Welfare to Work newswire

by Daniel on 16 Aug, 2008 in

SITE NEWS - The site will be down at various points this weekend for maintenance, with some new features being added next week if all goes well.

NEWS

Ian Charlesworth of Shaw Trust goes on garden leave for unknown but presumably unfortunate reasons

Changes at Remploy continue with the appointment of a new Chief Exec

Latest labour market statistics get fudged in the DWP press release

by Daniel on 4 Aug, 2008 in

A quiet week as the Summer break kicks in. The big news is the announcement of shortlisted flexible New Deal bidders - http://snipurl.com/3b6ak (pdf)

The FT provides an overview of some of the FND bidders - http://snipurl.com/3b6al

The DWP comes under fire for staff sickies - http://snipurl.com/3b6am

Independent review of conditionality announced - http://snipurl.com/3b6an

Next up, privatising the jobcentres? - http://snipurl.com/3b6ao

The free market Heartland Institute has ranked US states on their welfare reform success after 10 years - http://snipurl.com/3b6ap

by Daniel on 23 Jul, 2008 in

SITE NEWS

The response to last week's question about revealing bid results was entirely in favour. Unless someone makes a case against it, we'll keep publishing the news when we get it. In related news, the official FND results are coming out shortly, and we'll replace the rumoured results as soon as they do so.

We've updated the Welfare Reform Green Paper article to include a breakdown of proposals, press coverage and commentary - http://snipurl.com/29l89

by Daniel on 10 Jul, 2008 in

SITE NEWS

Who passed flexible New Deal pre-qualification? - http://snipurl.com/2w8ff

Would you like us to keep publishing pre-release details of who wins which contracts? Why? Why not? We'll be making decisions about whether to release future lists based on what you write, so make sure you get heard - http://snipurl.com/2w8fg

A4e rumours scotched - http://snipurl.com/2w8fh

MAIN STORIES

Purnell's speech to the welfare-to-work conference gave away more details of the upcoming Welfare Reform Green Paper - http://snipurl.com/2w8fi

by Daniel on 25 Jun, 2008 in

A request to all our subscribers - I'm looking for people to make Freedom of Information requests en masse, so we can put together some proper performance statistics for providers. Let me know if you're willing to help by replying to this e-mail!

Also, I'm going to be reporting from the welfare-to-work conference over the next two days. Get in touch if you have anything to add, or fancy meeting up. See you there?

MAIN STORIES

ERSA chair Fran Parry has joined Angus McKnight, the owners of Work Directions in Australia (but not in the UK, confusingly).

by Daniel on 19 Jun, 2008 in

We've just received details of New Deal and Programme Centre performance across Great Britain from the DWP. It appears they've only sent details from last October to this March, but we'll put what we can up later in the week.

MAIN STORY - WORK SKILLS

by Daniel on 10 Jun, 2008 in

We've updated the user registration on the site. You can now log in to the site using your e-mail address or username, whichever you prefer.

Question of the Week - What do you want us to write about? Guaranteed response! - http://snipurl.com/2eu2i

The official DWP 'how to get involved with flexible New Deal' guide. Pretty much mirrors what we said last week, but with more details - http://snipurl.com/1rwm8

The DWP has launched a 3rd sector welfare reform taskforce, to improve third sector engagement with welfare-to-work services - http://snipurl.com/2eu2j (press release)

by Daniel on 3 Jun, 2008 in

Most of the DWP ESF contracts have been officially confirmed - http://snipurl.com/2cbpn

Question of the Week - how can you tell if someone is job ready? - http://snipurl.com/2cbpo

Conservatives promise 'substantial profits' for charities running public services - http://snipurl.com/2cbpp

Community work should not affect benefits, say third sector organisations - http://snipurl.com/2cbpq (subscription required)

Discontent is growing over Employment and Support Allowance, with charities and MPs expressing concerns - http://snipurl.com/2cbpr

by Daniel on 27 May, 2008 in

HEADLINES

Interested in flexible New Deal subcontracting? The DWP have sent out a form to fill that puts you on a database of candidates - http://snipurl.com/2aumf

The DWP want providers to share their employers with the Local Employment Partnerships - http://snipurl.com/2aume (pdf)

by Daniel on 19 May, 2008 in

HEADLINES

Panorama covers welfare-to-work in 'Britain on the Sick' at 8.30pm, BBC1 tonight. Here's a lead-in article on the BBC News website that asks the simple question, how do you get people into work in areas with no jobs? - http://snipurl.com/29l88

The government's gone to consultation on a new Welfare Reform bill as part of its legislative programme, but details are a bit sketchy right now - http://snipurl.com/29l89

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