Friday’s non-farm payrolls exceeded expectations once again, sending U.S. stock markets to new records. The dollar also rose as investors predicted an upcoming rate rise by the Federal Reserve. But Strategas’ Don Rissmiller doesn’t see it happening in September, “and the December meeting is still a 50-50 call,” he wrote in a note to clients.

Good numbers may be bad news for Clinton: “The July employment report [offered] a short-term boost to the Democratic nominee’s presidential hopes after a dismal reading last month on economic growth.

“But it also raises the politically dangerous prospect that the Fed could boost interest rates in September, in the heart of the campaign. That could spook markets, slow already tepid growth and complicate Clinton’s path to the White House

Tips for job searching using Universal Jobmatch

Here are 4 tips for helping you to search for a job using Universal Jobmatch.

Top tip 1 - get the most from search filters:

• Maximise the accuracy of your search by using a combination of job title, skill and location
• Use recognised skills
• Using the plus sign (+) between words will instruct the system to search for these words together.
• This improves the quality of matches, e.g. full+driving+licence 
• Use the ‘Skills or Keywords’ box to search for a specific job ID with or by qualification type e.g. NV
• Try not to over complicate your search

A good search looks like this:

This is not an example of a good search:

Top tip 2- Location, location, location:

• You can search using a postcode or location, using a post code will give you the most accurate search for distance
• Be specific when entering a location. There may be more than one place with the same name e.g. Newcastle (Upon Tyne or under-Lyme).
• You can further refine your results by changing the maximum distance from your search location or postcode (shown on the left hand side in the example below)

Top tip 3 - Drop downs:

• Drop down options are pre-set to assist with your search
• They can be used in all search boxes including ‘job title’, ‘skills or keywords’ and ‘location’
• Suggestions will appear automatically as you type in your search
• These are based on popular job roles and using them will help your search to capture the largest number of suitable jobs

Top tip 4 - Save your search

• If a search has been successful, you can save it and use it again next time
• Click ‘Save this search’ once the results have been displayed
• Note: you need to be logged into your Universal Jobmatch account to do this

Try using these tips on Universal Jobmatch 

National Careers Week (NCW) is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people leaving education.

Careers Week 6th - 11th March 2017 encourages education providers to bring together students, local employers and advisers through careers events and activities. During National Careers Week it is up to every school, academy and college to offer careers advice and guidance to their students. We are here to help and can provide free resources, information on current career opportunities and advice on activities and exercises to run.

 

From Monday CPAG in Scotland, the Poverty Truth Commission and One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) will take to social media asking parents to share their views on what it really costs to get a child suited, booted and ready to return to school. They are also asking parents to write to their MSPs, highlighting the need for a minimum school clothing grant for the whole of Scotland.

For parents across Scotland the last week of the summer holidays can be a fraught time, according to the anti-poverty campaigners. As well as the usual worries about childcare and keeping the children entertained, many parents are struggling to cover the cost of school uniform and other essential items such as school bags, shoes, stationary and sports equipment.

Research suggests that clothing a child for school can cost up to £129.50 - even when shopping at supermarkets and bargain stores.[1]

While parents on the lowest income can receive some help by way of a school clothing grant from their local authority, in many areas the grant available is nowhere near enough to cover even the most basic items. The grants vary hugely from one area to the next, ranging from just £20 in Angus to £110 in West Lothian [see table 1].

Earlier this year, the Scottish Government gained the power to introduce a minimum school clothing grant through an amendment to the Education (Scotland) Act 2016. [2].

John Dickie, Director of CPAG in Scotland commented,

“Though the responsibility to ensure school clothing grants are adequate ultimately lies with local authorities, the Scottish Government has a golden opportunity to set a minimum rate for the whole of Scotland, helping to ensure every child can return to school feeling comfortable, confident and ready to learn. If government is serious about closing the attainment gap it is small but significant measures like this that can make all the difference.”

