flexible New Deal

Hi All,

i was on JSA for 1 year then i moved in with my partner, she was claiming ESA so claimed for me! (and my New Flexible Deal search finished because of this in June 2011) after 6 weeks her claim was ended so i made a new claim of JSA for the two of us, as my circumstances had changed it was treated as a NEW claim not a fast track one, and was put on JSA but they have said i am still on stage 4 ?? not sure if this can be right as is definatly classed as a new claim 6 weeks ago when i made it !

Are you currently working on FND but have been told you are not TUPE eligible to Work Programme, either by your current employer or the Prime/their subbies?

Do you feel you are being left behind and feel let down?

Have you been told why TUPE does not apply from FND to WP in your area? Is it due to fragmented provision (not end to end) or another reason?

We are just in the process of setting up a Construction Training School to open Spring 2011 primarily teaching Plastering. The school will cover all areas ie private sector non qual and accredited courses as well as hopefully 14-16 year olds and school leavers. Plastering training in our area is non existent and much needed. Researched this very thoroughly and we certainly have found a niche.

My husband who will be doing the training has plenty of experience teaching the trade to the unemployed, 14-16 year old children and obviously young adults.

I currently deliver Literacy and Numeracy on the New Deal programme. We always knew that this programme would end this October and were led to believe that it would be replaced by the Flexible New Deal. With all that out the window, what happens in the meantime BEFORE the new, all encompassing contract comes in next summer?

You’d think that schools were why we humans invented government. Schools, defence, roads and police… oh and rubbish collection of course. Collective services for the public good. Services that don’t lend themselves to individual provision due to their cost, scale and fundamental role in underpinning a safe and productive society. Without them, life would be poor, nasty, brutish, and short (or in the case of bins, really smelly).

But as announced on Tuesday, the Tories want to free up the school system and create a market for education provision. This is from their manifesto:

As a manager of local authority employability provision, I would be interested to hear views on whether FND contractors should have free access to local authority funded non-statutory services?

The arguments -

We dont want any residents to miss out on services that could help them enter employment.

However, our services could be viewed as assisting contractors to make a profit - a profit they will not re-invest in the areas infrastructure.

Is there a case for local authorities charging FND contractors and on what basis?

Thoughts?

This forum contains comments and discussion moved from elsewhere in the site that is primarily complaints about Flexible New Deal. The original New Deal has its own discussion elsewhere to prevent confusion between the two. There's an article outlining the difference between FND and New Deal here if you'd like to know more. Just for the record, moving comments here doesn't imply endorsement of them.

Hi

Does anyone know the timeline dates for FND Phase 2, having looked through all the info I have I can only find vague references, such as preferred bidder annouced late april, starts in October etc..

Very difficult to provide specific dates in Q's for JCP if they can't tell us when it starts!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.