, commissioned by Edinburgh University, travelled with Nasa astronaut Piers Sellers on the Space Shuttle Atlantis in May 2010.
The Scottish Soap Works will exploit newly identified channels of distribution and develop a new offering to double its turnover. Increased production space will be made available, new production equipment installed and a fulfilment facility built into the new premises. It will trade ethically.
Ambitions
Forth Sector Development Ltd will develop with a new Board and strategy. It will exploit Forth Sector’s substantial intellectual capital
and new market opportunities which arise from the need for the third sector to trade.
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Our business strategy is to invest in capacity, growth, and people.
There is a huge demand for what we do. Need is increasing and ‘employability’ is the market opportunity. The aim is to support many more people and to support them better. Everything else is secondary to this. Just two objectives guide us:
• To create real work environments in which our service users and our staff can flourish.
• To create a sustainable business model.
Creating real work environments requires careful consideration of the type of business we operate and the work conditions in that business. It is important for our clients that they experience challenging but supportive work environments in credible, competitive businesses. This creates the essential challenge and tension, which aids recovery, increases self-esteem and prepares people for real work. Our aim is to develop these environments.
If we are to support more people we need to create more work placement opportunities; this means bigger businesses offering a wider choice of opportunities. It also means creating sustainable businesses, which are not dependent on grant-funding. Our strategy therefore is to grow the existing portfolio of businesses through investment in more space, efficient plant and equipment, product development, sales and marketing, and especially people. Detailed plans reflect this. We expect to at least double turnover in existing businesses by 2017 and possibly acquire new or existing businesses as well.
Strategy
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Strategy
Until recently, Forth Sector had largely been dependent on grant-funding. While funds were readily available and authorities had the will and means to fund activities, this model was viable. This is no longer the case. Funds are drying up and what funding there is will be packaged and put out to competitive tender. ESF funding, which Forth Sector has benefitted from for some years, will disappear from 2013. By growing businesses, and making the Employability Services Division a profit-centre able to tender for contracts, we will lose dependency on any form of grant-funding.
Transforming Forth Sector will require larger premises and all of the paraphernalia of business development, but the transformation depends largely on the ability to transform thinking and competency. For this reason we are investing in building organisational capacity and competency through recruitment
and the training and development of
existing staff.
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St Jude’sLaundryPart of the Forth Sector Group
By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen
St Jude’s Laundry Launderers, Edinburgh
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Our strengths lay in our purpose, our approach
and our people
Our purpose is to support people excluded
from mainstream employment. We do this by
providing real work placements in real,
competitive businesses, backed up with
training and personal support. We have been
doing this for nearly two decades and we are
good at it, but are always seeking out new
ways to become even better.
There is an explosion of need for what we do
from increasing numbers of people who face
exclusion from meaningful employment, and
growing demand from government, local
authorities and others to provide these
services, efficiently and effectively.
We are clear that work is good for wellbeing,
but not just any work, it must be challenging
and meaningful; it must support wellbeing not
undermine it. This is what we provide.
Our approach is very different from other
organisations; Forth Sector is no ordinary
charity and no ordinary business. We
unashamedly use the tools of business to
deliver a social aim. The individual benefits,
society benefits. What we do creates social
capital, has demonstrable social value and is
measurable.
Forth Sector has a strong brand in the social
enterprise and the employability markets.
Forth Sector Development Ltd, our
consultancy business, exploits our knowledge,
skills and experience commercially and for the
benefit of others, adding social value.
Forth Sector is a well-managed, efficient and
effective organisation. Our people are
experienced professionals in business,
employment and care, who have chosen to
use their skills and experience for a social
purpose.
Organisational�Strengths�
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MikeFinlayson
ChiefExecutive
Mike’s early career was in retailing as Store
Director for one of the country’s leading chains
and then Operations Director of a department
store group. Mike has worked in business
development in the UK with SME’s and
corporates. He has managed two venture
capital funds. In latter years he has worked
mainly in the third sector but with the occasional
sojourn back to the business world.
Mike has held a number of voluntary and paid
positions in the third sector, including Retail
Advisor to Oxfam, Director of Community
Business Scotland, Employee Ownership
Scotland and the UK Cooperative Council. He
was Director of Development for RNIB and a
Director and co-founder of ‘Out of This World’,
the UK’s first chain of ethical supermarkets. He
has advised a number of ‘blue-chip’ companies
on corporate social responsibility
In 2001 Mike established the charity Teacher
Support Scotland, and helped to establish
similar organisations in the UK and USA. He
led major research projects into workplace
wellbeing and mental health and employability
with the Universities of Glasgow and Cardiff.
Mike has a post-graduate qualification in
counselling and management supervision. He is
a Fellow of the RSA. He joined Forth Sector as
Chief Executive in 2008.