Satwat Rehman Head of One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) noted,

“The cost of school uniforms is leaving many children in low income families at risk of bullying and embarrassment because they are sent to school in ill-fitting clothes or in clothes which don’t meet the dress code. Parents are paying hundreds of pounds for school uniforms, with many poor having to cut back on essentials in order to afford them. Current policy risks dividing pupils into the have’s and have- nots. We hope Scottish Government will act to ensure equal treatment for all our children”

Elaine Downie Community Development Officer for the Poverty Truth Commission stated,

"Many families across Scotland are starting the school year in debt as they struggle to buy the basic school uniform and supplies their children need for going back to school. Many young people are starting with high levels of anxiety as they are stigmatised and bullied for the clothes they wear.  As Karen, one of our Commissioners says: 'Wear a cheap pair of shoes and you're stuck with the name that comes with that all the way through school.'  The Poverty Truth Commission calls on the Scottish Government to use their new power to set a minimum clothing grant for the whole of Scotland - and to talk to and work with parents and young people on low incomes as they set it."

Parents, pupils and teachers across Scotland have shared their experience of how difficult it can be to afford school uniform.

Parents

• * “I wasn’t sure at first if I could afford to send all my children back to school on the right day because of the cost of school uniforms and the school being so strict about them wearing it.”
• * “The School Clothing Grant of £47.50 goes into your account and you start to panic. How am I going to buy a school uniform with that. I like the policy of a full uniform including a blazer and black shoes. What I don’t like is the price tag. The £30 blazer has to be paid for before the end of term – there was an option of buying form the internet but that involved a £5 delivery charge.”

Pupils

• “At one point we thought she was wearing her knickers for gym they were that far up. She says ‘my dad says we don’t have enough money to buy shorts so we’re going to get a pair of scissors and cut your leggings’.” (Girl P6)
• “You get in trouble if you don’t wear the uniform.  I used to be sent home every day for wearing shoes with some blue in them instead of completely black, until my mum could afford a new pair.”

Teachers

• “A lot of our children don't have indoor shoes, or if they do have them, they're falling apart. They're a danger, actually, they're too small, you see their feet hanging out the back of them.” (Teacher)

 

As the Rio Olympics get underway, SNP MSP James Dornan has called for Scottish Athletics to embrace the Scottish Living Wage – ensuring that the staff supporting the next generation of Olympians are paid a fair wage. Mr Dornan has written to Mark Munro, the interim Chief Executive of Scottish Athletics, asking the body to consider becoming an accredited Living Wage employer and working to roll out fair wages across Scottish sport. The Scottish Living Wage is set independently based on the cost of living and at £8.25ph is higher than the legally binding minimum wage.

 

 

Freedom of Information (FO!) requests are a good way to learn about DWP policies.

How many DWP employees are claiming Universal Credit?

DWP employees who are also UC claimants are not required to let their employer know that they are claiming UC. Employees are not expected to inform their Line Managers in DWP that they are claimants of Universal Credit, unless they wish to do so. It is DWP policy that all employees who are required to attend a meeting with a Work Coach as a UC claimant have the right to request to be seen by a Work Coach from another job centre to respect their privacy. In addition, all DWP staff are made fully aware of their obligations to data protection and the necessity for discretion in all their dealings, both with their own colleagues and members of the public. DWP Central Freedom of Information Team e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Our Ref: VTR IR101 DATE: 5 May 2106 If you have any queries about this letter please contact me quoting the reference number above.

Can you be sanctioned for refusing to take a Zero Hours contract?

I note your concerns about zero hour contracts. We expect claimants to do all they reasonably can to look for and move into paid work. This will be made simpler under Universal Credit, which is payable in and out of work, this means the need to claim different benefits when the number of hours a claimant works changes disappears. This reduces the risks associated with moves to employment that exist in the current system. Universal Credit is designed to be responsive to fluctuations in earnings and will reflect the amount earned by a claimant each month. For people who are working, financial support will be reduced at a consistent and predictable rate and they will generally keep a higher proportion of their earnings. If a Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant turns down a particular vacancy then before a sanction is applied we will look into the circumstances of the case and consider DWP Central Freedom of Information Team e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Our Ref: VTR 4979 DATE: 05 November 2013 whether they had a good reason. Where the vacancy is for a zero-hours contract then no decision is needed and a sanction should never apply. If the details of the zero-hours contract comes to light after the Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant starts work or during the application process then they will always have good reason for leaving voluntarily, failing or refusing to accept the contract and a sanction should never apply. If the claimant knowingly applies for and accepts a zero-hours contract then leaves the job voluntarily, then a Decision Maker would have to consider if they had good reason for leaving, considering all the individual facts and circumstances of the case.

