Recently staff and volunteers at Future Arts marked the festive time of year by erecting a Christmas tree in the office. I doubt that any of us will be here Christmas Day but let’s just pretend that we are, and underneath that Christmas tree is a present containing the start of our dream career. For anyone, that would be one of the best Christmas gifts they could get this year. The unemployed would just like to start a career this Christmas and I can’t think of any better way to do it than for the big employers in this country to have a jobs giveaway.
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Future Arts @ BBC Radio Leeds
Last Thursday I went along with Bravo, Tom, Paula & Stefanie to BBC Radio Leeds where we spread the good word about this organization. It all kicked off at 6:30 at the Future Arts HQ where we all gathered round for a pre-radio chat headed by our brilliant new PR officer Stefanie. She gave us fantastic advice on how to conduct ourselves in order to come across in the best possible light for Future Arts.
Troubling times ahead
Recently I have had the misfortune to come into contact with a national disability charity (who I won’t name) that is supposed to help disabled people into jobs. This whole process started in the early months of this year and ended just recently in August. After all that time the best this charity could come up with is working ten weeks in a supermarket for free.
Things can only get better at Future Arts!
Good news! Things for me at Future Arts are really moving forwards, much more so than at any other organisation I’ve been a part of in the last three years. From my last blog you may have gathered that I was still feeling rather pessimistic and underwhelmed in general about my prospects. Well you should be all pleased to read that I’m now feeling overwhelmed by the opportunities that are opening up for myself and others with support from the management team at Future Arts.