Letter of thanks...

Hi Phil,
 
We are hopeful that you will be able to provide further training for us as all previous courses have been a resounding success with positive feedback from all attending.  I know that at least one of the entrepreneurs from the first course continues to trade and now has a successful business.  Another is employed full time and has been for over 12 months.  As many of the initial course participants are no longer supervised by probation it is difficult to advise on the continued employment success for these people but as they are no longer with us we can take that as a successful outcome.
 
The last course that was sponsored by John Lewis is more recent so we can report that 7 service users took part and all have reported a significant boost to motivation and positivity as a result.  There seemed to be a real group bonding amongst this cohort and they expressed how supportive they had found the group.
 
Even before they embarked on the 1:1 support element of the training, 2 of the participants reported positive results in relation to their business development.  Cliff secured a contract with a local gym to allow him to work from their premises and Adam was successful in presenting his pitch to ‘The Entrepreneurial Spark’ project and has been offered a place.  Both Cliff and Adam have advised me that the course played a significant part in achieving this success.  Cliff continues to work via the gym several months later.
 
Whilst the course is not necessarily suitable for everyone, not all of our services are budding entrepreneurs, it has a significant impact on those who have the most limited options.  This type of training is not readily available, especially not free of cost and without the sort of restrictions that would exclude our more difficult to help service users, therefore it makes a huge difference to those that take part.
 
With thanks,
 
Loraine

Loraine Harbage
ETE advisor
Thames Valley Community Rehabilitation Company Ltd