Success Stories

Justine

Before joining Bridge Justine was unemployed and suffered from depression and anxiety and didn’t want to leave the house.

Roy

Roy was referred to the Bridge Project by one of our partner organisations Northumberland CVA following a referral by the Jobcentre for them to support him with CV writing. At the time he had been unemployed for almost 2 years.

Carolyn

Before joining Bridge Carolyn was a housewife and carer for her son. She’d previously had jobs in schools when her children were younger.

Lindsay

Lindsay was referred into the Bridge Project via her work coach at the jobcentre who had recently attended a meeting with Bridge staff and felt the project would be ideal for Lindsay.

Tasha

Tasha was referred to the Bridge Project by Escape Family Support in May 2017 who told us Tasha had confidence issues due to being bullied and hoped Bridge could help her get started with things and to improve her life.

Darin

Darin was referred to the Bridge Project by one of our Partners, Northumberland CVA having been unemployed for two years. A qualified electrician (having gained an HNC) Darin worked for around 8 years before breaking away to start a partnership of his own.

Alex

Alex was referred to the Bridge Project in December 2017 via his local Jobcentre as they recognised he needed a bit more specialist wraparound support.

Kevin

Kevin was referred into the Bridge Project in June 2017 by BRIC (Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre). Kevin who is dyslexic and suffering from depression when we first met him.

Elaine

Tony, the Bridge Worker assigned to work with Elaine, when they first met he found her to be extremely anxious and withdrawn.

Roger

Having served in the Scots Guards with deployment in Northern Ireland and Kenya – his army career was cut short due to health issues.

Daniel

When we first met Daniel he was very anxious, in particular around leaving his home environment. He felt he would like to contribute and be more productive in life and indicated to his Bridge Worker, Garry, that he feels he wanted to do something with his life.

Diane