Report done by one of the Junior Apprentices
Following on from the success of the first User driven Book we have successfully published our second book. User Driven 2 has a DVD with it there is a celebrity being a director of the Job Forum Theatre called Mat Fraser who is a very well known actor where they decided to make a play of Jack and the Beanstalk.
This is a great DVD to watch. The book mostly covers 3 of our senior apprentices talking about how they felt at working in Hertfordshire PASS and WorkABILITY.
Katie Fraser’s views: “My views on User Driven 2 are that I think that the stories are great and a fantastic achievement on what we have done to make the book a success. I have enjoyed everything I wrote about, and I am proud to lead one of the best sessions which was the Mat Fraser session as it was something I enjoyed doing acting for the forum theatre even though it was way out of my job description. I also enjoyed the fact that User Driven 2 carries on from the success of User Driven book 2 and I hope that by reading both the books that people get a sense of what WorkABILITY does and that they can feel that they use us , either referring young disabled people to us or work with us in some small or large way, by watching the best DVD in the whole wide world , or by reading the book and thinking that they want to help us.”
Jonathan Pamment views: “ I think that the new book is very good because it has more information about Hertfordshire PASS and what we have done it is nice to see a DVD in the back of the book which gives a 15 minute role play of Jack and The Beanstalk. The book also shows us mentoring students from Oakland’s College and tell you what work we did with them.”
Patrick Fitzgerald’s views: “User Driven 2 is a brilliant job and it’s great that we’ve managed to include a DVD this time, providing people with a more visual expression of what we do. Although the Job Forum and particularly the forum theatre session was fun to be involved in, it all had a very serious message about how young disabled people should be given the same chances in work and in life as their non-disabled peers. I enjoyed writing about my apprenticeship and the Ready for Work programme, and feel that the book as a whole is a better and more focused and professional work than the first one. This is only to be expected – when the original book came out, Andrew, Katie and I were only volunteers, but now we’re Senior Apprentices with responsibility for others. I’m looking forward to User Driven 3 already!”
Andrew Bird’s views: “The book is excellent it has a lot of user driven information and I like the pictures I also like the forum theatre play on the DVD.”
Hanna King’s views: “I think the DVD is good and it could help people knowing how to get a job. I think Mat Fraser helped with knowledge of the disability issues. I think the second book is better than the first book.”
Ed Magee’s views: “Even though I am in neither of the books 1 or 2. I feel that the 2nd User Driven book shows a lot of detail about how the three senior apprentices have been working at Hertfordshire Pass. Whereas there can be new things learnt into what everyone did at different times. I have found the DVD very interesting to watch with including telling more about the basics of work that I never knew.”
Nigel Fenner’s views:” I feel that both books are excellent books because they are about young disabled people overcoming barriers to work, written by young disabled people themselves. I look forward very much to User-Driven 3.”
