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October 19, 2009 Working Links’ £13m Flexible New Deal boost Filed under: Flexible New Deal — Tags: Flexible New Deal , New Deal Fraud , Working Links — Flexible New Deal @ 9:11 am Royal Bank of Scotland has loaned Working Links £13 million via its Revolving Credit facility (designed to provide businesses with the Working capital required) to help fund the initial Working capital to deliver the £500 million 5-year Flexible New Deal contract

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Working Links’ £13m Flexible New Deal boost « Ipswich Unemploye...

New Deal , New Deal Fraud , Working Links — Flexible New Deal @ 9:11 am Royal Bank of Scotland has loaned Working Links £13 million via its Revolving Credit facility (designed to provide businesses with the Working capital required) to help fund the initial Working capital to deliver the £500 million 5-year Flexible New Deal contract allowing the employment of over 300 new employees at 40 new offices they intend to open across the UK. Working Links Working Links has

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A4E and Working Links To Snaffle More Public Money. « Ipswich Unemplo...

severe disabilities into work. Recruitment companies A4e and working Links have been shortlisted for a new programme to find work for people with long-term mental or physical needs. Both are under investigation by the Department for work and Pensions following allegations that employees had made false claims of getting people into work.” I noticed on Channel Four that some heroine from A4E is going to get the star treatment in a programme this coming Thurday. Helping

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New Deal final chance: Jobcentre forces Jobseekers on to New Deal « Ip...

doing enough to look for work, there are various options you could negotiate instead: work Trial: up to 30 working days at a real employer. Voluntary, however gives real work experience as opposed to any (if you are lucky) with a placement on New Deal. You keep your benefits while doing work Trial. Volunteering: Keep your benefits while doing work for the local community. work Trial would be better. 5. Reasons why not to go on New Deal (if all the above fail) Numerous

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Forced Labour in Suffolk. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

unemployed and be on workfare, where the existing claimants on workfare either stop claiming (not unemployed by claimant count) or start the loop over again. * = http://www.flexible-new-deal.co.uk/2010/03/12/john-leech-mp-opposes-work-for-your-benefit-scheme/ A technical aspect I am interested in is… If they replace Jobseekers Allowance with an Training Allowance (of same amount) for the work for your Benefit scheme, will you still be working for your benefits? A Training

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Work for Your Benefit: What it Will Mean. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

by the Department for Work and Pensions themselves, the report is entitled: ‘ A comparative review of Workfare programmes in the United States, Canada and Australia’ (report 533) This report examines the impact of Workfare schemes that mandate participation in unpaid Work activities as a condition of receiving social assistance (‘Work for benefits’). It finds that: There is little evidence that Workfare increases the likelihood of finding Work. It can even reduce

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Reed in Partnership. What Kind of Partners for the Unemployed? « Ipsw...

the following:Experience of Working in a fast-paced and targeted sales environment (minimum six months) Experience of delivering excellent customer service (minimum six months) A clear commitment to Working in the Welfare to Work sectorPrevious experience of Working in Welfare to Work is NOT required.To apply for any of these positions you will need to complete an application form at http://apply.reedinpartnershipjobs.co.uk/ Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited is an employment agency and

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Conservatives to rewrite Flexible New Deal contracts « Ipswich Unemplo...

want to create a stronger workfare system than what Labour proposes, bring forward the default timescales by slashing it in half from 12 months to just 6 months and sticking more Flexible New Deal participants in to Community Service like activities. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) working Links’ £13m Flexible New Deal boost Why YMCA Training didn’t bid for Flexible New Deal… New Deal fraud probe begins: A4e under investigation Where is the

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New Deal fraud probe begins: A4e under investigation « Ipswich Unemplo...

a piece on fraud involving Working Links, who also run the New Deal and other taxpayer-funded programs. A former employee spilled the beans on what was going on in their Glasgow offices, And further investigation revealed their Brighton and North Wales offices were also involved in the fraud. Comment by Gerry Attric — June 29, 2009 @ 11:29 pm Reply That is very interesting: thanks Gerry. Working Links could be one of the other providers involved. The

