Mina Naimanan

Lewis Ramoo

Darren Preece

Kevin Bywater

Esme McCall

“Working with young people, sharing my skills and building my experience in therapy, especially those who are neurodiverse, who may be facing barriers in their education or training through special educational needs, poor mental health or other things going on in their life, whilst having conversations with young people about how they’re feeling to help them gain confidence and take a positive next step.”

Scott Barwood

Trevor Moore

Matt Gardner

Matloob Hashmi

“On my first day I was really nervous because I had never worked with young people. After a few days I was thinking of all those years ago, I was like these kids, learning from someone to improve my skills. My favourite part of working with VIY is at the end of the day when you ask if they have enjoyed themselves and learnt anything that day, and with a big smile they say YES, giving you a list of things they have enjoyed doing that day.”

Kate Buxton

I’ve been doing joinery and building maintenance for the last 18 years and I wanted to try something different.

So far I’ve been involved with around 10 projects, and the best thing about working with VIY is you work as a team to pass your knowledge and experience to the young learners, and no two days are the same!

I love meeting students on the first day when they are disengaged, and over the course of the project they come out of their shells and start getting involved and enjoying themselves.

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