An appointment with the Prince of Wales
February 2011
Steve Grant, Corridor Manchester’s head of work force planning and skills and University of Manchester building attendant Hamed Khamis were invited to attend a special reception at Clarence House to celebrate ten years of the Business Action on Homelessness (BAOH) “ready to work programme” which is part of the Princes Trust group of charities.
Steve Grant, who is seconded to Corridor Manchester from his post as Assistant Director of HR at The University of Manchester said: “It was a great pleasure to meet the Prince of Wales; he was very interested in the work Corridor Manchester is doing to help tackle issues of worklessness and low skills levels especially in neighbouring communities. He also spoke at length to Hamed about his remarkable story.”
Since it began in 2001 BAOH has provided over 800 homeless people in the northwest with training, advice and support to get a job. Hamed fled the war in Somalia in 2000 and he spent ten years fighting to stay in the UK often sleeping rough and in squats in both Leeds and Manchester.
Hamed achieved refugee status in February last year, which meant he was able to work. He enrolled with the BAOH scheme in May 2010. The BOAH provided him with training and placed him on work experience with Marks and Spencer. After the two weeks placement he was successful in his application for a role as a building attendant at the University of Manchester through the Aspire programme it runs with Manchester Metropolitan University another Corridor partner.
Since 2008 Corridor Manchester has helped almost 1000 local people into either work, training or further education through its two main programmes, Pathfinder and Aspire, spearheaded by Steve Grant.
February 2011
Steve Grant, Corridor Manchester’s head of work force planning and skills and University of Manchester building attendant Hamed Khamis were invited to attend a special reception at Clarence House to celebrate ten years of the Business Action on Homelessness (BAOH) “ready to work programme” which is part of the Princes Trust group of charities.
Steve Grant, who is seconded to Corridor Manchester from his post as Assistant Director of HR at The University of Manchester said: “It was a great pleasure to meet the Prince of Wales; he was very interested in the work Corridor Manchester is doing to help tackle issues of worklessness and low skills levels especially in neighbouring communities. He also spoke at length to Hamed about his remarkable story.”
Since it began in 2001 BAOH has provided over 800 homeless people in the northwest with training, advice and support to get a job. Hamed fled the war in Somalia in 2000 and he spent ten years fighting to stay in the UK often sleeping rough and in squats in both Leeds and Manchester.
Hamed achieved refugee status in February last year, which meant he was able to work. He enrolled with the BAOH scheme in May 2010. The BOAH provided him with training and placed him on work experience with Marks and Spencer. After the two weeks placement he was successful in his application for a role as a building attendant at the University of Manchester through the Aspire programme it runs with Manchester Metropolitan University another Corridor partner.
Since 2008 Corridor Manchester has helped almost 1000 local people into either work, training or further education through its two main programmes, Pathfinder and Aspire, spearheaded by Steve Grant.
