From beneficiary to volunteer
After finishing his English course, Amer wanted to help other people at Job4Me who needed support to get online. Amer volunteers his time to teach other people digital skills, he says, “helping people makes me very happy”.
Amer has just moved into a new house in Gateshead and has begun studying Level 2 Health and Social Care, Functional Skills in English and Maths with Newcastle college. Amer passed all of his exams last year and is searching for work and studying hard, both of which his free device and internet connection are helping him to do.
Amer’s leave to remain in the UK is now secured and he feels that this volunteer experience in supporting people to learn digital skills will bolster his job prospects.