Housing Trust lends a helping hand to the unemployed

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Published by Laura Beckett for Halton Housing Trust in Housing and also in Communities, Education, Environment

Two Halton Housing Trust customers who have been unemployed for more than 15 years between them have started work placements. Derek Tuer, 49, and Mark Heymans, 43, are working in the Trust’s Landscaping Team for eight weeks and they hope to inspire others to follow their lead. Mark suffers from depression and has been unemployed “for years” after working at a farm for over a decade. He wants to encourage other long-term unemployed people to consider voluntary work: “Man...

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