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Workfare for Dummies. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

you remind me of a working links “adviser” – complete tosser, spent six months in sky, blagged his way in the working links, absolutely no real world experience, still living with his parents. what goes around comes around, abu, life plays some queer tricks, but one of them isn’t letting us away with it – you reap what you sow! see you on workfare abu lol Comment by Gary Baldy — March 23, 2010 @ 7:21 pm Reply Looks like

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Tories to Make Things Worse for Unemployed. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

are going to Get Britain Working ! I The media today (written Sunday) is full of David Cameron’s plans to Get Britain Working. He plans to abolish the New Deal (in its various forms) for the Unemployed. Good. But what will they put in its place? And who is behind the schemes? Details are sketchy (we will update them as they are revealed), but this (here ) is worth noting. The policy is called, “ Get Britain Working” – which will see sweeping changes to

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Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Unemployed , Welfare State , Workfare , jobseekers allowance — Tags: Unemployment , Workfare — Andrew Coates @ 4:01 pm Forced labour for Jobseekers (Via Manchester Mule here ) Despite high levels of unemployment due to the recession jobseekers in Greater Manchester will be forced to Work up to 40 hours a week as part of the Work for Your Benefits (WfYB) pilot scheme. The region is set to be the trialling ground for a government initiative that will see unemployed

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Flexible New Deal in Ipswich « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Dencora House, Ipswich working with the above client group, you will be required to place our learners into jobs and work tasters of their choice. You will have had experience in working with caring employers who will give our learners a chance to gain employment. working with challenging behaviour learners in essential and to have empathy. You will also work at ensuring a good employer base ready for learners to access. A good marketing and selling background is important. You will also

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Government to Create Jobs for Young People (?). « Ipswich Unemployed ...

thus most employers will work this out. The only volunteering respect you will get is if you travelled world to poor countries (on the “front line”) not some admin or retail role… Comment by New Deal Scandal — July 31, 2009 @ 4:08 pm Reply Some of the internships are nothing more than links to programmes already outhere, such as the BBC work Experience scheme- many are not new things, just links to old programmes already in place. I

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Flexible New Deal, TNG and Sanctions. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

and farm me out to them. Work placements won’t begin until around week 49 (my branch of TNG does not yet have any placement officers Working there). During my initial meeting with my advisor I was told only the CV Workshop and FND Workshop were mandatory, all the others such as confidence building and interview techniques are voluntary. I have since found out that this may not strictly true. They will leave you alone for the first few weeks but if they feel you would benefit from

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Benefits Busted! « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

generated) A4E and Working Links To Snaffle More Public Money. New Labour Christian Charity. Work For Benefit: The New Helots. Comments (2) 2 Comments » [...] Benefits Busted! [...] Pingback by Benefit Busters Episode 1 « New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform: Flexible New Deal and Welfare Reform Bill — August 25, 2009 @ 1:35 pm Reply [...] Channel 4External Links:Channel 4 Benefit

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YMCA Training and the OVERDUE Accounts « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Another thing workfare providers don’t pay is the rent, that’s why you find so many changing office premises on such a regular basis. working Links is particularly good at this. Comment by Raw Deal — February 25, 2010 @ 10:14 pm Reply lol working Links change office more often than the staff change their knickers lol Comment by reggie — February 27, 2010 @ 3:45 pm Reply I thought working Links were

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New Deal: The TRUTH Exposed! « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

for fraud in the welfare-to-work system, and the Government only claims just over £1 million was lost in the fraud – which the providers were likely made to pay back. The case with benefit fraud is completely different, individuals fill the full weight of the law on them, rather recently an a4e employee was jailed for working while receiving benefits . Increase Crime Fraud is a crime – all the providers seem to be involved in one shape or form. Increase NEET When

