
RF WORKS – How does it work?
WORK:
At RF WORKS sites you can gain real experience in a range of supportive settings from retail to catering.
St Lawrence Café
Our friendly café in Suffolk, provides real jobs in a cafe setting, based on an individual’s abilities. Start at a level right for you, build confidence to gain new skills.
THINGS YOU CAN DO:
- Cooking
- Waiting
- Washing up
- Operate the till
- Meet and greet
- Make drinks
- Clearing tables
- Preparing food
- Barista training
- Sandwich round

St Lawrence Café, Dial Lane, Ipswich, IP1 1DJ
Tel: 01473 242500
Email: RFWorks@realisefutures.org

Fulfilment
Bury St Edmunds: 01284 749030
Melton: 01394 389599
Ipswich: 01473 242500
Email: RFWorks@realisefutures.org
Fulfilment
We get it packed, wrapped and dispatched – offering people a variety of jobs to suit their abilities, including folding, counting, assembling cartons and labelling , with easy to follow guides.
THINGS YOU CAN DO:
- Packing
- Folding
- Counting
- Assembling cartons
- Labelling
- Teamwork
- Stock-take
- Heat sealing
- Blister packing
- Shrink wrapping
- Hand packing
Eco Furniture
Making plastic fantastic – turning plastic into furniture, from benches to pirate ships. Gain new skills within a team environment, from measuring to cutting and drilling, to creating furniture fit for customer use.
THINGS YOU CAN DO:
- Measure and identify materials
- Cutting and drilling
- Understand manufacturer drawings
- Use hand tools
- Sales
- Customer service
- Administration

Eco Furniture, Ipswich
Tel: 01473 242500
Email: RFWorks@realisefutures.org

Growing Places, Claydon
Tel: 01473 831224
Email: RFWorks@realisefutures.org
Website: Growing Places
Growing Places
Discover the benefits of gardening and working in horticulture. Learn about nature, growing and gain social skills from teamwork.
Things you can do:
- Sowing, planting and harvesting
- Digging and site maintenance
- Weeding and watering
- Packing produce and deliveries
- Woodwork, willow weaving and craft
Nowton Park Nursery
Discover the benefits of gardening and improved wellbeing at Nowton Park Nursery. Situated in the Victorian walled garden within Nowton Park, Bury St. Edmunds, here we grow a wide range of plants and run a small-scale fulfilment area.
Things you can do:
- Sowing seeds
- Site maintenance – weeding, mowing, rotavating
- Trimming and deadheading plants
- Selling plants
- Cooking sessions
- Counting, labelling, weighing and packaging
- Working within a team

Nowton Park Nursery, Bury St Edmunds
Tel: 01284 749030
Email: nowtonparknursery@realisefutures.org

Poppy’s Pantry, Melton
Tel: 01394 389599
Email: RFWorks@realisefutures.org
Poppy’s Pantry
More than just a shop
Visit our click and collect online shop: www.poppyspantryshop.co.uk
Offering a whole range of work based opportunities in a friendly and supportive retail environment.
THINGS YOU CAN DO:
- Work in the shop
- Cooking
- Packing/labelling
- Prepare snack boxes
- Cleaning
- Delivery
- Re-stock shelves
- Teamwork