SusanMclaughlin
DirectorofEmployabilityServices
Susan started work as a charge nurse in
elderly assessment; then for the Social Work
Department, to set up one of the early
community based support services for people
who had severe and enduring mental health
illnesses. Susan developed a similar service for
Edinburgh Association for Mental Health.
Susan also managed a care home for people
with dementia and a housing support service
for people with mental health illnesses and
learning disabilities. Susan then worked for a
housing association, managing their care
homes and developing systems and policies for
the housing support services.
Susan is a qualified SEN, RMN, has a Diploma
in Nursing Studies, and an MBA.
Management�Team
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ManagementTeam
SteveBaxter
DirectorofDevelopment
Steve has undertaken a number of business
development roles, including sales and
marketing management, export and distributor
sales management, and the establishment of
new business.
He has most experience in the health and
social care sector, negotiating the supply of
equipment and services to third sector care
providers, the NHS and local authority social
services and education departments. Prior to
working in Forth Sector he provided
consultancy and training services for a
number of third sector care providers and
local authorities in Scotland and the north
of England.
He joined Forth Sector in 2009.
JeremyDevlin-Thorp
FinanceDirector
Jeremy Devlin-Thorp is a CA and was
appointed by the Board of Forth Sector in
August 2009 to work with the Chief Executive
on the financial transformation of the
company.
Jeremy has 33 years experience as a finance
director and business advisor, and has worked
for a number of major commercial companies
as well as running his own business in the
field of business and personal growth. Jeremy
brings a key blend of commercial control
together with an understanding of the third
sector to guide Forth Sector to its next level of
development.
SusanDuncan
HeadofFinanceandAdministration
Susan Duncan is Head of Finance and
Administration for Forth Sector. Prior to that she
worked for Orkney Health Board as Accounts
Manager. She has recently completed her
Association of Accounting Technician
qualification and is a member of
the association.
AndrewJohnston
SalesManager
Andrew’s early career was in retailing with
Currys and then Asda, which provided him with
solid experience of sales and marketing.
From retail management, Andrew moved into
business to business selling in the tough and
highly competitive security industry. As a
Business Development Manager, he gained
direct experience of contract negotiation and
building and developing customer relationships.
Andrew has worked for a number of blue chip
businesses, including G4S, The Mitie Group
and Initial Group. He has also worked with
smaller businesses advising on sales
development and marketing.
Andrew is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and
Marketing Management and a Member of the
Chartered Institute of Insurance.
DrIainGrieve
ManagingDirector(designate)ofForth
SectorDevelopment,Ltd
Iain trained as an engineer and has a BSc in
mechanical engineering. His early career was
with UNISYS as a consultant and senior design
quality engineer and then took up posts at
Napier and Heriot Watt Universities. His career
developed into commerce where he has held a
number of senior posts, including Deputy
Managing Director of Napier University
Ventures Ltd and Director of Development for
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.
Iain has extensive experience of European
funding and is a former Chair of the Eastern
Scotland European Partnership. He was a
member of Finance and Commercialisation sub-
committee of Napier University Court and
member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the
Institute of Informatics and Digital Innovation,
Edinburgh Napier University.
Iain is a former Director of Napier University
Ventures Limited and Microemissive Displays
Limited. In recent years he has run his own
consultancy business, advising and supporting
a number of business clients, including Forth
Sector.
Iain will be joining Forth Sector Development
Ltd as Managing Director.
Management�Team
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JohnDuncan
John Duncan has been the Chair of Forth
Sector since 2007 and a board member since
2001. John is a qualified chartered accountant
and has worked in accountancy firms in
Scotland, London and Hong Kong. John has
experience within the voluntary sector as
Financial Controller of Maggie’s Centre and
then as Director of the English Speaking
Union Scotland.
CraigRussell
Craig was former Deputy Director for
Efficiency and Transformational Government
Division at the Scottish Government, which
includes responsibility for shared services,
benchmarking, Public Sector ICT Policy,
Identity and Privacy Policy e-Care and GIS.
Previous posts have included responsibilities
for the Year 2000 Compliance programme,
and the Management of Change, Efficiency
Planning and Performance Management
programmes.
Craig joined Forth Sector’s board in 2009.
He is the Vice-Chair.
BillHowat
Bill is the Chair of Forth Sector Development
Ltd and a Director of Forth Sector.
Bill has been an academic, civil servant and
Chief Executive of a Scottish local authority.
He has in-depth knowledge of the theories
and practice of public finance; considerable
experience of European matters; and has
been closely involved in the development of
Best Value in Scotland.
Since retiring, his experience and skills have
been in great demand, advising on the 2007
Government Spending Review, acting as an
independent adviser on Reform of Local
Government in NI and leading a team of
independent experts that reviewed the budget
performance of the Scottish Executive -
‘Choices for a Purpose’ (The Howat Review).
