Latest News
In this section you will find all of our latest news (also see archive at the bottom of this page). We aim to bring you key news about the welfare to work and adult training and skills sector, from local delivery and national policy level and all things around about and in between.
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- June 2011
Work Programme Minimum Service
23 June 2011
DWP yesterday published details of the minimum service delivery levels that each prime contractor wrote in their Work Programme bid. These are contractual requirements, so if they are not delive… More…
Work Programme Provider Guidance
17 June 2011
Bit slow on the uptake with this one. DWP released the Work Programme Provider Guidance on 9 June. There is still separate generic guidance and programme specific guidance. However, DWP h… More…
DWP Innovation Fund
15 June 2011
DWP have released a prospectus regarding the Innovation Fund which will see 8-12 contracts awarded to Social Investment Partnerships sharing the £30 million fund over 3 years. Two round of… More…
New Home for Skills for Life Resources
14 June 2011
The ReadWrite Plus website has now been closed and all materials have been moved to a new site within the Excellence Gateway. The Skills for Life resources and Embedded Learning materials … More…
Queen's Birthday Honours 2011
13 June 2011
Two people in the world of welfare to work have been recognised in this year's Birthday Honours List. Knighthood Tony Hawkhead, CEO for Groundwork - for services to environmental regeneration OBE … More…
Work Programme Supply Chain Details
10 June 2011
On the official launch day of the Work Programme, DWP have released details of the subcontractors working in each CPA. They haven't been as helpful as to say which Prime the provider is subcontr… More…
Slowest Job Market Growth for 7 Months!
9 June 2011
This week saw some very worrying news in the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs. The report shows that May saw the slowest growth in the job market in the last 7 m… More…
Labour Market Trends Report
3 June 2011
The Office of National Statistics has published an interesting report on Labour Market Trends in recent years (click here for full report). The headlines regarding the report have focused on t… More…
