Following a brief stint at the Inland Registry in a typing pool, Joy went onto to join the Peterborough Community Relations Council and then the Cambridge Community Relations Council. Now a wife, mother of 4 and devoted Christian Joy has spent more than 20 years working in the communities of Cambridgeshire, looking after those that are desolate, desperate and in need of support in providing them with better life opportunities. One of the pioneers of the former Black Women Support Group in Cambridge, Joy continues her quest in promoting equality, fairness for all in education, employment and other life opportunities. She is a strong, dedicated, devoted and well loved woman.