Dig Deep Glos

29/05/2024

Trying to find a router table for woodworking group I run . Can't afford much as we run the group by selling what we make.Group is long term unemployed for various reasons.any offers

18/03/2024

new contract of work , again an employment worker . UK Shared Prosperity Fund starting in Gloucester in April 2024
I would just like to introduce as the employment support worker for Gloucester . My role recently funded by UKSPF will be to help economically inactive residents of Gloucester source employment, training or volunteering. Each participant will receive as much support as they require to attain their goal, be it employment training or volunteering . I will use my 15 years of experience in this field to source and create opportunities. If you know of anybody or you yourself would like this valuable support please contact Paul Stepney on 07514857594 or via the email sent .

11/11/2016

We are hoping to restart gardening for individual residents in gloucester, please send in your gardening needs for March 2017 to gl communities, see website

19/02/2013

i havent updated this site for about a year now so interesting stats for the end of year 2 april being the end, already got our 2190 hours of volunteering by feb. Completed over 200 jobs mainly garden maintenance, but now got a long haul of brick laying , building restoration and fence construction . The team is great , 10 regular vols with various skills and atributes between them. Thanks for the support , new photos to follow , tks to Olly

13/12/2012

Have a team of 8 trainees now covering patio's porches, fencing and general landscaping jobs. Going into 2013 positively with minus 6 degrees keeping us wrapped up with many layers but the shoveling , digging and woodworking still goes on

08/05/2012

work at Links Childrens Centre Matson

19/04/2012

down to 5 workers today and a lot of rubble to move from a to b and may edging slabs to go in , totally wacked after that , we have a couple of good jobs comming up for GCH , mega bramble clearance work in pods and a slippy path to clear in sheltered housing abbeymead let alone the ongoing task of edging the rose garden. Plenty of work, not for the light hearted as this is grafting now . We are now developing a tuesday job search day student led , so you say what happens and we dont stick you in a corner and get you to apply for 4 jobs a day , and so you play solitaire instead, /whether it be business planning for a new company , how to find jobs how to write applications, mock interviews , etc you choose , 4 outof the 5 today are up for it , so book your place now 8 max . All new Dig Deep for 2012

12/04/2012

great thanks to the residents of this garden treated the vols really well and with lashing of tea , buisicuits and sandwiches

10/04/2012

The work has picked up a bit now and I am sleeping well as are the others are, as this is hard graft

04/04/2012

This is the end of the first year of Dig Deep so I would like to recollect on the achievements for 2011 to 2012 April .
70 Recruits
20% into full time employment
Referrals across the board Thanks to JHP, BTCV, Jobcentre Gloucester Drop in, Prospect , 2 gether Trust , independent trust ,Gloucester Works , Schools, anyway everyone knows about us now
Confidence building in volunteers 92%
Number of volunteer workers attending work days from Oct 2011 to April 2012 , 224 or 8 a week .
Park maintenance in Podsmead x2, Kingsholm, Matson and White City.
2190 hours of volunteering support or 31 hours per recruit or 45 hours a week. Thats more than one paid maintenance worker
Estimated savings to Charities and Community Groups using Dig Deep £21900 calculated on Govenrment value of £10 per hour for volunteering.
Most hours completed by volunteer Ashley 97 hours
References provided 21
Resident Groups happy with Dig Deep 7
Number of days we worked 131
Largest safety shoe size 13
smallest safety shoe size 5
Most difficult job; landscaping Childre Centre
Easiest job; mowing a lawn

03/04/2012

28/03/2012