A gig economy is an environment in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements.

The trend toward a gig economy has begun. A study by Intuit predicted that by 2020, 40 percent of American workers would be independent contractors. There are a number of forces behind the rise in short-term jobs. For one thing, in this digital age, the workforce is increasingly mobile and work can increasingly be done from anywhere, so that job and location are decoupled. That means that freelancers can select among temporary jobs and projects around the world, while employers can select the best individuals for specific projects from a larger pool than that available in any given area.

Digitization has also contributed directly to a decrease in jobs as software replaces some types of work and means that others take much less time. 

In a gig economy, businesses save resources in terms of benefits, office space and training. They also have the ability to contract with experts for specific projects who might be too high-priced to maintain on staff. From the perspective of the freelancer, a gig economy can improve work-life balance over what is possible in most jobs. Ideally, the model is powered by independent workers selecting jobs that they're interested in, rather than one in which people are forced into a position where, unable to attain employment, they pick up whatever temporary gigs they can land.

The gig economy is part of a shifting cultural and business environment that also includes the sharing economy, the gift economy and the barter economy.

Courtesy: WhatIs

Ever feel you have been had over. This graph says a lot. 

Wage growth is a key factor in determining living standards, aggregate demand and inflation. Since the great recession of 2008, nominal wage growth has fallen behind the headline inflation rate causing a significant drop in real wages.

Research from the ONS, stated that in 2012 real wages have fallen back to 2003 levels. (real wages fall) Between 2010-12, there has been an annual average drop in real pay of nearly 3%. Between 2014 and 206, inflation has fallen and wage growth picked up. This has led to positive real wage growth. The first sustained growth in real wages since pre 2007.

Until May 2008, wage growth was above inflation, causing positive real wage growth. But, since 2008, the UK has seen negative real wage growth.

The fall in real wages may be having a positive effect in reducing the unemployment rate. In previous (milder) recessions, the UK has seen a bigger increase in unemployment. But, in this recession, unemployment has not increased as much as we might expect. One reason to explain the UK unemployment mystery is falling real wages making labour less expensive. It helps reduce real wage unemployment.

 

There is concern over whether Thersa May will maintain the triple lock protection on the value of the state pension – after the former pensions minister joined one of the Prime Minister’s most senior advisors in calling for it to end.

Protecting the state pension was a key promise repeatedly made by the No campaign during the independence referendum.

ABC Comment: “The state pension is a key part of our social security system, and pensioners deserve to be reassured that the value will not shrink over time – that’s what the triple lock is all about.

The former pensions minister, Baroness Altman, earlier said its costs would become "enormous" - and proposed a "double lock" instead.

A Downing Street spokesperson said it was still committed to the policy.

"The manifesto contains a commitment to protect the triple lock. That commitment still stands," the spokesperson said.

In their 2015 election manifesto, the Conservatives promised to extend the triple lock until 2020. 

The Pension Advisory Service points out the 'triple lock', which increases the state pension each year by the higher of inflation, the increase in average earnings or 2.5%.  

David Cameron says that he intends to maintain the triple lock until at least 2020, if the Conservatives won the next election. 

The coalition government began the triple lock in 2010.  From April 2014, the basic state pension will be around £440 a year higher than it would have been if it had been increased in line with the increase in average earnings. 

In April 2013, the state pension increased by 2.5%, as this was higher than inflation or earnings, giving an extra £2.70 a week and raising the full basic state pension to £110.15 a week. 

The hated Workfare Scheme run by the DWP,  forced over 100,000 people to work for nothing, was covered up by the DWP, who did not want the names of the companies or organizations revealed, fearing an economic backlash. The High Court has ruled that the list of orgainzations participating should be in the public domain. "Workfare" refers to government workfare policies whereby individuals must undertake work in return for their benefit payments or risk losing them. Workfare policies are politically controversial and are seen as a modern form of slavery. Highlighted by the infamous Poundland case challenged by geology graduate Cait Reilly, 24 in a landmark court case - Reilly seen here. 

