Workfare providers

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[expand title=”Click here to see the companies and organisations known to have used or be using workfare“]National Charities[/expand]

Air Ambulance Service | Personal testimony, MWA, (Derbyshire), April 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Midlands), March 2015

Age UK | Multiple personal testimonies, MWA , June 2013 & May 2014 | Claimed to have pulled out in December 2012, but independent stores and Age UK East Sussex remain heavily involved, Personal testimony, CWP, (The Mackenney Centre, Kent), December 2014

Age Concern | Personal Testimony, MWA, December 2013 and Freedom of Information (2011); Personal testimony, MWA, (Liverpool), January 2015

Age Cymru (Pontypridd) | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014

Alzheimer Scotland | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Army of Angels Charity Shop (Gloucester) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, September 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Awaiting Eyes Foundation | 2 Personal testimonies, CWP, (Tottenham), December 2014

Barnardos | Freedom of Information, MWA (2011) | Work Programme testimony (also personal testimony August 2013) | Work Experience | Barnardos even helped relaunch the Youth Contract, most of which is workfare. MWA personal testimony, December 2013 and WE, February 2014. Personal testimony, MWA, (May,2014).

Blue Cross | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Wilmslow), June 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Wilmslow), February 2015

British Heart Foundation | Charity statement, Work Programme and Work Experience (WP & WE), April 2013 & May 2014. | One of the most heavily involved charities in the country. Had to step back after our campaigning, but seem to be returning to full involvement with no regard for health & safety. | Personal testimony, MWA, (Walthamstow), April 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Manchester), October 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Coventry), July 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Coventry), December 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Matlock), December 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Swindon), January 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Huddersfield), January 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Telford), January 2013; Personal testimony, WE, 6 months,(Worthing), May 2013; Personal testimony, WP & WE, (Glasgow), July 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Glasgow), July 2013; 2nd person testimony, WP & WE, (Cambridge), July 2013; Personal testimony, WE, (Blackburn), October 2013; Personal testimony, WP & WE, (Staffordshire), January 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Blackburn), March 2014; Personal testimony, WE, (Worthing), May 2014; Personal testimony, WP & WE, (Peterborough), October 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Bishop Auckland), October 2014; Personal testimony? Dec 14; Personal testimony, MWA, (Sittingbourne), November 2014: Personal testimony, MWA, (Coalville), January 2015; Personal testimony, CWP, (Minehead), 2015

British Red Cross | Personal testimony, MWA, (Hungerford), January 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Lewisham), October 2014

Brainwave | Personal testimony, MWA , April 2013

Cancer Research | Multiple reports. Press statement Dec 2012, claimed to pull out of MWA, but was not clear whether using other schemes. | Have since had personal testimony of Work Programme, Work Experience and MWA placements in their stores July 2013 & Dec 2014. Personal testimony of MWA, (Perth), January 2014 was organised through Learndirect employability. | Claimed in January 2015 that will cancel any placements they are aware of, so if you are referred, let them know. | Still using workfare: Personal testimony, CWP, (Merthyr Tydfil), February 2015

Carr Gomm | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2012

Cats Protection (Mere & Gillingham) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

The Children’s Society| Personal testimony, WE, January 2014.

Citizen’s Advice Bureau | Personal testimony, MWA (Dec 2012), confirmed on Twitter (for Gloucestershire) June 2013. Personal testimony, WE, (May 2014)

Community Service Volunteers | Personal testimony, MWA



The Conservation Volunteers (formerly BTCV) | Heavily involved in both MWA and the Work Programme. See their statement and this article. | Personal testimony, MWA, (Hastings), October 2014

Debra Charity Shops | Personal testimony, MWA, (Southsea), March 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (High Wycombe), May 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Glasgow), November 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Glasgow), February, 2014; Personal testimony, MWA,(Farnbrough), April 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Stockport), July 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Edinburgh), August 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Whitton), August 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Stockport), September 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Stirling), November 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Doncaster), March 2015; Personal testimony, CWP, (Glasgow), March 2015; Personal testimony, MWA (Herne Bay) June 2015; CWP (Leeds) June 2015

Dogs Trust (Evesham) | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Extra Care Charitable Trust | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013

Gingerbread | Involved in delivering M&S workfare schemes, July 2013

Give for Good (Derbyshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

Groundwork | Personal testimony: MWA, April 2013; CWP, December 2014 | A Work Programme subcontractor in London and involved in running the Work Programme and MWA elsewhere as well. Personal testimony, CWP with Groundwork, December 2014 located at YMCA (Carlisle); Personal testimony, CWP with Groundwork, February 2015 located at Eco Centre (Jarrow)

Human Relief Foundation (London) | Personal testimony, MWA, (Leyton), July 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Leyton), October 2014

Lighthouse Charity Shops | Personal testimony, MWA, (Aberdare), January 2014

Mercy in Action | Personal testimony, CWP, (Bath), March 2015

MIND | Personal testimony, MWA, April 2014 and (Guiseborough) June 2015; Personal testimony, Work Programme ‘Community Benefit’ Work Placement (Swadlincote), July 2015

National Federation of Shopmobilty | Personal testimony of WE from two shops in greater Manchester, December 2013.

