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Our Staff
A quick look at who is behind this enterprising business
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KEITH - Development Manager
After 10 years of teaching computer maintenance in colleges throughout West Yorkshire, Keith then started Airedale Computer Recycling over 8 years ago, under the Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) Scheme to retrain long-term unemployed people. He trained the original technicians and developed the retail and marketing for the project.
As well as handling all the legislation, corporate business enquiries, purchasing and stock control, he conducts visits around the facility, arranges charitable donations to good causes, speaks at conferences, Chairs the Regional Electronics Initiative, does some mentoring for Business-Link and yet still makes time for the customers in the shop.
"The first computers we ever got for recycling came from the colleges I'd lectured at. Our first refubished computers were sold to my ex-students .....and then business really took off. We expanded rapidly to become one of the foremost charitable social enterprises in the region and we are lucky to have such a great bunch of guys working with us"
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ALISTAIR - Chief Technician
Has a 1st Class Degree in Computer Technology and is our most qualified and experienced technician.
"After an injury forced me to quit as an olympic swimmer, I originally started here as a volunteer and was then employed to service a large computer maintenance contract. I now deal with the more complex computer repairs and the refurbishing of computers ready for sale in our shops. I'm the one with his head stuck in a computer in our corporate brochure"
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PHIL - Technician
After a motorcycle accident made him physically unemployable for an extended period, he began volunteering one day a week, then two, then three, he proved he was capable of full time work again and when the opportunity arose, we of course employed the guy we'd just trained for the past year.
"I spend most of my time in the Castleford shop handling the day to day repairs and getting to know the many regulars we have. It's been an unexpected but very interesting career change for me".
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IAN - Technician
After volunteering for us as a technician for six months, he was the ideal candidate when Russ left us to pursue other avenues. Ian now shares his time between the two shops and has proved to be a remarkably up to date technician.
"After a long period of unemployment, I finally got a job doing what I love doing best. Turns out I'm a natural at this stuff, does that make me a geek?"
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ASHLEY - Retail Assistant
Employed under the Futures Job Fund, Ash works mainly in the Castleford shop and is in charge of keeping the shop spick and span and the stock up to date and presented well. A likable young chap who says "Peachy" far too often.
"I'm not a technician, so to get to work with computers and help people with their purchases and computer problems really is just peachy"
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JAMIE - Warehouse/Collections Supervisor
Part of the furniture. He's been with us since day one and was our first trainee. We employed him as soon as he'd finished training. He now knows the whole business inside out. Jamie arranges all the computer collections, the sorting and recycling, the data secuty on all incoming equipment and the trade sales. He's also the one in charge of the Ebay store. His spelling might be terrible but he's got 99.9% great feedback.
"Airedale Computers gave me a job right at the start of the project and I've enjoyed helping to make it what it is today. In return, it's enabled me to make a decent life for me and my son Jaques".
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MARK - Warehouse Assistant
Employed under the Futures Job Fund, he helps with all aspects of recycling and refurbishing in the warehouse. He's usually the one that will help you unload your car or van when you bring your old IT equipment to us for recycling.
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ALAN - Groundskeeper / Warehouse Assistant
Employed under the Futures Job Fund, spends most of his time helping with the computer collections and in the warehouse, but when the sun shines, he's out where he like it best, in the grounds, trying to make it presentable for our customers, visitors and friends.
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ADAM - Volunteer Technician - AVAILABLE FOR PAID WORK
He's been volunteering his time several days a week with us for nine months after being made redundant. He's made himself a part of the team at Airedale and is quite popular with our customers in the shop as well as with our work experience trainees. He's capable of most computer repairs, computer refurbishing, sales, telephone enquiries and he's good at showing the trainees how to go on. His attendance, timekeeping, attitude and work record with us have been exemplary. He'll have a good reference and we'll be sorry to see him go when he finds a paid job. Download Adams CV here
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SCOTT - Volunteer Technician - AVAILABLE FOR PAID WORK
He's not been with us long but he's a whizz with software installations and sometimes even 4 at a time isn't enough to keep him busy.
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Not forgetting our other volunteers who give up their time to help our project
CALLUM - worked with us since leaving school to joining university. Now comes in on his day off from studies.
MICHAEL - spent a years work placement with us and now comes in on his day off from college.
MARIA - volunteers 2 days a week helping with recycling in our warehouse, because she enjoys it.
DEON - every Tuesday for the past six months he turns up and refurbishes computers.
GARY - sanitizing and testing computers, doing 3 days a week under placement from Best Training.
If you want to know more about volunteering for charity see our section on VOLUNTEERING
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And of course, our work experience students
A different bunch every 2 weeks from all our local schools. We give them a taste of real work in a real working environment. If they work hard they can earn a certificate to take back to school. They also take back that unique experience of having helped a local charity.
Some students learn the technical skills of computer repairs and refurbishing, some learn about manual labour by demanufacturing computers and recycling, others just learn life skills and what it means to have a job, that of course includes the occasional fetching of the bucket of steam, collecting sky hooks and locating the obligatory left handed monkey wrench. Like I said..... real work experience!
If you want to know more about work experience see our section on WORK EXPERIENCE
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