Under the ruling Jobseekers can potentially clawing back millions in benefit payments that were stopped after they refused work placements under a “flawed” employment scheme.

Three court of appeal judges in London dismissed the challenge against an earlier High Court ruling, which found that emergency laws pushed through by the government in 2013 were incompatible with human rights law.

According to the Guardian - Ministers are considering whether to appeal against the ruling, which the government’s lawyers argued in court would leave it at risk of having to repay up to £130m in benefit payments taken from claimants unfairly who were sanctioned under the scheme.

The ruling was the latest in a series of judgments dating back to February 2013 in what has become known as the Poundland case.

These are the various schemes:

• Help to Work
• Mandatory Work Activity
• Work Programme
• Community Action Programme
• Sector-Based Work Academies
• Work Experience
• Steps to Work (Northern Ireland only)
• Day One Support for Young People Trailblazer
• Derbyshire "Trailblazer" Mandatory Youth Activity Programme

Source: DWP file released through WhatDoTheyKnow.com

This is a list of the companies and organisations that benefitted from exploited workers under the scheme. 

1. African Childrens Fund

2. Abacus Children’s Wear

3. ABCAL

4. Ability

5. Ace of Clubs Charity Shop

6. Acorns

7. Action for Disability

8. Action Housing

9. Active Community Team

10. Advocacy Support

11. Afro Caribbean Centre

12. Age Concern

13. Age UK

14. Agnew Community Centre

15. Air Ambulance

16. Aire Valley Recycling Ltd

17. Airedale Computers,

18. Al-Khair Foundation

19. All Aboard

20. Allied Healthcare

21. Almadene Care Home

22. AMF Torquay Bowling Alley

23. Amicus Horizon Housing Association

24. Animal Krackers

25. ARAS German Shepherd Inn

26. ARC

27. Archer Project

28. Arthritis Research UK

29. Arthur Rank

30. Arts Factory

31. ASAN

32. Asda

33. Asha Charity Shop

34. Ashgate Hospice

35. Aspire Community Enterprise Ltd

36. Auchinleck Talbot F.C.

37. Autism Plus

38. Aylestone Park Boys Football Club

39. Babygear

40. Back2Earth

41. Bangladesh People

42. Bangladeshi ass sangag centre

43. Barnardos

44. Basic Life Charity

45. B'Dwe

46. Beaumaris Hostel

47. Bedfordshire Education Academy

48. Belgrave Hall Museum

49. Bernicia Group (Social housing provider)

50. BHF

51. Blaby & Whetstone Boys Club

52. Blue Cross

53. Bluebell Wood

54. Bookers

55. Boots

56. Botanical Gardens

57. Bottle Rescue Aireworth Mill

58. BR Environmental

59. Bradford Autism Centre

60. Bradford Community repaint

61. Breaking Free

62. Brian Jackson House

63. Briardale Community Centre

64. Bright House

65. Brighton and hove wood recycling

66. Britannia College

67. British Heart Foundation

68. British Red Cross

69. British Waterways

70. Brockhurst Community Centre

71. Bryncynon Strategy

72. Bryncynon Strategy

73. Butterwick Hospice

74. Cancer Research

75. Cancer Uk

76. Capability Scotland

77. Care & Repair

78. Carers Centre

79. Caribbean Centre

80. Caribbean Restaurant (Streatham)

81. Carlisle Park

82. Carr Vale Allotments

83. Cash Convertors

84. Castle Gresley Community Centre

85. Cat Haven

86. Cats Protection League

87. Cauwood day services

88. CCA Furniture Outlet

89. Cerebal Palsey Care

90. Changing Lives in Clevedon

91. chapletown youth community centre

92. Chesterfield FC Community Trust

93. Chestnut Tree House Shop

94. Children in Distress

95. Children Scrapstore Reuse Centre