National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline and Shop (Derby) | Personal testimony, CWP February 2015; Personal testimony, CWP, August 2015

National Trust | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Wales), January 2014

Papworth Trust | Personal testimony, MWA, July and November 2014

Prince’s Trust | Heavily involved in delivering M&S workfare schemes

Prospects | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2013

PDSA | Personal testimony, MWA, (Gloucester), November, 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Banbury), December, 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (South Glamorgan), January, 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Otley), January, 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Telford), January 2013; Personal testimony, CWP, (Iverness), August 2014

Recycle Force | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2013

Recyke-a-bike | Personal testimony, Work Experience, May 2015

Remploy Frontline | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2013

Restore | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Royal Voluntary Service (formerly WRVS) | 2 Personal testimonies, WP, (City Hospital-Nottingham), November 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Addenbrooke’s-Hospital Cambridge), January 2015

RSPCA | Personal Testimony, MWA (June 2012 – and August 2013, organised by Pinnacle People) | Personal Testimony Derbyshire Mandatory Youth Activity Programme ,July 2013 | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014, and (Faversham) June 2015 | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Halifax), February 2015

Salvation Army | Personal testimony, MWA, (Catford), September, 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Colchester), November, 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Edinburgh), December, 2013; (July and February 2014, Jan 2013 – see letter – and continuing with personal testimony to August 2013) | Personal Testimony Work Programme, Sep 2013 | Salvation Army defends its use of workfare, including for sick and disabled people | Multiple personal testimonies: Personal testimony, MWA, (Bournemouth), February 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Purley), March 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Lancshire), November 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Edinburgh), December 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Glasgow), January 2015; Personal testimony, MWA (Arbroath), June 2015

SARA Asthma Charity | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Save The Children (Cornwall) | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Sense Charity Shops | Sense claimed to have pulled out of workfare, but a personal testimony has emerged since: MWA, June 2015

Scout Enterprises | Freedom of Information, MWA, 2011

Shaw Trust | Personal testimony, MWA, (Manchester), February 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Wilmslow), March 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Bristol), February 2015; Personal testimony, MWA, (Warrington), February 2015; Personal testimony (Reading), MWA, June 2015.

Shelter | Personal Testimony Feb 2013 | Staff confirmation, Sept 2012 & June 2013; Shelter claimed to have pulled out of workfare, but the above workfare reports have since emerged. They have committed again to pulling out in June 2013, but need to be observed.

St Vincent de Paul | Personal testimony, Steps to Work, March 2013; Personal testimony – CHAS @St Vinecents, MWA, July 2013

Sue Ryder | Personal testimony, MWA, (Salisbury), April 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Aberdeen), August 2012; Personal testimony, MWA, (Upminster), Personal testimony, MWA, (Gosport), February 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Cowplain), February 2013; Personal testimony, Personal testimony, MWAMWA, (Deeside), February 2013;Personal testimony, MWA, (Leamington Spa), October 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Golders Green), Personal testimony, MWA, (Southend), September 2014, Personal testimony, MWA, (Scotland), December 2014

Tomorrow’s People | Personal testimony, MWA February 2013; Personal testimony, CWP, (Bromborough), July 2014

Tŷ Hafan Charity Shop | Personal testimony, MWA, (Barry), February 2013; WE, (Cardiff), February 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Penarth), August 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Swansea), November 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Bridgend), February 2015; Personal testimony, MWA, (Neath), March 2015

Wales Community Recycling Network | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2013

YMCA | Multiple testimonies, MWA (Dec 2012, June 2014, June 2015) | YMCA have defended their use of workfare.

National Companies

A4e | Freedom of Information (2011) | Not only profiting from sending people on workfare, they’re also profiting from using forced unpaid work in their offices. Personal Testimony received in January 2014 told of a mandatory two year community benefit work placement in Leicestershire.

AA | Job Centre Tweet (June 2012), Sector Based Work Academy

Accident Helpline | Job Centre tweet, July 2012, Sector Based Work Academy

Adelphi Hotel Portrush, Northern Ireland | Personal testimony, WE, June 2014

Advanced Supply Chain | Personal Testimony, September 2013, Work Programme (work trials)

Aldi | Personal testimony, Sector Based Work Academy, June 2014

Allwaste Recycling | Personal testimony, August 2013, Mandatory Work Activity

Arcadia (Top Shop, Top Man, Evans, Dorothy Perkins, Burtons, BHS, Miss Selfridge and Wallis) | Guardian Article (Feb 2012)

Argos | Multiple Testimonies, Work Experience | Job Centre Tweet (Feb 2013) | Argos are a subsidiary of Home Retail Group, who also own workfare exploiters Homebase, although recent statements appear to suggest that they are both quietly withdrawing from workfare.

Asda | Asda website | Oral evidence to Public Accounts Committee. | Guardian article (Feb 2013, May 2014)

Austins of the Diamond | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2013

Bakkavor | Personal testimony (London), CWP, August 2015

Bank of Scotland | Personal testimony, WE, June 2014

Bedesworld | South Shields Job Centre Tweet, Work Experience, February 2013



Best Western Hotels | Burnley Express Article: Job-Seekers Taste Working Life At Oaks Hotel, Work Experience, March 2015

Blue Arrow | Job Centre Advert, June 2012, Work Experience

Bookers Wholesale | Personal testimony, Work Programme , February 2012

B&M Stores | Personal Testimony (January 2013) | ERSA Award May 2013 | Personal Testimony, Work Experience (August 2013) and Work Programme (June 2013) | Stopping overtime for employees with contracts. Advertisement for eight Work Experience workfare placements (May, 2014); (Coalville), Personal testimony, MWA, January 2015

B&Q | Personal Testimony, (June 2012), report from Ashton-Under-Lyne, (January 2014) and Work Experience (May 2014),

BT | Job Centre Tweet (July 2012), Sector Based Work Academy

BUPA| Personal Testimony from Care Home in Glasgow, Sector Based Work Academy (December 2013), Personal testimony, (April 2014)

Cadburys | DWP press release for “Feeding Britain’s Future” (Sep 2013), more on scheme here

Carillion | Freedom of Information, Dec 2011

Close Protection UK | Guardian, June 2012

Currys | Personal testimony, Work Experience (Dec 2012)

