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I'm Josh Davies and I'm 27,
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I work here as a volunteer
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at the Swansea Vale Resource Center.
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I met Gareth when I
was having a look around
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the building for my first time.
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My name's Gareth Smitham.
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I'm a computer instructor at
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Swansea Vale Resource Center,
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which is a centre for
physically disabled adults.
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My job is to help people
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achieve any goals they have
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to do with things like IT.
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I got into this line of work,
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for want of a better word, by luck.
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I was made redundant. I was an engineer.
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I ended up having to look around
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temporarily for a job.
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Fortunately for me,
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after a couple of months working
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with the people that I worked with,
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it had won me over and
the thought that going back
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into industry didn't appeal anymore.
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He's fun and he's laid back
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and he doesn't take himself too seriously.
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Because it works. You can do it.
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We've proved it, haven't we?
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He gets it, the way I come across
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and if I got problems
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he knows where I'm coming from.
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Overwhelmingly, the best thing about my job
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is the people.
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I've seen Josh change completely.
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Here's what we made earlier.
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What's more important
than working with people
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and helping them to achieve
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things that we sometimes take for granted?
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If you do get the opportunity,
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take it and give it a try.
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If you're anything like me,
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it'll be the best decision you've ever made.
