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Meet our first members: people struggling with homelessness, but determined to train up and get into work.

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IN WORK!
Rick
TARGET CAREER: CARPENTER
A few years ago, I woke up in hospital with no memory of how I’d got there. The cause? Alcohol. I...
100%
£4,670
raised
£4,670
target
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IN WORK!
Rachid
TARGET CAREER: DELIVERY DRIVER
A year ago, I had a home and a family. Then one day I got home to something shocking - my partner...
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£854
raised
£854
target
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IN WORK!
Pat
TARGET CAREER: SITE MANAGER
I'm someone who's always taken pride in my job. One of the proudest moments was working on the re...
100%
£1,005
raised
£1,005
target
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IN WORK!
Tony
TARGET CAREER: ELECTRICIAN
I have plenty of regrets about my past which I can't change. The only thing I can do is work and ...
100%
£4,378
raised
£4,378
target
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IN WORK!
Danny
TARGET CAREER: PERSONAL TRAINER
That might not be my best picture below but for me it’s pretty special. I’m at the finish of the ...
100%
£1,867
raised
£1,867
target
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IN WORK!
Steve
TARGET CAREER: SITE MANAGER
Although it’s quite easy to plod along, if there’s one thing recent experience has taught me it’s...
100%
£1,164
raised
£1,164
target
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IN WORK!
Nick
TARGET CAREER: BARBER
I'd never planned to become a barber. But my partner worked in a salon and suggested I give it a ...
100%
£2,853
raised
£2,853
target
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IN WORK!
Stephen
TARGET CAREER: PLANT OPERATOR
Ever wondered how the newspaper gets to you? It used to be my job to know. At 17, I worked full-t...
100%
£2,712
raised
£2,712
target
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IN WORK!
Joe
TARGET CAREER: CRANE RIGGER
After more than a decade on and off the streets, things are really looking up. I just got some sh...
100%
£1,132
raised
£1,132
target
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IN WORK!
Jordan
TARGET CAREER: ELECTRICIAN
As a lance bombardier for over 7 years, I travelled the world undertaking any number of the diffe...
100%
£3,826
raised
£3,826
target
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IN WORK!
Levar
TARGET CAREER: DOOR SUPERVISOR
Despite currently living in a homeless hostel, my life has really changed for the better over the...
100%
£981
raised
£981
target
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IN WORK!
Adam
TARGET CAREER: BRICKLAYER
The homeless outreach team found me sleeping outside on a church porch. I’d not been eating or wa...
100%
£3,545
raised
£3,545
target
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TRAINED!
Guy
TARGET CAREER: ELECTRICIAN
Last week, I left a meeting with my Beam Member Manager and felt that for first time in my life, ...
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£3,875
raised
£3,875
target
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IN TRAINING!
Nicki
TARGET CAREER: SUPPORT WORKER
For me - both personally and professionally - life has always been about helping others realise t...
100%
£1,205
raised
£1,205
target
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IN TRAINING!
Adam
TARGET CAREER: ACCOUNTANT
I grew up in a Palestinian encampment in Lebanon. It was always a dangerous place to live, but th...
100%
£2,531
raised
£2,531
target
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IN TRAINING!
Davina
TARGET CAREER: ACCOUNTANT
Like many young people, I went to university hoping for the best but after something awful happen...
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£2,320
raised
£2,320
target
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IN TRAINING!
Emma
TARGET CAREER: BEAUTICIAN
I remember the moment I decided that this couldn’t go on. I was sitting in a day centre for homel...
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£3,845
raised
£3,845
target
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IN TRAINING!
Vas
TARGET CAREER: ELECTRICIAN
As I lay down to sleep under the flyover, I knew something had to change. It was my first night t...
100%
£3,680
raised
£3,680
target
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IN TRAINING!
Moeiz
TARGET CAREER: TAXI DRIVER
It’s strange to think about now, but this time last year I was sleeping rough each night on the s...
100%
£2,894
raised
£2,894
target
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IN TRAINING!
William
TARGET CAREER: HANDYMAN
I've spent most of my career in retail. Aged 16, I started work at one of the first McDonalds sto...
100%
£3,702
raised
£3,702
target
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IN TRAINING!
Leah
TARGET CAREER: IT TECHNICIAN
I’m not one for novels. But logic and detail - I get it straight away. Computer programming has a...
100%
£5,916
raised
£5,916
target
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IN TRAINING!
Khyreya
TARGET CAREER: NURSERY ASSISTANT
I’d been living with my children and partner in a small flat for years. Then in 2016 the changes ...
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£5,282
raised
£5,282
target
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IN TRAINING!
Jason
TARGET CAREER: IT TECHNICIAN
For most people, graveyards are associated with misery and death. But for me, it also provided a ...
100%
£5,010
raised
£5,010
target
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IN TRAINING!
Leo
TARGET CAREER: TEACHING ASSISTANT
After 20 years in London, I moved to Spain to run my own business a few years back. A relationshi...
100%
£725
raised
£725
target
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IN TRAINING!
Linda
TARGET CAREER: ACCOUNTANT
When I think back over all that’s happened during the last 5 years, I get tears in my eyes. I...
100%
£2,505
raised
£2,505
target
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IN TRAINING!
Tarquin
TARGET CAREER: GAS SAFETY ENGINEER
I was born into a close and loving family but my parents were also using drugs so they've been in...
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£3,955
raised
£3,955
target
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IN TRAINING!
Ray
TARGET CAREER: TILER
I’ve always enjoyed working and taking pride in a job well done! And now I’m looking forward to r...
100%
£3,515
raised
£3,515
target
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IN TRAINING!
Abderrahim
TARGET CAREER: LORRY DRIVER
It’s been years since I have had a proper home. Years of sleeping on the streets, in winter shelt...
100%
£2,128
raised
£2,128
target
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IN TRAINING!
Jamal
TARGET CAREER: ELECTRICIAN
That moment in 2017 when I found myself in a room of my own after years of rough sleeping, I crie...
100%
£4,210
raised
£4,210
target
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IN TRAINING!
Marie
TARGET CAREER: HR OFFICER
I’ve always been a people person, friendly and proactive. These characteristics make a job in hum...
100%
£3,475
raised
£3,475
target
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IN TRAINING!
Stephen
TARGET CAREER: SUPPORT WORKER
Some people say you’re born an addict, but I don’t think I was. My dad had struggled with drinkin...
100%
£3,060
raised
£3,060
target
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IN TRAINING!
Cheryl
TARGET CAREER: TEACHING ASSISTANT
It feels like a long time ago, but I used to work as a department store concession manager in the...
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£2,558
raised
£2,558
target
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IN TRAINING!
Lauren
TARGET CAREER: PARALEGAL
I’ve always been passionate about social justice. Over the years I’ve worked with different group...
100%
£4,396
raised
£4,396
target
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IN TRAINING!
Terry
TARGET CAREER: GAS SAFETY ENGINEER
I grew up in the small Scottish city of Inverness. At 19 a friend asked ‘do you want to be stuck ...
100%
£4,885
raised
£4,885
target
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PRE-TRAINING!
Jimmy
TARGET CAREER: ACCOUNTANT
Life can take you up to the sky or down to the ground. Ten years ago, I would never have imagined...
100%
£1,320
raised
£1,320
target
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PRE-TRAINING!
Tracy
TARGET CAREER: CARE WORKER
The homeless outreach worker’s name was Mark and he changed my life. I’d been rough sleeping for ...
100%
£3,280
raised
£3,280
target
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