DBC Training | Personal testimony, CWP, 30 weeks, June 2014

Debenhams | Job Centre tweet, Nov 2012, Work Experience | Have informed one customer in writing that they have withdrawn and have confirmed to Boycott Workfare that their policy is under review. Since then: Personal testimony, Work Experience (June 2013); Personal testimony that A4E referred claimant to Debenhams in Llandudno. The claimant wrote to the store to confirm whether they are using A4E for MWA. Still waiting to hear from the store, January 2015

Discount UK | Personal testimony

Dorothy Perkins | Workfare ‘sleuthing’, May 2012

Dunelm Mill | Job centre tweet | Personal testimony, (June & Nov 2012)

Dunnes Stores | Persona Testimony, March 2014, Steps to Work, Advert for six month stockroom placement (Northern Ireland)

Duracell| Personal testimony November 2014

Edinburgh Airport | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014

Euro Car Parts | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014; Personal testimony, Sector-based Work Academy, July 2014

Greggs | Oral evidence to Public Accounts Committee | Personal Testimony, Work Programme July 2013 | Claim policy is under review (Feb 2013)

Grosvenor Casinos | @DundeeTayside Jobcentre Twitter

Harrods | JCP Tweet – Sector Based Work Academy July 2013

Hilton Hotels | DWP Press Release, Sector Based Work Academies

Homebase | Personal testimony, May 2013 | Appear to have pulled out, but there have been reports of placements in their Willesden store since. Please keep an eye out.

Honda dealership (Chiswick) | Personal testimony, Work Programme mandatory ‘community benefit’ work placement October 2014

House of Fraser | Personal Testimony, March 2013

Interserve Working Futures | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2013

i2i (Inspire to Independence) | Work Progamme, personal testimony (August 2013)

Marks and Spencer plc | Their have their own workfare schemes, as detailed by this website and theirs – also Personal testimony, June 2013. M&S stores take placements on the Work Programme (Personal testimony, March 2014). Their outlet stores are involved in MWA, June 2013. Personal testimony, JC+ WE, (London), March 2015

Marriott Hotels | Personal testimony, May 2015

McDonald’s | Guardian, Feb 2012

Mcsense Training Services | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Maximus Recruitment and Training | Personal Testimony

Mondelez | DWP press release for “Feeding Britain’s Future” (Sep 2013), more on scheme here

Muller | DWP press release for “Feeding Britain’s Future” (Sep 2013), more on scheme here

National Skills Academy for Financial Services | Personal Testimony

Nestle | Second hand testimony, April 2013

Original Factory Shop | Multiple Personal Testimonies, March 2013

Patchwork Ireland | Personal Testimony, Steps to Work

Peacocks | Personal testimony, Work Experience, July 2013

PHX Training | Personal testimony, (Sept 2013 and May 2014)

Pinnacle People | Workfare Placement Provider, Personal testimony, June 2014

Pizza Hut | Freedom of Information, Dec 2011 | Scheme “under review” – keep up the pressure!

Polyframe | Personal Testimony, September 2013, Work Programme

Poundland | Multiple sources, including high profile Cait Reilly case, and recent tweet by South Shields JCP (Feb 2013) | Appear to be setting up their own scheme too. Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Poundstretcher | Freedom of Information, Dec 2011

Poundstretcher (Diss, Norfolk) | Personal testimony from customer that claimants are being forced to work for 5 days a week as part of workfare, January 2015

Poundworld | Personal testimony, June 2013, Work Programme and June 2014, MWA

Primark | Personal testimonies, (2011, April 2013 and May 2014)

Priory Group | Personal testimony, Sept 2013, Work Programme

Quality Save | Personal Testimony, Sept 2012; again at another store in Widnes, January 2014.

Quadron Services Ltd | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2014

The Range | Multiple personal testimonies most recent: July 2013

Rehab JobFit | This is another company like A4E that arranges and sends people on workfare. | Their Website |

Royal Mail | Oral evidence to Public Accounts Committee | Tyneside Job Centre tweeted about a Royal Mail SBWA

Sage UK | Their website, Work Experience

Savers | Personal Testimony, 2013, Skills Conditionality

Seetec | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014; May 2014; June 2014 – like A4e, Seetec are using unpaid labour in their own offices as well as arranging workfare elsewhere

SERCO | Their website and DWP case studies

Shoe Zone | Used Work Experience to replace Christmas staff – Apparently reviewing policy, Feb 2013

Sita | Multiple personal testimonies, MWA, personal testimony (March 2014, August 2013) | In Surrey, they run recycling and waste disposal for the council

SMH Products | Personal testimony, Feb 2013

Spirit Pub | Sector Based Work Academy | Jobcentre tweet, Jan 2015

Storie Argyll Ltd | DWP Case Study

Stream Global Services| Sector Based Work Academy, personal testimony, December 2013

SUMO Waste Ltd (Glasgow) | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, August 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, February 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014; 2 Personal testimonies, MWA, August 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Swissport (Manchester Airport) | Personal testimony, 1 month classroom training unpaid, 1 week full time work hours unpaid & we had to work for a month in hand after training before we received pay, July 2014

Tate Recruitment | Job Centre Advert, June 2012, Work Experience

Tesco | Have agreed to 3000 Work Experience placements in their stores. | Oral evidence to Public Accounts Committee.

Timbermills | DWP Case Study, Work Experience

TK Maxx | SWBA, according to this tweet from Wirral Job Centre (August 2014)

Toni & Guy | DWP Case Study, Work Experience

Vertegen Recycling (Wirral) | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013; Personal testimony, MWA,May 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, October 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, November 2013; 2 Personal testimonies, MWA, January 2014; 2 Personal testimonies, MWA, May 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, April/July 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

Vitalise Charity Shop (Southampton) | Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

W&S Recycling | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014

WD Close & Sons | DWP Case Study

Weatherspoons | Personal testimony, September 2014

Whole Foods Market | JCP Tweet – Sector Based Work Academy July 2013

WHSmith | Oral evidence to Public Accounts Committee.

