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Phoenix Enterprises needs your help to
rise from the ashes

Trustee Mike Bowden alongside Chair Emma Rees at Phoenix Enterprises
Phoenix Enterprises, an organisation odds for, and here you would also
that helps some of the most be helping those in need find their
vulnerable people in Swindon and way in life.
Wiltshire, continues to face an “We don’t just help these
uphill battle for funding and is now vulnerable people with work here
calling for new trustees and local on site either. We take emergency Lt to rt: presenter Angela Atkinson, Relate’s Kim Wall, presenter Brigitte Jones
businesses to get involved. phone calls from our service users and presenter Jya Moon
Having faced a break-in during and we take them to Jobseekers
May, and the withdrawal of appointments.” Relate Swindon can help through your radio
several key funding partners and Trustee Mike Bowden said:
companies, the service has had to “Through the work they do to get Relate Swindon is offering the often people find it hard to talk
cut the number of users it is able to service users into the workplace chance to talk about issues about problems in their daily lives
help from 50 to 25 and reduce the and away from Jobseekers anonymously by calling into its face to face. The Relate Radio
hours worked by the staff. Allowance, Phoenix saves the UK regular slot on Swindon 105.5 local section, which takes place monthly
Chair Emma Rees, who has taxpayer an estimated £110,000 per radio. at 11am on the Girls About Town
been working with the social year. By employing them at Phoenix Relate is the UK’s largest provider show (Wednesdays, 10am to 12pm
enterprise since 2013, said “Phoenix or finding them work elsewhere, of Relationship Counselling and Sex allows for anyone to call in or
Enterprises does not receive any it means they have the chance to Therapy and has been delivering email the service to have their
government grants and we are stand on their own two feet. The services within Gloucestershire and problems discussed anonymously
keen to let businesses know what NHS and social services do not offer Swindon for over 60 years. on air, which could also help others
we can provide. We are able to this opportunity and I would hate to The Relate service offers dealing with the same issue.
offer competitive rates for packing, think what would happen if projects counselling for a range of issues If you would like to contact
packaging and mail out services like Phoenix did not exist.” including domestic trouble, Relate Swindon, call 01793 495190
that many companies pay over the www.phoenixenterprises.co.uk loneliness and new parents, but or visit: www.relateglos.co.uk

£7.55 - £7.65 per hour

www.lifeways.co.uk/careers/

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