Category Archives: workfare

NEET!

Posted on March 26, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

NEET = Not in Employment, Education or Training. This is my lovely (most of the time) son Huw. He’s 19 years old. He is a NEET. It bothers everyone, except him. He’s just published his first book. http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Gone-Huw-Millward-ebook/sim/B00TJ5DUIQ/2 He has … Continue reading →

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Movement to Work Scheme

Posted on March 26, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Public & Commercial Services Union website Members urged to sign petition calling for HMRC to cease involvement in Workfare scheme – Volunteers sought for PCS working group – Branches to monitor and report numbers participating in Movement to … Continue reading →

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We’ve stopped taking people on workfare placements except when we take them by accident…?

Posted on January 16, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Kate Belgrave I was talking very recently with a group of people who are on a 30-hour-a-week workfare Community Work Placement (CWP) at at Haringey charity. Their workfare provider is the G4S subcontractor Urban Futures, finder of these … Continue reading →

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Ten former A4E employees guilty in fraud scam

Posted on January 16, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Morning Star on line Fraud convictions handed down to four former employees of disgraced back-to-work recruiter A4E have illustrated the abject failure of coalition workfare schemes, campaigners said yesterday. A4E claimed £1.3 million from the Department of Work … Continue reading →

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