The Works | Personal Testimony, June 2012

Yorkshire Linen Company | Job Centre tweet, Feb 2013, Work Experience

Public sector and social enterprises

A 19 Skills (Wales) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, January 2015

ACDI ((Ayrshire Scotland) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2015

Acorn Computer Recycling | Personal testimony, March 2014, December 2013, and December 2012, Mandatory Work Activity. Linked to North Tyneside Council.

Acorn Training (Chesterfield) | Personal testimony, CWP, July 2014

Acorn Training (Coalville) | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

Affinity Sutton| from their website.

April Centre| Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE), (Colchester), Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Barnsley City Council | Personal testimony, WP, May 2013

Better off in Wolverhampton | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Bournemouth City Council | Personal testimony, Various Work Placements, July, 2012

Big Society Recycling | Personal testimony, MWA, May, 2014

Blue Sky Development | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

Bridge to Success | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014; June 2014

Bulky Bob’s Furniture Recycle Centre, Liverpool City Council | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Cambridgeshire Community Reuse and Recycling Network (CCORRN) | Personal Testimony, Work Programme, July 2014

Centre for Design & Manufacturer (CDM) (Manchester) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

Changing Lives in Cheshire| Personal Testimony, MWA, December 2013

Claverhouse Group (Dundee) | Personal Testimony, MWA, August 2014

Clowne and District Community Transport | Personal testimony, CWP, July 2014

Colchester Council | Their own website, Sep 2013

Colchester Institute: The Learning Shop @ Colchester | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Coleg Cambria/Steps to Employment | Personal testimony, WP, September 2013 (the college houses a workfare provider and provides placements)

Coverdale and Newbank Community Association | Personal testimony, March 2014 & June 2015, MWA

Crest Cooperative | Personal testimony CWP, December 2014; (Llandudno/Colwyn Bay) CWP, January 2015

Dogsthorpe Recycling Centre, Peterborough | Personal testimony, Work Programme, July 2014,

Dinton Pasture Country Park | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

DWP | Press release reveals 4300 WE placements, BW finds MWA placement in Wembley JCP, both January 2014

Dundee and Angus College | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

Erith Resources (Bexley Council) | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

Fairfield Composting | Personal testimony, MWA, Dec 2013

Fife College | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Finsbury Park Business Forum | Their website | This appears to be filling the gaps left by Transport for London station staff cuts. Training has been provided by the police.

Foyer Aberdeen (Aberdeen) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Framework Housing Association | Their Facebook post | Personal testimony, WP/WE, January 2013

Furniture Matters | 2 Personal testimonies, MWA, (Morecombe), February 2013; Personal testimony, CWP, (Blackpool), January 2015

Gallions Housing Association | Personal testimony, WP work placement, June 2014

The Garnsychan Partnership (Pontypool) | Their Website | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Grotton Market, Manchester | Personal testimony, Steps to Work, June 2014

The Green Centre, Brighton | Personal testimony June 2014, MWA

Haringey Council | They have had 27 placements from the Work Programme working on their estates through Ground Works

Havering Parks (Havering Council), Romford | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014; June 2015

Healthy Ardwick (Manchester) | Personal testimony, September 2013, MWA

High Cross Church (Camberley) | Personal testimony, March 2014, MWA

Hockley Woods (Rochford District Council) | Personal testimony, CWP, June 2015

HMRC | Job Centre Tweet, Nov 2012

Job Centre | Personal testimony, May 2013 & November 2013; Journal article August 2013 | They have been involved in Work Experience and MWA.

Job Linkage (Sunderland) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Kingston Community Furniture (New Malden) | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2012; WE, Dececmber 2013; CWP, January 2015

Kori Community Centre (London) | Personal testimony | MWA, November 2014

LAMH Recycle Ltd (Motherwell) | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2013; Personal testimony, MWA via Learndirect, December 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, , July 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

Learndirect (Coalville) | Personal testimony, claimants are forced to learn English & ICT under threat of sanctions, January 2015

The Learning Shop – Colchester Institute | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Leeds City Council at Potternewton Park | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

London Borough of Bromley (Priory Gardens-Orpington) | Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

Lydford Community Hall (St John’s Wood, London) | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Maximus Recruitment & Training | Personal testimony

McSence Communications | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

Medway Council | Freedom of Information, Dec 2011

Men’s Sheds Ballymena Road, Antrim |Steps to Work Personal Testimony, June 2014

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Services | MWA and WP Personal Testimony, (July and March 2014, December 2013 and May 2014)

Marlborough House Mosque and Community Centre (Stockton on Tees) | MWA, Personal Testimony, January 2015

National Skills Academy for Financial Services | Personal testimony, Sector Based Work Academy

Newham Council | Personal Testimony, Sept 2011

NHS | Sandwell & Birmingham Hospitals Trust admitted it and Royal Wolverhampton Trust say had 68 two month placements over 6 months in 2012; Personal testimony, JC+ WE, 11 weeks, (University-Hospital, Coventry), February 2015

Phoenix Social Enterprise | Personal testimony, CWP (Bristol), July 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Manchester), January 2015

Pinnacle People, part of Pinnacle Regeneration Group (PRG) | Their Website | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Pioneer Social Enterprise Ltd | (Doncaster), Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

Queensland Multimedia Arts Centre (London) | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2013

The Reclaimer Depot at Go Diesel (Glasgow) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

Recycle Force | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2013

Red Lion Community Centre (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Refurb project | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2012

Renewal Northwest | Personal testimony, CWP, May 2015

Reviive (Chester) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Room 2 (Kirkcaldy) | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | Their website | Note they have made 50-60 staff redundant in each of the last 3 years

Royal Gunpowder Mills in Lea Valley Regional Park | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014 | Note they “had an employee full-time at teh RGMs in charge of people sent there from the Job Centre”

