Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board Bromley Social Business Georgie Cooper Project Manager

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board SERVICES WE DELIVER Tuck by Truck Paper Recycling/ Wood Recycling Shredding Confidential Waste Delivery of the local News Shopper Work Placements / Employment & Computer Training

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board TUCK BY TRUCK Tuck by Truck delivers and sells snacks to local businesses in the Bromley area. We have moved from the Oakfield Centre to Bromley North. The mayor came to our opening. We check stock, check for out of date stock and count the money when it’s collected. Service Users are Paid as delivery assistants.

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board PAPER RECYCLING Paper Recycling collects paper and cardboard waste from local Businesses. All papers and cardboard are then separated and recycled into our skip. We have to make sure confidential information are shredded. The public is always welcome to dispose their recycling waste in our skip.

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board WOOD RECYCLING We collect wood, timber and garden waste from construction sites, local homes and businesses. We can sell the wood in our workshop. We work in partnership with the National Community Wood Recycling Project in Brighton. All the service users on Wood are currently completing an NVQ in recycling

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board SHREDDING & INK RECYCLING When we receive recycled paper with confidential information, we always have to shred it. We bag the shredded waste and a paper recycling company comes to pick it up. We recycle ink cartridges, we also collect the ink cartridge from local businesses or they will drop them off at the Oakfield centre.

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board NEWS SHOPPER We work with the local Newspaper to deliver the News Shopper paper to homes in the Penge and Anerley area. We also insert leaflets. When we are out delivering we work as a team. We have a good relationship with our customers.

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board WORK PLACEMENTS / EMPLOYMENT & COMPUTER TRAINING We do 12 weeks work placements at – Sainsbury’s, British Heart Foundation Charity Shops and Wilkinson Store. A job coach helps us and travel train us into work. We meet other volunteers on our work placement

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board WORK PLACEMENTS / EMPLOYMENT & COMPUTER TRAINING At the Bromley North site we do computer training. We are trained on how to use , search for job websites, write letters using Word and spreadsheets using Excel. 96 Service Users attend the Shaw Trust We have 38 Service Users on Lower Permitted Pay employment.

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board FUTURE PROJECTS & PLANS Our own Charity Shop Café with a drop in advisory service Provide Job seeking & CV writing workshops Working in Partnerships with other charities Create more work placements

Bromley Learning Disability Partnership Board Contact for further information Georgie Cooper Project Manager or