Welcome to the Amazon Business UK JustGiving page! This is the first of (hopefully) many events we will be hosting to help raise as much money for charity as possible!

We begin with our Amazon Business UK Auction on the 8th December supporting The Goed Life. Here are a few words from Ned Goedhuis on The Goed Life's mission: 

I started The Goed Life alongside two friends of mine and with the guiding influence of my Mother (thanks Mum 😊). To give a bit of context my brother has down's syndrome and we noticed that once he left school his development stagnated. He went from being in education and learning to going to care centres where he was entertained but never really challenged. He then started working a couple of hours a week in a café and the change was instant. He was much happier, his communication improved, he became much more active at home and generally just more comfortable in himself! So we started the charity to try and replicate this with others.

Our focus is on training to ultimately find people with learning disabilities full time employment - we now support two cafes, a garden centre and a sweet shop all in Northampton where I am from and have successfully found 3 people jobs in a local café, golf club and garden centre! Our big push now is to raise some cash for a mobile café so we can get our workforce out into the world and show the public what they are capable of.

To give you some extra facts:

- 94% of people with learning disabilities in the UK are unemployed. We don't think it needs to be this way.

- £18 will pay for a job coach for an hour

- 100% of money raised will go straight to getting men & women with learning disabilities into employment, giving them a sense of self and place in our community!

Thanks, Ned! Super excited to be supporting you on your mission and help raise money for that mobile café!

We will be hosting the auction internally at Amazon but don't let that date in the diary stop you from donating TODAY! The more money we can raise the better. Please also contact me (fwelsh@amazon.com) if you would like to donate gifts to be sold at the auction. 

Thanks all!

Amazon Business UK