Stanford’s dedication wins £500 from Inkfish

Feb 21, 2007 - Call Centre agent Stanford Manzini has persuaded his employers, Inkfish, to give £500 to Brighton’s Queens Road Carers’ Centre. The Centre, based in a city where 10% of the population (23,000 people) are carers - with some as young as eight years old – gives help, counselling, advice and friendship to as many as possible. The Inkfish donation will be used to give respite treatments to the carers in order to help them de-stress and, more importantly, give them a little time out from their duties.

Stanford knows at first hand the pressures and stress that carers are under – he’s been looking after his son, now 22, who has suffered severe learning difficulties since he was three. When he arrived in the UK, he found out about the Centre, which has helped him over the past six years. He is so grateful that he now volunteers there as much as he can, to help other carers and to help run the Centre by serving on its management committee.

He helped set up the Centre’s “Carers Voice Project” whose objective is to raise awareness of the help that’s available, such as giving the carers time off, looking after their loved ones while they get a break, and helping them de-stress. The Centre also takes its young carers out regularly on Saturdays so they can get away from it all and have some fun.

Inkfish’s Cathy Taylor says: “Stanford has painted a realistic picture of what it’s like to be a carer and how important it is for them to have all the support they can get through places like The Carers’ Centre. So we were absolutely delighted to help out.”

“If I won a million pounds,” says Stanford, “I’d devote all of my time to helping carers because I know just what it means to them to have support. But I haven’t won the million yet, so the Centre and I are very grateful to Inkfish for their generosity.”

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February 2007

Editor's Notes:

• One of the UK's top ten call centre operations with call centres in Brighton and Nottingham, Inkfish offers a wide range of services including full inbound and outbound managed services, sales, information lines, internet and technical support help lines, market research, lead generation and overflow facilities. Inkfish also offers a full range of pick and pack fulfillment and direct mail through the Group's services division, Inkfish Services Limited.
• Inkfish employs 600+ people in Brighton & Hove, working on behalf of clients such as BSkyB and Post Office.
• Inkfish Call Centres Limited is a subsidiary of Domestic & General Group PLC.