Bill is a member and former Chair of SOLACE
(Society of Local Authority Chief Executives)
and President of Volunteer Development
Scotland. He has an MSc in Economics and a
BA (Hons) in Economics and Econometrics.
Board�Experience
BoardExperience
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RoyDurieRoy Durie has had a long career specialising in the sale and valuation of public and industrial property. A Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the British Institute for Management, Roy has worked for the Ministry of Defence and many health boards among other clients in the public property sector. Roy has been a board member of Forth Sector since 2006.
IanStevensonWith a degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Ian has worked in a range of businesses, most recently working on applications to telecommunications providers based on a proprietary platform technology.During 2009 Ian participated in the prestigious Saltire Fellowship, which included a placement with Sun Microsystems in Silicon Valley. Ian is currently in a marketing role with a Scottish technology company.Ian has been on the board since 2009.
KateStorrowKate Storrow is Employment and Learning Services Manager for RNIB, a post she has held since 2000. Kate manages teams in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow who help over 60 blind and partially sighted people a year into jobs and help to retain over 100 jobs. Kate is also involved in the design and delivery of the £2.5 million Employment and Learning Centre at Jewel and Esk College through RNIB. Kate joined Forth Sector in 2009.
MikeHarlandMike Harland is an independent consultant with over 36 years of experience in social work, housing and social policy development with local and central government, NGOs and Civil Society - both in the UK and Eastern Europe. Currently, Mike is working in China developing a sustainable enterprise programme. He joined the board in 1991.
Board�Experience
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BoardExperience
AlisonMeiklejohnAlison Meiklejohn is Occupational Manager for Royal Edinburgh Associated Services and Edinburgh Community Partnership. She has worked in the field of mental health since 1985. In 1990 Alison became Head Occupational Therapist for In-Patient Rehabilitation Services, a role that expanded to include specialist services, acute psychiatry, older people, children and adolescent mental health, physical disablities and, in particular vocational rehabilitation. It is through vocational rehabilitation that Forth Sector first came to Alison’s attention. She joined the board in 2006
AndyHunterAndy Hunter founded Edinburgh Community Trust (later to become Forth Sector) in 1981 with a group of like-minded trustees. For many years Andy worked for Garvald Edinburgh, a charity providing day, accommodation and support services for adults with disabilities.
Professor JulietCheethamOBEJuliet has worked in probation and after care and mental health services in England and Scotland. Juliet has also taught social work and medical students at Oxford University and spent some years as a researcher. She returned to Scotland to set up the Social Work Research Centre at Stirling University to undertake evaluation of the effectiveness of social work services. Juliet was the Social Work Commissioner with the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland and now works for the Social Work Inspection Agency, as well as being a General Member for Mental Health Tribunals.
She became a board member in 2006.
“Angry?
Too true I’m angry. How would you feel if you were
thrown on the scrap (heap) at 38; treated like a no-
one just because you cracked up?
Five years ago. (I) haven’t worked since. (My)
marriage broke up, lost my house, my car, my
holidays, my kids, my friends, my self-respect. (I)
have a pretty shitty life; Angry? yeah I’m angry, sad,
depressed, pissed off, tired, bitter and scared if you
want to know the truth. I wonder why I get up,
sometimes I don’t; sometimes I don’t want to wake
up, ever again. Ever.
The guys at the Social (the ‘social’ listen to me!), tell
me I’m fit to work, I have to make the effort, and if I
don’t (my) benefits go down the Swanee. Half of
nothing is nothing. You know, Catch 22.
If you could work you would but because you haven’t
worked for five years and they think you’re mental you
don’t get a job; check-mate; stuffed, screwed, finito,
problemo.
Why did I crack up? Mind your own business.”
“AmIstillangry?
Yes, but with myself mostly, and sad but in a different
way from when you asked me before. Anyway, the
time in <deleted> has been good, very good.
I know I was pretty grim when I started,
can’t think why <deleted> put up with me. Don’t get
me wrong, I’m grateful and all that (but) the work is a
bit low-level for me to be truthful. Anyway, the reason
I wanted to speak to you is I’m off back to college, so
I’ll be leaving you. They need plumbers, well heating
engineers really, and I want to work for Scottish Gas.
The training’s good and the money would be
amazing.
So it’s a fond farewell and well, thanks, for everything,
really. You guys have been good. I might be back, but
I hope not (nothing personal like).”
We offer a sound investment, but figures cannot fully convey the true value to Callum, and the thousands we have supported in the past like him, and the thousands
we will support in future with your help.
Why�Invest?
For information on Forth Sector, to view the full business plan,
or for any enquiries on investing, please contact Mike Finlayson:-
T: 01316594737 e-mail [email protected]
Alternatively write to: Mike Finlayson,
Forth Sector, SPACE, 11 Harewood Road, Edinburgh EH16 4NT.
www.forthsector.org.uk
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