England, Liverpool
Ben Small
Ben Small lives in Liverpool. He works in a steak house.
Ben lives in Liverpool, England.
He had difficulties finding a job.
Despite having had training in catering.
[Catering means: cooking and baking for big events.]
He has Down syndrome and many employers didn't want to have him working for them.
Ben's step mum was angry about that.
She wrote about it on Twitter.
She used the hashtag #givebenajob.
[A hashtag is this sign #. It is used so that many texts on the internet from different sources but on the same topic, might be grouped and read together.]
Many people from all around the world read her text.
The reactions were fantastic.
Within a short time Ben had 3 job offers.
He had the choice to work for:
- a Costa coffee shop
- a steak house called Wilson's Kitchen or
- a school for autistic children.
He chose Wilson's kitchen.
He's been working there since March 2016.
Ben Small had 3 questions for his new boss:
- Can employees eat toast for free?
- Do I also get food served?
- When is the next staff party?