96. Children Trust

97. Childrens Society

98. Chopsticks North Yorkshire

99. Circulate

100. Citizen Advice Bureau

101. Claire House

102. Clic Sargent

103. Comfort Kids

104. Community Association - Trefechan

105. Community Re-Paint

106. Community Resource Centre

107. Community Voice

108. Complete Professional Care

109. Compton Hospice

110. Congburn Nurseries

111. Cooke Computers

112. Cooke E - Learning Foundation

113. Co-op

114. Corby Boating Lake

115. Cornerstone

116. Cornwall Hospice Care

117. County Durham Furniture Help Scheme

118. Croydon animal samaritans

119. CSV Media

120. Cusworth Hall

121. CVS Furniture

122. Dan's Den Colwyn Bay

123. Dapp UK

124. DC Cleaning

125. Deans

126. Debra

127. Demzela

128. Derbyshire Timber Scheme

129. DHL

130. Dial Intake

131. Didcot Railyway Museum

132. Disabled Childrens Services

133. Discovery Community Cafe

134. Dogs Trust Glasgow

135. Dogsthorpe Recycling Centre

136. Doncaster College

137. Doncaster Community Centre

138. Dorothy House Hospice

139. Dorset Reclaim

140. Dovehouse Hospice Shop

141. Dragon Bands

142. Durham Wildlife Trust

143. E Waste Solutions

144. Earl Mountbatten Hospice

145. East Anglia Childrens Hospice Shop

146. East Cleveland Wildlife Trust

147. East Durham Partnership

148. East Midlands Islamic Relief Project

149. East West Community Project

150. Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

151. eco Innovation Centre

152. Elleanor Lion Hospice

153. ELVON

154. Encephalitis society

155. English Landscapes

156. Enhanced Care Training

157. Enterprise UK

158. Environmental Resource Centre

159. Essex County Council

160. Extra care Charitable Trust

161. Fable

162. Family Support

163. Fara

164. Fare share Malmo Food Park

165. Featherstone Rovers

166. Fenland District Council

167. First Fruits

168. FN! Eastbourne

169. Foal Farm

170. Food Cycle

171. Fops Shop

172. forget me not childrens hospice

173. Foundation for Paediatric Osteopathy

174. Fountain Abbey

175. Fox Rush Farm

176. FRADE

177. Frame

178. FRESCH

179. Fresh water christian charity

180. Friends of St Nicholas Fields

181. Furnish

182. Furniture for You

183. Furniture Project

184. FurnitureLink

185. Gateway funiture

186. Genesis Trust

187. George Thomas Hospice - Barry

188. Geranium Shop For The Blind

189. Glasgow Furniture Initative

190. Glen Street Play Provision

191. Goodwin Development Trust

192. Govanhill Baths Community Trust

193. Greenacres Animal Rescue Shop

194. Greenfingers

195. Greenscape

196. Greenstreams Huddersfield/ environmental alliance

197. Grimsby District Health care charity

198. Ground Work

199. Hadston House

200. Happy Staffie

201. Harlington Hospice

202. Hart Wildlife Rescue

203. Hartlepool Council

204. Hartlepool Hospice

205. Hartlepool Prop (Mental Health)

206. Hartlepool Trust Opening Doors

207. Hastings & Bexhill Wood Recycling Project

208. Havens Childrens Hospice Shop

209. Havering Country Park

210. headway

211. Healthy Living Centre

212. Hebburn Community Centre

213. Help the Aged

214. helping hands

215. High Beech Care Home

216. High Wycombe Central Aid

217. Hillam Nurseries

218. Hinsley Hall Headingley

219. Hobbit Hotel

220. Holmescarr Community Centre

221. Home Start

222. Homemakers

223. Hope central

224. Hospice of hope

225. Hounslow Community Transport Furniture Project

226. Hull Animal Welfare Trust Hull

227. Humanity at Heart

228. I Trust

229. Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IRMO)

