Ben Small is 26 and wants a job.
Small, who has Down syndrome, has experience working in catering and restaurant chains, but has found difficulty landing a longterm, paid position. His step-mother, Fiona Hodge, wanted to find a way to help and took her appeal to Twitter in hopes of landing him a job
Won't someone in the Liverpool area give my step son, Ben, who has Down's Syndrome a chance at a paid job? Motivated with NVQ 2 in catering
— Fleabag (@FleaBagLady) March 13, 2015
With hundreds of retweets, it was soon picked up by celebrities including comedians Jason Manford and Boothby Graffoe. Soon after, the hashtag #GiveBenAJob began trending. Read more...
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