Steven Nuttall is 50 years old, but he’s never learned to read and write. Unemployed for the last decade, he’s picked up a range of odd-jobs during his life, like selling popcorn and working on the fairgrounds, but never enough … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged Financial Risk, NCVO, Partnership, payment by results, unemployment, Work Programme |
Just before the turn of the year the Ministry of Justice and Department for Work and Pensions produced a joint analysis of the criminal records of benefit claimants. This was the first joint report of its kind. If you missed … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged employment, financial support, health, housing, payment by results, recidivism, reoffending, skills, Social Networks |
By coincidence a lot of the work I was doing last week began to focus on ‘older people’. Some of this, as you would expect, concerned unemployment amongst the over 50s. My parents and my in-laws have all faced, or … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged Older Workers, over 50s, unemployment |
So we’re back after Christmas; will 2012 bring improvements in our personal financial situations? Twice a year we sample our consumers, many of whom are out of work or have just entered the labour market, on a range of issues. … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged bank accounts, bills, Financial Services |
Christmas can be a tough time if you’re out of work. Decisions on hiring will slow down in the latter part of December before picking up again in the second part of January. So, how can this time be used … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged Jobsearch, skills, unemployment |
There has been a lot of coverage in the last week or so on the back of the payday loan market. Radio 4 had a crack at it on Today and Which! released the outcome of its investigation into the … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged Christmas, debt, short term lenders |
With unemployment reaching a 17-year high today – and youth joblessness smashing the 1m barrier – it is going to feel tough out there for those looking for work. Inflation is down a bit, but the CIPD is pessimistic about … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged labour market, recruitment, relocation, skills, unemployment |
In the 20 or so years I have been working to support unemployed people back into work, the political and economic landscape of the UK has changed considerably. After I graduated from university, I was unemployed for a while. Like … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged unemployment, Work Programme, Youth unemployment |
Since such a lot of statistics come pouring into the press and media, it is often hard to get a sense of perspective. For example, a recent report on personal insolvencies showed the number had reduced in the past three … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged CCCS, Choice, debt, finances |
Since 2005 A4e has been working in a number of prisons to provide skills and education programmes to prisoners, to help their chances of getting a job when they are released and also to help longer term inmates develop new … View Complete Post
Posted in Blogs, Social justice and routes out of poverty |Tagged integration, Justice reforms, reoffending, skills |