Shaw Trust | Their Website | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Shopmobility (Coalville – NW Leicestershire) | Personal testimony, Work Experience – 8 weeks, September 2014

SITA recycling, Witley Community Recycling Centre | Personal testimony, MWA, June, 2014

Skills for Communities | Personal testimony, MWA, (May 2014)

Slough Library | Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Slough Furniture Project | Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Springfield Club for Young People (Upper Clapton) | Personal testimony, December 2014

Southern Housing Group | Personal testimony, February 2013

Surface Gallery (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

St. Paul’s C.E., Salford, Manchester | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Streetwise (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Stonebridge City Farm (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Surface Gallery (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

TGB Learning | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Thetford Town Council | Personal testimony, CWP, July 2014

Think 3E (Northamptonshire) | Personal testimony CWP, August 2014

Tiger Community Enterprise (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Trees for Cities | Personal testimony, WF, December 2014

Untapped Resource CIC (Mansfield) | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2013; Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

Urban Futures | Personal testimony, CWP, May 2014

Wales Air Ambulance | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

Wastesavers (Newport) | Personal testimony, CWP, June 2015

Wigan & Leigh Metro Council | Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

Windmill Hill City Farm, Bristol | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014

Wisdom Community Centre (London) | Personal testimony, MWA, May and September 2013,

The Wood Pile (Durham) | Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

Local charities – lots more to come for this section in next few weeks

Acorns Children’s Hospice Charity Shop | Personal testimony, MWA, (Worcester), September 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Solihull) January 2015

Action For Community Development (Deptford) | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2014

Adult Training Network (ATN) (Southall) | Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

Alexandra Palace Heritage (Haringey) | Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

All Aboard Charity Shop | Personal testimony, MWA, (Streatham), April 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Streatham), May 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, (Paddington), September 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Streatham), February 2015

Animal Care (Lancaster) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2013

Animal Helpline Dog Rescue (Peterborough) | Personal testimony, CWP August 2014

Animal Welfare (Cumbria) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013

Asha Charity Shops (South East England) | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2015

Asian Star Community Radio Ltd (Slough) | Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Balsall Heath Forum (Birmingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, April 2015

Barnsley Hospice (Mexborough) | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

Big C (Norfolk) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice Charity Shop | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Bolton Community Transport | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013

Books for Free (Basildon) | Personal testimony, September 2013

Boomerang (Dundee) | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2015

Borders Pet Rescue | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

Bridlington Sailing Coble Preservation Society | Personal testimony, WP, December 2014,

Butterfly Hospice Trust | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

Changing Lives in Cheshire | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2014

Changing Lives in Clevedon | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015

Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland | Personal Testimony, MWA, July 2014

Chesterfield Football Club Community Trust | Personal Testimony, CWP, August 2014

Chestnut Treehouse Hospice | Personal testimony, WP/MWA, July 2013

Children’s Hospice, South West (Trowbridge) | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

Christian Concern (Crewe) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

Circulate Furniture Recycling, part of the Garnyschan Partnership (Blaenavon) | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2015

City Furnishings (Glasgow) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Cleveland Housing & Advice Centre (Middlesbrough) | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2015

Coffee 4 Craig (Manchester) | Personal testimony, Work Programme ‘community benefit’ Work Placement, July 2015

Common Grounds Cafe (Belfast) | Personal testimony, Steps To Work, March 2013

Community Transport | Personal testimony, MWA, (Coventry), February 2015

Compton Hospice (Wolverhampton) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2013

Connect Foundation for Mental Health (Walton on Thames) | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2012

Cornwall Hospice Care | Personal testimony, MWA, (St Columb), May 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, (Penzance), June 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014

Croft Street Community Centre (Lincoln) | Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

Crookston Community Group (Glasgow) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2015

Daisy Chain Charity Superstore (Stockton) | Personal testimony, CWP, June 2015

Dean Foundation | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Derbyshire Carers Association| Personal testimony, CWP August 2014; Personal testimony, December 2014

Diamond Jubilee Project – Sandy Baptist Church (Bedfordshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015 and CWP, July 2015

Divine Rescue (Southwark) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013

Dorothy House Hospice (West Country) | Personal testimony

Dorset Reclaim (Bournemouth) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Dove House Hospice | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014 & June 2015

Dress4Less (Barnsley) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013

East Coast Hospice (Lowestoft) | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

Exotic Pet Refuge (Peterborough) | Personal testimony, CWP August 2014

Families Fighting for Justice (Liverpool) | Personal testimony, CWP, July 2015

Famine Aid Trust (London) | Personal testimony, CWP October 2014

FARA (London) | Personal testimony, MWA, (Greenford), August 2013; Personal testimony, CWP, (Chiswick), August 2015

Five Star Charity Shop (Manchester) | Personal testimony, Work Programme mandatory ‘community benefit’ work placement, July 2014

Forces Support | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Genesis, (Bath) | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

Give for Good (Derbyshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

Greenwich & Bexley Hospice Shops | Personal testimony, MWA, (Blackheath), April 2014; MWA, (Blackheath), July 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Blackheath), November 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Greenwich), January 2015; Personal testimony, CWP, (Abbey Wood), February 2015

Halton Haven Hospice Shop (Warrington) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Hastings Advice & Representation Centre – HARC | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015

Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015

Haven House Children’s Hospice | Personal Testimony, June 2012

Helen & Douglas House Hospice (Maidenhead) | Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Healthy Ardwick (Manchester) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2013

Headway Charity Shop (Derbyshire) | Personal testimony July 2014, Derbyshire Mandatory Youth Activity Programme

Hillhead Pets Corner, (Kilbirnie) | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2015



Honeyrose Charity Shops (St Helens) | Personal testimony, WP mandatory ‘community benefit’ work placement, 8 weeks, December 2014

Hospice Care (Exeter) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014

Instant Neighbour | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

International Aid Trust (Preston) | Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