230. Intraining Employers

231. Ipswich Furniture Project

232. Iranian Association

233. Islamic Relief

234. Jacabs Well Care Center

235. Jesus Army Centre

236. JHP

237. Julian House Charity Shop

238. K.T. Performing Arts

239. Kagyu Samye Dzong London

240. Keech Hospice Care Shop

241. Keighley & District Disabled

242. Kier Services – Corby

243. Kilbryde Hospice

244. Killie Can Cycle

245. Kingston Community Furniture Project

246. Kiveton Park & Wales Community Development Trust

247. LAMH

248. Leeds & Moortown Furniture Store

249. Leicester City Council

250. Leicester Riders

251. Leicester Shopmobility

252. Leicestershire Aids Support Services

253. Leicestershire Cares

254. Lifework

255. Lighthouse

256. Linacre Reservoir

257. London Borough of Havering

258. London College of Engineering & Management Woolwich

259. Longley Organised Community Association

260. Lyme Trust

261. Lynemouth Resource Centre

262. Mackworth Comm. Charity Shop

263. Making a Difference

264. Marie Curie

265. Mark2 (marc)

266. Martin House Hospice

267. Mary Stevens Hospice

268. Matalan

269. Matchbox

270. Matthew25 Mission

271. Mayflower Sanctuary

272. MDJ Lightbrothers

273. Meadow Well Connected

274. MEC

275. Mental Health Support

276. Midland Railway Trust

277. MIND

278. Miners Welfare community centre

279. Mistley Place Park

280. Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal Regeneration Partnership Scheme

