In 1972 Bryan joined The Radiochemical Centre (later Amersham and then GE Healthcare) where he met Judi. He worked there for just over 35 years with his responsibilities being in manufacturing, quality assurance and waste management.

For the last ten years of Judi’s working life, she was a Maths tutor at Buckinghamshire Adult Learning and over the last 17 years several of her ex-work colleagues have also been volunteers at Workaid.

When Bryan retired in December 2007 they decided to dedicate one day a week to charity work. Following an article in the newspaper, Workaid came up as a good option being only a five-minute walk from their home.

In February 2008, Bryan and Judi became volunteers at Workaid with Judi working on knitting machines and Bryan packing containers to send to East Africa.

Soon after joining, it was announced that Workaid would be re-locating to The Old Boot Factory in Chesham. Bryan was involved in moving tools and equipment to the new premises. He also established a waste strategy for the operations at the new workshop location.

Having been volunteers at Workaid for over 15 years Bryan and Judi now have multiple responsibilities. Bryan handles waste management, goods-in, container packing and local collections, and Judi services knitting machines, sorts incoming haberdashery and prepares items to be sold in The Workaid Shop.