The Invicta Foundation | Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

The Island Partnership (Sheerness) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Kennet Furniture Refurbiz, KFR (Devizes) | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2015

Kingston Community Furniture (Kingston, London) | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2012

Kirkwood Hospice Shop (West Yorks) | Personal Testimony, Work Programme, July 2014

Kori Community Centre (London) | Personal testimony | MWA, November 2014

Lewsey Farm Learning Centre (Luton) | Personal testimony, MWP, February 2015

Loaves ‘n’ Fishes | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015; Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

The LOL Foundation (Macclesfield) | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2014

Little Steps Children’s Hospice (Truro) | Personal testimony, MWA, April

Lighthouse Charity (Derby) | Personal Testimony, Derbyshire Mandatory Youth Activity Programme, May 2013

Lions Hospice Shop (Kent)| Personal testimony, June, 2012

Loros Hospice Shop (Leicester) | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014

Maidenhead Heritage Charity| Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Martlet’s Hospice (Brighton & Hove) | Personal testimony, March 2014, MWA

Mistley Place Park Animal Sanctuary | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

The Mustard Tree (Reading) | Personal testimony, MWA, August 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, January 2015

Mustard Tree (Manchester) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2015

Myton Hospice (Coventry) | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

Naomi House Hospice | Personal testimony, (Winchester); Personal testimony. MWA, (Salisbury) January 2013



Naomi House Charity Shop

Nightingale House (Wrexham) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

North East Aircraft Museum (NEAM) (Sunderland) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

North London Hospice | Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

Norwood Charity Shop (Southgate) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

Omega Therapies (Redditch) | 2 Personal testimonies, MWA, September 2014

Opportunity Box (Gloucestershire) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015

Owton Fens Community Association (Hartlepool) | Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary (Summerton) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014 and July 2015; Personal testimony, MWA, (Witney), November 2014

The Pepper Pot Centre (London) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Phoenix Resource Centre | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Pilgrims Hospice Charity Shop | Personal testimony, MWA, (Canterbury), October 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, (Dover), December 2014

Pilgrims Hospice Furniture (Canterbury) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Primrose Hospice Charity | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2014

Princess Alice Hospice Charity Shops | Personal testimony, MWA, (Staines-upon-Thames), February 2013

Reach the People Charity (Derbyshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014

Reachout with Arts in Mind (Alloa, Scotland) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013

Recycling Unlimited (Hull) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

Refurb (Wyre & Fylde) Ltd (Fleetwood, Lancashire) | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

River Kids (Livingston) | Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

Rotherham Hospice | Personal testimony, JC+ WE, 13 weeks, February 2015

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Charity Shop (Chester) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2015

Queensland Multi-media Arts Centre | Personal testimony, MWA, April 2013

Salford Community Transport | Personal testimony, MWA, April 2014,

SARA Asthma Charity Shop (Tilehurst, W. Berkshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Second Opportunities (Glasgow) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Sedgemoor Furniture Store (Bridgwater) | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2014

SHOC Slough Homeless (Slough) | Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Sikh Welfare Awareness Team (Hayes) | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Slough Furniture Project | Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Spiral Sussex | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

St Ann’s Hospice (Manchester) | Personal testimony, CWP, July 2014

St Barnabas Hospice (Lincoln) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013

St Catherine’s Hospice (Sussex) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013

St Clare’s Hospice (Jarrow) | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2014

St David’s Hospice Care (South Wales) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014

St Francis’ Hospice (Ilford) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014

St Francis’ Hospice (Romford) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014; June 2015.

St Gemma’s Hospice (Leeds) | Personal testimony, MWA, Sept 2013

St Leonard’s Hospice (York) | Personal testimony, Work Programme mandatory work placement, June 2015

St Lukes Hospice Sheffield | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2014

St Mary’s Hospice – Warehouse (Ulverston) | Personal testimony, CWP,October 2014

St Michael’s Hospice (Knaresborough) | Personal testimony, CWP, June 2015

St Michael’s Hospice (Sussex) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2013

St Oswald’s Hospice shops | Personal testimony, MWA, Nov 2012

St Peter’s Hospice (Bristol) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015

St Richard’s Hospice (Worcester) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2013 and again January 2014.

St Wilfred’s Hospice (Sussex) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013

Swan Lifeline (Windsor) | Freedom of Information, Oct 2011

Tanya’s Courage Charity Shop (Penzance) | Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

Teesside Homeless Action Group (Middlesbrough) | Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

Tendering Reuse Employment Enterprise (Essex) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Too Good To Waste (Porth, Wales) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2013

Tools With A Mission (Suffolk) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Tree of Life Centre (Manchester) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2013

Treetops Hospice Shops (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, 6 months, December 2014

Trinity Hospice & Palliative Care Services Shops (Bispham) | Personal testimony, December 2014 and personal testimony, Work Programme mandatory ‘community benefit’ work placement, August 2015.

Vale of Rheidol Railway (Wales)| Personal testimony, MWA, October 2013

Valley Cids Lighthouse Charity Shop (Nottingham) | Personal testimony, CWP, May 2015

Walsall Hospice | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2013

Wandsworth Oasis | Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

West London Re-use (Greenford) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015

Westward Pathfinder | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Willen Hospice (Milton Keynes) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013, May 2014

Willow Tree Family Farm (Nottinghamshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2014

Wisdom Community Centre (Dagenham) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013

The Vine Trust (Cardiff) | Personal testimony, CWP, February 2015

York Community Furniture Store | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2014

Yorkshire Cat Rescue (Bradford) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

Local businesses – more to come for this section in next few weeks

Alliance Office Systems (Halifax) | Personal Testimony, September 2013, Work Programme

All Waste Recycling (Warrington) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, January 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, July 2014; Personal testimony, MWA, September 2014

All Waste Recycling and Hire Ltd (North Lanarkshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015