281. Moore Cleaning

282. Morrisons

283. Muslim Aid

284. Myton Hospice

285. Nandos

286. Naomi Hospice

287. National Railway Museum

288. National Trust

289. NDDT

290. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

291. Necessary Furniture

292. Neighbourhood funiture

293. Neterlands Dog Rescue

294. New Life Church

295. Newham Volenteers Group

296. Newport City Council

297. Nightingale House

298. NOAH enterprise

299. North East Lincs Motor Project

300. North London Hospice Shop

301. North Ormesby Community Shop

302. Northumberland County Council

303. Norwood

304. Old Nick Theatre

305. One 0 One

306. Open Secret

307. Overgate Hospice

308. Oxfam

309. Papworth Trust

310. Partner Shop

311. Paul Sartori Warehouse

312. Paws Animal Welfare Shop

313. PDSA

314. Pegswood Community Centre

315. Pennywell Community Association

316. Peterborough Streets

317. Pheonix Community Furniture

318. Pilgrim Hospice

319. Placement Furniture Project

320. Platform 51 Doncaster Womens Centre

321. Playworks

322. Plymouth Food Bank

323. Plymouth Play Association

324. Plymouth Volunteer Centre

325. Pound stretcher

326. POW Shop

327. Powys Animal Welfare Shop

328. PPE Paving

329. Preen Community Interest Company

330. Primrose

331. PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES

332. Prince of Wales Sherburn in elmet

333. Princess Trust

334. Queen Elizabeth Foundation

335. Queens Walk Community

336. Queensland Multi-Media Arts Centre

337. Rainbow Centre

338. Rainbows End Burngreave

339. Real Time Music

340. Recycling unlimited

341. Red Cross

342. Refurnish

343. Regenerate Community Enterprise

344. Remploy

345. Restore

346. Rhyl Adventure Playground Association

347. Right Time Foundation

348. RNID

349. Rochford Council

350. Rosalie Ryrie Foundation

351. Rosliston Foresty

352. Royal Society for Blind.

353. Royal Wotton Bassett Town Council

354. RSPB

355. RSPCA

356. Rudenotto

357. Rudyard Lake

358. S & S Services

359. Saffcare

360. Sainsburys

361. Salvation Army

362. Santosh Community Centre

363. Sara

364. Save the children

365. Savera Resource Centre

366. Scallywags

367. Scarborough Council

368. SCD Fabrications

369. School of English Studies

370. Scope

371. Scottish Cancer Support

372. Scottish International Relief

373. Scunthorpe Central Community Centre

374. Seagull Recycling

375. Seahouses Development Trust

376. Second Chance

377. Second Opportunities

378. Sedgemoor Furniture Store

379. Sense

380. Sesku Acadamy Centre

381. Shaw Trust

382. Sheffield Reclamation Ltd - Reclaim

383. Shelter

384. Shooting Stars

385. Shopmobility & Community Transport - Access

386. Slough Furniture Project

387. Smythe

388. Sneyd Green

389. Somali Community Parents Association

390. Somerfields

391. Somerset Wood Re-Cycling

392. South Ayrshire Council

393. South Bucks Hospice Warehouse

394. South Wales Boarders Museum

395. Southend United Football Club

396. Spaghetti House

397. Spitafields Crypt Trust

398. Splash fit

399. St Barnabas

400. St Catherines Hospice Trading

401. St Chads Community Centre

402. St Clare's Hospice

403. St Davids Foundation

404. St Elizabeth Hospice Charity Shop

405. St Francis Hospice Shops Ltd

406. St Gemma's Hospice

407. St Georges Crypt

408. St Giles

409. St Helens House

410. St Hughs Community Centre

411. St Lukes Hospice

412. St Margarets Hospice Scotland

413. St Oswald's Hospice

414. St Peters Church

415. St Peters Hospice

416. St Raphaels hospice

417. St Vincents

418. St. Catherines Hospice

419. St.Theresa's Charity Shop

420. Stages Café

421. Stannah Stair Lifts

422. Stef's Farm (Education Farm)

423. Step Forward

424. Stocking Farm Healthy Living Centre ( Sure Start)

425. Stockton Council

426. Stone Pillow

427. STROKECARE

428. Strood Community Project

429. Strut Lincoln

430. Sudbury Town Council

431. Sue Ryder

432. Sunderland Community Furniture

433. Sunderland North Community Business Centre

434. Superdrug

435. Swindon 105.5

436. Sycamore Lodge

437. sydney bridge furniture shop

438. Sypha

439. T&M Kiddy's Kingdom

440. Tara Handicrafts

441. Teamwork

442. Teesside Hospice

443. Tendring Furniture Scheme

444. Tendring Reuse & Employment Enterprise

445. Tenovus

446. Tesco

447. Thames Hospicecare

448. Thames Valley Hospice

449. Thanet District Council

450. The Ark Shop

451. The Art Organisation

452. The Charity Shop

453. The Childrens Society

454. The Childrens trust

455. The Crossing

456. The Good Neighbour Project

457. The Greenhouse

458. The Harrow Club

459. The Hinge Centre Ltd

460. The Isabella Community Centre

461. The Island Partnership

462. The Kiln Cafe

463. The learning community

464. The Linskill Centre

465. The Listening Company

466. The Octagon Centre Hull

467. The Old Manor House Riding Stables

468. The Princess Alice Hospice

469. The Range

470. The Reuse Centre

471. The Rising Sun Art Centre

472. The Rock Foundation Ice House

473. The Shores Centre

474. The Spurriergate Centre

475. The Undercliffe cemetary charity

476. The Vine Project

477. The Welcoming Project

478. The Woodworks (Genesis Trust)

479. Think 3E,

480. Thirsk Clock

481. Thurrock Council

482. Thurrock Reuse Partnership (TRUP)

483. TLC

484. TooGoodtoWaste

485. Top Draw

486. Traid

487. Trinity Furniture Store

488. Troed Y Rhiw Day Project

489. True Volunteer Foundation

490. Tukes

491. Twice as Nice Furniture Project

492. Twirls and Curls

493. Ty Hafan

494. Tylorstown Communities First

495. United Churches Healing Ministry

496. United Play Day Centre

497. Unity in the Community

498. UNMAH

499. Untapped Resource

500. Urban Recycling

501. Vale of Aylesbury Vineyard Church Project

502. Vista Blind

503. Walpole Water Gardens

504. Walsall Hospice

505. Wandsworth Oasis trading Company Limited

506. Wat Tyler Centre

507. WEC

508. Weldmar

509. Well Cafe

510. Wellgate Community Farm

511. Wellingborough District Hindu Centre

512. Western Mill Cemetary

513. WH Smith

514. Wheelbase

515. Whitby Council

516. Wildlife Trust

517. Wilkinsons

518. Willen Care Furniture Shop

519. Willington Community Resource Centre

520. Windhill Furniture Store Shipley

521. Woking Community Furniture Project

522. Womens Aid

523. Womens Centre

524. Woodlands Camp

525. Worsbrough Mill & County Park

526. Xgames

527. YMCA

528. York Archaeological Trust

529. York Bike Rescue

530. York Carers centre

531. Yorkshire Trust

532. Yozz Yard

533. Zest

534. Zues Gym

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