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We have Won a Small but Significant Battle. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Deal Contract Published Working Links’ £13m Flexible New Deal boost A Small Battle Won Comments (13) 13 Comments » Well done, I just got my letter for my second New Deal interview. Was there 18 months ago and was exited. Reading this information is great and hopefully I’ll have some ammunition to fend off attendance. Any tips via mail would be much appreciated. Comment by bit — July 10, 2009 @ 2:00 pm

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TNG Ipswich: How do we get there? « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

the ones who dont want to work and are happy collecting their top up money and numerous other benefits i however am not, theyve helped me with a new CV to which i have already had an interview from more than i ever got whilst sitting in the job centre every 2 weeks. Well keep moaning but after 52 more weeks of moaning about a company that is clearly giving more help than the norm, wait until those still out of work are working for their benefits!! Maybe less moaning and more impetus into

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Unemployed Workers’ Union. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

The fee for an Unemployed Worker to join the Union is £1 for membership fee and a 10p monthly sub. The Union is open for Workers to join at a cost of £5 per month. The UWU is not conventional in the sense of a standard Industrial Union and legally must not be treated as such. We aim to build Solidarity between Workers and the Unemployed. We also seek proper representation and the right to Work for all unemployed people. We are currently Working on Provisional systems of running and

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YMCA Training New Deal Contract Published « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

, new deal contract , TNG , Working Links , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 1:57 pm So, amongst reporting about the failings of New Deal as a whole and numerous other unemployment/welfare issues including new and proposed schemes such as Flexible New Deal and Workfare; you would have read about numerous concerns regarding local New Deal prime contractor (and I hear, also a subcontractor for Flexible New Deal) YMCA Training based at Dencora House and London Road. Just to

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Sanctions on Flexible New Deal. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

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Ipswich Unemployed Action. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

local contract A4e - its links with shady senior politicians (step forward David Blunkett), and its record of abusing New Deal participants. Workfare will be a con – forced labour for our dole with private contractors coining it in. What do we want? We want the minimum wage for any ‘voluntary’ Work they make us do. There should be an independent appeal and monitoring system – open to all – for anyone on the ‘New Deal’. Not the present

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Unemployment Set to Keep Rising. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

is to be followed by Work for Benefits. We have mentioned that East Anglia will be a Pilot area. This will be followed by the rest of the country. With these figures the signs are that a vast number of people are going to end up under the thumb of private Companies, Charities, Voluntary Organisations. Full-time. Dependent on their Good Will. Of the ‘good practice’ of the likes of a4e and Working Links. Not that, charities and ‘voluntary groups’ are exactly

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YMCA Training New Deal contract terminated « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

for fraud ? A4e and Working Links along with other disclosed providers are currently under investigation. Inability to deliver contract We reported YMCA Training using volunteers instead of staff to deliver jobsearch and other elements of the New Deal provision which isn’t allowed under the New Deal contract. Complaints about the detention centre Hundreds of people are complaining about the conditions of the detention centre . Other There still are many reasons we

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Claimants’ Unions National Meeting. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

(abolition) bill; build a network of solidarity between claimants; create links between unemployed workers and workers in the PCS * The day: 1. Share information 2. Plan a national action 3. Build a strategy and work out how we can co-ordinate nationally The Welfare Reform Bill is a massive attack on the disabled, single parents, unemployed workers and workers in the Department for work and Pensions and we cannot allow it to be implemented. 14 th November is our chance for

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Reed in Partnership and the Carers Scam « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

defines “decent work” as work that is freely chosen, productive, free from harassment and fairly paid. Comment by Raw Deal — February 9, 2010 @ 8:12 pm Reply the reason for this is that there often appears to more then a few of these types of work being advertised. this not for everyone and as stated requires an often specialist approach. its highly doubtful if matron will be interested if someone has a history of another employment,a crb

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Ipswich Backing Young Britain Ministerial Careers Fair « Ipswich Unemp...

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