Amhurst Fort | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2014

Artysans Cafe, Inverness | Personal testimony, WE, 10 positions, November 2014

Barista | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Beacon Employment (Evesham) | Personal testimony, June 2013

Bluestone National Park Resort | Personal testimony, November 2012; Second hand testimony, April 2013

Booker Wholesale (Lincoln) | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2014

Brackenwood Property Management | Personal testimony, Steps to Work, May 2014

Bristol Rovers Football Club | Personal testimony, Work Programme, August 2013

Bristol City Football Club | Personal testimony, Work Programme, August 2013

C&E Builders Ltd, Cleator Moor, Cumbria | Personal testimony, June 2015

Carnegie Conference Centre (Dunfermline) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

CCL North (Ayrshire) | Personal testimony, MWA, May 2011; Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, December2014

CMS Window Systems (Fife) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Cook & Co Solicitors Personal testimony, WE, (May, 2014)

County Durham Furniture Help Personal testimony, MWA, November 2014

Environmental Concern Ltd (Birmingham) | Personal testimony, MWA, April 2013; Personal testimony, CWP, January 2015

The Eagle and Sun | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2014

Fairfield Composting (Manchester) | Personal testimony, MWA, June 2013

Farmer Parr’s Animal World (Lancashire) | Personal testimony, CAP, April 2013

Festive Productions Ltd| Personal testimony, WP, August 2012 (third party reports from October 2013)

Focus Housing, Care and Training Consultants Ltd. | Personal testimony, MWA , May 2014

FP Mailing (Kent) | Interview with Director, LBC Radio 27/6/12

Furniture Now (Eastbourne) | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Healthy Ardwick | Personal testimony, WE, May 2014

Guinea Enviro Ltd. (Glasgow) | Personal testimony, MWA, February 2015; Personal testimony, MWA, April 2015

ITFOX Smart Shop (Wallsend) | Personal testimony, MWA, October 2014

Interserve Young Engineers (Huddersfield) | Personal testimony, MWA, April 2013

Job Worth Doing (Motherwell) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Keighley Cougars Rugby League Team (Keighley) |Personal testimony, MWA, June 2013

Leicester City Football Club | Secondhand testimony, MWA, August 2013, Personal testimony, WE, June 2014

Lowestoft Town Football Club | Personal testimony, CWP, August 2014

Leicester Riders Basketball Team (Leicester) | Personal testimony, MWA, January 2013

Medex Accident Assistance (Derby) | Personal testimony, March 2013, Work Experience

Mepal Outdoor Centre (Cambridge) | Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, December 2014

NHS Trust James Cook Hospital Middlesbrough | Personal testimony, WE, 14 weeks, June 2014

North Edinburgh Childcare | MWA, Personal testimony, December 2014

Norfolk Training Services | Personal testimony, WP, May 2014

Paper Round recycling and shredding (Brighton) | Personal testimony, MWA, March 2014



Portsmouth Football Club | A news article here, July 2013; Personal testimony, MWA, December 2013

RB Recycling (Scarborough) | Personal testimony, MWA, September 20

The Royal Scot (Glasgow) | Personal testimony, July 2013, Work Experience

Tyne Metropolitan College (Newcastle) | Personal testimony, CWP, June 2015

Stretford Mobility Shop | Personal testimony, MWA, December 2014

Sunrise Books (Suffolk) | Personal testimony, CWP, 6 months, September 2014; Personal testimony, CWP, November 2014

Sedgemoor Furniture Store | Personal testimony, August 2013

Sixhills Aquatics | Personal testimony, Nov 2012, Work Experience

Skills Place (Newham) | Personal testimony, Sector Based Work Academy

Southend United Football Club | Personal testimony, CWP, September 2014

Steps to Work Ltd (Walsall) | Personal testimony, MWA, July 2013

Thorn International UK Ltd (Smethwick) | Personal testimony, CWP, October 2014

Trafford Centre (Manchester) | Personal testimony, September 2013, Sector-Based Work Academy

The Tuck Box, Isle of Skye | Personal testimony, WE, April 2014

Vauxhall Garage (NI) | Personal testimony, Steps to Work

The Vine Project Recycling | MWA, Personal testimony, June 2014

Woodwise (Dundee) | Personal testimony, Work Experience, June 2013

“The names and locations of organisations participating in the Work Programme in the South East (Kent, Surrey and Sussex) Contract Package Area by providing mandatory work placements through the DWP’s prime providers G4S and Avanta Enterprise Limited and their subcontractors.” These include:

Alpha Stream – Kent

DB Accident Repair – Kent

DC Cleaning Sussex

Diamond Glass Medway – Kent

Envirostream – Kent

F&S Interiors – Kent

Go Response – Kent

JA Glover – Kent

Jessup Electrical Wholesale Ltd – Kent

JJ Vickers & Sons Ltd – Kent

Kent Flooring Supplies – Kent

Kent Space – Kent

Mayhem Paintball – Kent

Medway Tyres – Kent

Olympic Glass – Kent

Omnico Plastics Ltd – Kent

Payless – Kent

Plumbase – Kent

Process Plant Services Ltd – Kent

Regency Guillotine – Kent

Romney Resource Kent

RNR Performance Cars – Kent

Servest – Kent, London

Signs & Imaging Ltd – Kent

Southern Membranes Ltd – Kent

Southern Metal Services – Kent

Southern Roofing & Building Supplies – Kent

Stephens Fresh Food – Kent

Town and Country Cleaners Kent

Westvic Enamellers – Kent

Whittingtons Silk Flower & Plant Centre – Kent

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[EXPAND Some organisations are being deliberately misleading about their involvement in workfare. Click here for some examples.]

British Heart Foundation – out of Mandatory Work Activity, still play some part in the Work Programme, never announced exactly when workfare will completely end in their shops.

