“I never imagined the volunteering would lead to paid work.”
John Lyons
from Limerick worked in construction for 20 years, felt the brunt of the
decline, began volunteering and, lo and behold, 18 months later he’s looking at
being paid once more for construction related work.
Along the way,
he and colleague Ursula Mullane have become social entrepreneurs, though he
doesn’t accord himself any fancy titles.
“I’m just the
handyman,” he says, modestly. “I saw an advert in the paper looking for
volunteers to help the elderly and I said, ‘Yeah, by all means’.”
