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Ben Clark

Signing up to Reach4Work is very easy. Just tell us that you are interested in joining Reach4Work, and we will get in touch with you. We will get back to you as quickly as we can, but it can take up to a week if we are busy.

The easiest way to sign up is to complete the form below, making it clear that your enquiry is about Reach4Work. Please tell us if you would like us to communicate with you in a particular way, e.g. no phone calls or by social media messaging.

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    About Reach4Work

    Ben Clark

    Since 2010, BuDS has helped its volunteers towards work. Our Reach4Work project, created in 2018, codified and developed that help, creating a professional wrap-around service for our disabled volunteers who want to move into or closer to work.

    BuDS is exceptionally successful at moving disabled jobseeker volunteers into or closer to work…

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    BuDS Strategy & Plan – 2023/24

    Ben Clark

    In April 2023, BuDS Trustees agreed that the charity’s main strategic objective for the year ahead would be to complete the transition from Covid-19 contingency funds to conventional charitable funding, and so enable all of our current projects to continue and expand. By July 2023, it was clear that we were succeeding in re-funding our current projects, and that we needed to change our strategy to reflect our quick growth. BuDS Trustees have therefore agreed an updated strategy for the remainder of the current financial year. This can be downloaded below.

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    1 in 76 people in Bucks now infected. 4 infected people in a busy supermarket. Risk of meeting someone with Covid remains Very High.

    Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 10 July 2023

    Ben Clark

    The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week is slightly lower than it was last week, but remains Very High. Around 1 in every 76 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.

    As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 3 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

    Bucks and England appear to be in a “summer lull”, similar to 2022. Recent peaks (March and May) have boosted temporary immunity, and the hot weather is reducing indoor contact. However, Covid is still widespread in the population, and we are already seeing signs that the recent fall in infections is coming to an end. We are still confidently predicting that rates will again increase as we move into the late summer and autumn.

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    1 in 71 people in Bucks now infected. 4 infected people in a busy supermarket. Risk of meeting someone with Covid remains Very High.

    Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 3 July 2023

    Ben Clark

    The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains about the same as it was last week. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 71 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.

    As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

    Bucks and England appear to be in a “summer lull”, similar to 2022. Recent peaks (March and May) have boosted temporary immunity, and the hot weather is reducing indoor contact. However, Covid is still widespread in the population, and we are confidently predicting that rates will again increase as we move into the autumn.

    BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

    This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

    To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.

    For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

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    Huntsmill Farm’s Pop-Up-Pub Supports BuDS

    Ben Clark

    Huntsmill Farm is a farm wedding venue in the north of Buckinghamshire. In June, they put on a Pop-Up-Pub to help raise money for BuDS. Pop-Up-Pubs are local community events allowing locals to come and have a drink and a bit of food in the venue whilst supporting a local charity.

    BuDS was delighted to receive nearly £800 from Huntsmill Farm. We will use this money to support disabled people all over Bucks. Thank you so much to Huntsmill Farm and to everyone who attended the Pop-Up-Pub and gave so generously!

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    1 in 65 people in Bucks now infected. 5 infected people in a busy supermarket. Risk of meeting someone with Covid remains Very High.

    Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 26 June 2023

    Ben Clark

    The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains about the same as it was last week. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 65 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.

    As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

    BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

    This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

    To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.

    For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

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    Making Videos For BuDS With The Reach4Work Digital Team

    Ben Clark

    Written by Thomas, a member of the BuDS Reach4Work Digital team. 

    Disclaimer: this is a personal blog by a BuDS member. The views expressed are personal, and don’t necessarily represent those of BuDS or our Trustees. 

    “Since I joined the Reach4Work Digital Team in January, I have been working both on my own and with a the Digital Team, to create Videos. We usually work as a team in co-production, creating different components for the final video I have worked on several different videos. In blog I would like to talk to about a video we have just finished about Agile Project Management, to add to an article the team had previously written.

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    1 in 62 people in Bucks now infected. 5 infected people in a busy supermarket. Risk of meeting someone with Covid remains Very High.

    Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 20 June 2023

    Ben Clark

    The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week has risen slightly. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 62 people in Bucks have Covid.

    As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 7 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

    As we predicted last week, the Covid risk appears to be rising again now that the school holidays are over. We cautiously expect this rise to continue for the near future.

    BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

    This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

    To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.

    For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.