Poundland have said they will pull out of the Work Progamme but remain in the Work Experience Scheme

Tesco are still involved in the scheme

TK Maxx said in February 2012 : ‘We do not currently support compulsory non-paid work experience in our business’ – however, according to this tweet from Wirral Job Centre in August 2014, they’re still involved in Sector Based Work Academy scheme.

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Read more about the companies profiting from setting up these placements here.

[EXPAND The tide is turning. Click here to see the companies and organisations who say they will no longer take part in workfare.]

Pizza Hut say they have the scheme under review. Matalan suspended their involvement. We look forward to them confirming that they will stop involvement in any of the government’s workfare schemes.

The following have stated that they are not involved:

Miss Selfridge

Mr Gleam wrote to tell us that they have never been part of the scheme.

Friends of the Earth – see their statement on Twitter

Capability Scotland – Say they were falsely listed on an MWA tender document and accidentally took workfare at one of their stores, but no longer will.

Gorgie City Farm – have informed us that they do not take part

Hold them to it!

Ask in your local stores to confirm that no one is on DWP “Work Experience”, Mandatory Work Activity, the Community Action Programme, Sector Based Work Academies, or Work Programme placements: all of these are forced unpaid work, or workfare schemes. Let us know if you hear otherwise.

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[EXPAND Workfare organised by A4E under Flexible New Deal (2010-11, Holloway Branch)]

Workfare Placements organised by A4e Holloway, under Flexible New Deal

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/77563/response/196264/attach/html/2/1743%20Reply.pdf.html

4 ACRES

4 ACRES LIMITED PALMERS GREEN

ABNEY PARK CEMETERY

A-CLASS FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

BARAKAH MINI MARKET

BOOKERS CASH AND CARRY

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (Camden)

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION (Crickle Wood)

BTVC

CENTRE WESTMINSTER

CHARITY SHOPS IN VARIOUS LONDON PLACES

DAYLIGHT

DOREEN HAIR FASHION SALOON

ENVIRONMENT AND REGENERATION

FINSBURY PARK BUSINESS FORUM

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

HANDEL HOUSE MUSEUM

HARRIOTS

HIGHGATE NEWTOWN COMM CENTER

HOME START

HOMES FOR ISLINGTON

HORNSEY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

KILTRO(UK) LTD

LINCOLN HARTFORD SOLICITORS

LIVABILITY

MARIE CURIE

NORFOLK TRUCKS

OXFAM BOOKSHOP

OXFAM BOOKSHOP HIGHGATE

P.D.S.A

P.H.A RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS

RESTORE COMMUNITY PROJECT

SAINT MUGUS

SALIBURY MEWS HARINGES

SPRINGBOARD UK

ST. MARY PRE-SCHOOL

STRATEGIC PRO. OFFICE, ISLINGHTON

STUDIO 28 LIGHT AND DESIGN

SUNNYSIDE ECOLOGY CENTER

TRADE LIMITED

WESTMINSTER VOLUNTEER CENTER

WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL

Y.M.C.A.

YMCA GOODGE ST.

YMCA KENSINGTON

1′OCLOCK CLUB BARNSBURY

ARABIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT

ASDA STARES EDMONTON GREEN

ASPIRE FOUNDATION

BARDENS CAFÉ

BBC/subell leisure centre

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION

CAREFREE KIDS

ESSENTIAL RUBBER

FINSBURY + CLERTRNWELL VOLUNTEERS

FINSBURY PARK BUSINESS FORUM

FINSBURY PARK BUSINESS FORUM (MARSHALLS

TEAM)

GARDENING

HACKNEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

HIGH GATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE

HIGH GATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE (POOR

SCHOOL)

MARIE CURIE

MATRIX COMPLEX

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

OXFAM BOOKSHOP

PRAMP

RESTORE COMMUNITY PROJECTS

RICHARD CL SCHOOL

ROBERT BLAIRE PRIMARY SCHOOL

THE R.S.P.C.A.

WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL

WILLIAM FROST GARDENING

WORKING MEN’S COLLEGE

ANGLO-CHINESE ARTS COUNCIL

4 ACRES

A4E

BTCV

CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE – Since this placement, CAAT was the first NGO to sign up to the pledge not to accept workfare.

CARE UK

EALING HAMMERSMITH & WEST LONDON COLLEGE

FINSBURY PARK BUSINESS FORUM

GARDENING

HIGH GATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE

HIGH GATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE

HOME START

HOUSE STREET CHARITY BOOKSHOP/GILLESPIE

PARK NATURE RESERVE

LIGHT PROJECT INTERNATIONAL

MARIE CURIE – Marie Curie have since withdrawn

MEDOUET

OXFAM

OXFAM BOOKSHOP

PETER BEDFORD HOUSING ASSOCIATION

RESTORE COMMUNITY PROJECTS

ST. JOHN’S STREET LIBRARY/AGE CONCERN

Whittington hospital

WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL

YMCA CAMDEN

OXFAM BOOKSHOP

a4e CAMDEN

A4E WOOLWICH

BARAKAH MINI MARKET

CANCER RESEARCH UK

CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION

FINSBURY AND CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS

FINSBURY PARK BUSINESS FORUM

HARINGAY VOLUNTARY SERVICES

HIGHBURY NEW PARK DAY CENTRE

HIGHGATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE

LONDON FELD PRIMARY SCHOOL

MIGRANTS RESOURCE CENTRE

MONTEM PRIMARY SCHOOL

OUR LADY KENTISH TOWN

OXFAM BOOKSHOP

RESTORE COMMUNITY PROJECTS

ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE

SAINSBURY’S GOLDERS GREEN

SIMPLY ACCOUNTABLE

SUE RYDER CARE – CITY OF ISL.

TINY TOTS NURSERY/HG COMM CENTRE

VOLUNTEER CENTRE HAMMERSMITH

WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL

YMCA

YMCA CHARITY SHOP

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