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Robert
has been in and out of homelessness for the past five years and, at the age
of 27, has never worked. He was referred to Line Training (who deliver a
‘passport to work’ training programme) through Careers Scotland. The
training programme lasted for two weeks. Robert was offered a job interview
and was asked to take his bank details with him to the interview so that, if
he was successful, his new employers could pay his wages into an account.
Robert had approached a high street bank, but his lack of banking history
and inability to provide a permanent address meant that they had refused to
open an account for him. Robert had told the training staff that he planned
not to attend his interview as he was too embarrassed to admit to his future
employer that he was unable to open a bank account.
During the second
week of his training programme, Grand Central Savings gave a presentation
about their work to Robert’s group of trainees. Robert asked if he could
open an account with Grand Central Savings. He subsequently attended the
interview and got the job. He has now been employed for some time, coming in
to Grand Central Savings every Friday to pick up his money and tell the
staff how he is getting on. Without Grand Central Savings Robert would still
be unemployed. |
