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David Greenall | 0161 8682736 | DAVID.GREENALL@dwp.gsi.gov.uk |
I am, like many others, one of those (un)fortunate individuals that joined the Department (Benefits Agency as it was then) as a temporary measure after University & ended up staying much longer than expected. Ten years (+) longer than expected!
What kept me? People! Customers! Call them what you like, being a Crisis Loan officer in a brilliantly diverse neighbourhood (Manchester Rusholme) was such a rewarding experience that I stayed for 7 years until escaping Job Centre Plus for the (apparently) greener pastures of Debt Centre Salford (now Contact Centre Trafford), where I am currently the team Leader on a Civil Litigation team, Diversity Champion, and PCS Office Rep.
Rusholme Benefits Agency was where I became the Harassment Officer, bringing these skills over to Debt Management until CoreCare got the contract. I can’t remember where I first discovered PCS Proud, but after attending a number of Proud courses & the excellent annual seminar, was more than happy to job-share the North West Rep position after being informed of the vacancy.
In addition to the above roles, I am the Equality Officer and Assistant Secretary for Manchester & Salford Branch Executive Committee; I represent Debt Management at, and am the chair of, the DWP National Network Group for Sexual Orientation.
All these roles have grown from my initial involvement with Proud (guess you could say Proud was the seed). Becoming active within Proud was such a positive move; it has not only increased my knowledge of LGBT issues but has also made me a more confident gay man.
Outside of DWP, I have tutored courses on Avant-Garde, Underground and Cult cinema, introduced film screenings and presented seminars. I have written articles for ‘counter culture’ publications and had my own experimental films screened at festivals world-wide. I watch a lot of (strange) films, read books on murder, surgery, suffering, and art. Those who know me would probably say this is an unhealthy obsession…I agree!
I have lived in Manchester (with my two cats) for fifteen years.
David Greenall
11 August 2009
| Chris Parkinson | 01253 688009 | christopher.parkinson@csa.gsi.gov.uk |
