As part of their Social Value commitment to LBBD, WSP visited Make it Barking to carry out waste audit, a shared workspace in the heart of Barking Town Centre and home to over 40 businesses.
Emma Copley, Senior Consultant from WSP volunteered to be part of one of the council’s initiatives in supporting residents looking into work. The Local Supported Employment Programme residents that have additional barriers to employment, for example a learning difficulty or autism. Working to support individuals that are work ready but need some support around finding meaningful employment, often a barrier is experience in the workplace.
WSP kindly hosted one of our residents on the LSE programme who has an interest in working and understanding the waste management industry and he shadowed the team as they conducted a waste audit at Make it Barking.
Quote from Resident:
“I enjoyed my visit to Make it Barking. It was really interesting to see how hard Kirsty and others there work to make sure the waste is dealt with. I never realised how much work goes into managing a huge building and I enjoyed seeing the different bins for making sure the right stuff goes into the right bins. I would like to work in the waste industry especially recycling”.
