Use new powers to invest £5 a week in every child, say child poverty campaigners

New Scottish Parliament faces massive increases in child poverty

£5 top up to child benefit would reduce child poverty by 14% - lifting 30 000 children out of poverty

Launching its programme for the next Scottish Government the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) today calls on the new parliament to seize a golden opportunity to reduce child poverty by investing £5 a week in every child through child benefit

The new Scottish Parliament will be confronted with an imminent rise in child poverty, with a projected 50% increase by 2020 largely driven by UK tax and benefit policies. Child benefit alone is set to lose 28% of its value by the end of the decade according to the Group.

In the face of this looming crisis CPAG is calling on the next Scottish government to use new social security powers to invest an extra £5 a week in child benefit. The campaigners say this policy alone could reduce child poverty in Scotland by a substantial 14%, lifting 30 000 children out of poverty.

John Dickie, Director of CPAG in Scotland, said;

“New powers coming to Scotland provide a golden opportunity for the new Scottish Government to invest directly in the next generation, reduce child poverty and set Scotland on a different trajectory from what independent forecasters tell us will happen to child poverty across the rest of the UK.

 £5 a week per child could help thousands of families avoid a visit to the food bank. It could make the difference between children missing out on school trips and joining in with their friends. Above all, £5 a week will reduce rates of child poverty in Scotland by up to 14%, improving the prospects of thousands of Scotland’s children.”

CPAG’s programme for government also sets out a range of measures aimed at prioritising the eradication of child poverty in Scotland and minimising its damaging effects on children, families, services and the country’s economy. 

CPAG calls on the next government to:

• Make a strong, public commitment to ending child poverty by introduction of a Child Poverty Act for Scotland. Such an act would provide a framework for the prevention, reduction and eradication of child poverty in Scotland.
• Remove the financial barriers that prevent children from achieving their goals. The cost of school books, transport, uniform and lunches create a 'learning levy' which excludes children. As part of this, investment in school clothing grants and reducing the cost of school will be key to tackling the educational attainment gap.
• Reduce demand for food banks in Scotland. Minimising errors and delays in devolved social security, and ensuring families can access the Scottish Welfare Fund and benefits advice, will reduce income crisis and protect families from food poverty.
• Ensure work pays for in-work families experiencing child poverty. 56% of children living in poverty live in working families. This will require an increase the availability of high quality jobs and family friendly employment practices.
• Implement an ambitious childcare strategy for Scotland including clear timescales for delivery.

ABC Note:  The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has projected a 50% rise in child poverty before housing costs (BHC) in the UK by 2020. S16) Analysis of the impact of increases to child benefit and child tax credits on child poverty rates in the UK and Scotland, March 2016

Turn2Us have provided some useful information in their newsletter. 

The freeze on working age benefits announced in the Summer Budget 2015 means that from April 2016 there will be no increase in benefit rates for four years ‘for people of working age'. This  will affect Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income Support, Housing Benefit, Universal Credit, Child Tax Credits, Working Tax Credits and  Child Benefit.

Benefits rates are generally increased by a small amount at the start of every tax year to take into account the rise in living costs that people will have to meet.

The rates freeze will not apply to disability benefits which include Personal Payment (PIP), Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) (Support Group) and the disability elements in tax credits.

Carers and pensioner benefits and statutory maternity and sickness payments are also not affected by the rates freeze.

The government has made a strong commitment to continue to protect benefits which are specifically for pensioners, including Pension Credit. The ‘triple lock' on the State Pension will be maintained; and other benefits for pensioners including the Winter Fuel Allowance and free TV licences for over 75s are also protected.

Why is the freeze on benefits being introduced for people of working age?

The government decided to freeze working age benefits for four years to help ensure that the growth in earnings overtakes the growth in benefits - so that it is always financially better for people to be in work rather than claiming benefits.  

The government also has a central aim to reduce the overall spending on welfare and has forecasted to save £4 billion a year by 2019-20 by freezing working age benefits.

What help is available if you are affected by the benefits rate freeze?

You can use the free Turn2us Benefits Calculator to check your latest welfare benefits entitlements.
Even if you have checked your entitlements in the past, it is worth checking again, especially if there has been a change in your circumstances.

You can also check if you are eligible for a charitable grant or other support by using the Turn2us Grants Search.

Our website has further details on all the benefits mentioned in this article in the Your Situation section as well a Benefit Changes Timetable for 2016 with full details on all upcoming changes.

If you are worried about any of the benefit changes and would like further advice on your particular situation, you can use our Find an Adviser tool to locate face-to-face advice in your local area.

April 6 is set to be a disastrous day in the history of the state pension as millions of future pensioners find out the government has short-changed them, and millions of existing pensioners see their pensions rise by less each year as a result of unfair indexation arrangements.

The claim comes from Britain’s biggest pensioner organisation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC), based on official Department for Work and Pensions’ figures that show:

-       Less than half those reaching State Pensions Age (SPA) shortly after 2016 will earn full single tier pension of £155 per week

-       Most people will lose out over the long term with less scope to build up a more generous state pension due to a cap of 35 years on accruing this benefit

-      For those that have been contracted out, there are two groups who will lose out:

       i.   Lower earners currently receive a state pension top up. From April they’ll pay higher National Insurance Contributions, seeing an equivalent reduction in take home pay, but build up less state pension each year

       ii. Other losers include those whose starting amount on 6 April 2016 is less than £155 a week and who don’t have enough years left between now and SPA to make up the difference

The NPC claims the new state pension is not flat-rate – because not everyone will receive it:

    - The £155.65 a week figure is actually less than the old system would have given someone with 35 years’ worth of National Insurance contributions

    - Hundreds of thousands of mainly women who were relying on getting a state pension based on their spouse’s contributions will no longer be eligible

    - The old state pension will rise by less than the new scheme, resulting in a two-tier pension system which disadvantages existing pensioners

Dot Gibson, NPC general secretary said: “The new state pension is absolutely riddled with complexity, confusion and essentially cost cutting. By 2060, the state will be spending less on state pensions as a percentage of GDP than if we’d kept the old system. The architect of the new state pension, former minister Steve Webb admitted that he over simplified the system in order to make it more acceptable to the public. He certainly didn’t say that most of them would be worse off. The UK already has one of the least adequate state pensions in the developed world, ranked 32nd out of 34 OECD countries and now it’s going to get worse. The real aim behind this new system is to save money and to rely on the private pensions industry to fill the savings gap – but we all know that is a total fantasy. Our state pension system needs to be improved but this reform is taking us in the wrong direction.”

‘Truly horrible’ UK current account data: Britain’s current account deficit widened to a record £96.3 billion (€123 billion) in 2015 after a bad fourth quarter for exports. The good news is that the U.K. is growing faster than other economies (as shown by GDP data also out on Thursday). But that means Brits are importing more and exporting less — what Carney famously called relying “on the kindness of strangers,” quoting Tennessee Williams (one of my top 5 playwrights; full list to come).

Howard Archer, chief European economist at IHS Global Insight: “A truly horrible fourth quarter 2015 current account performance. While the markets have so far taken a relatively relaxed view of the U.K.’s elevated current account deficits, it could become an increasing problem if the markets lose confidence in the UK economy for any reason.”

Meanwhile prices are dropping in Europe due to deflation. 

Today’s National Living Wage introduction means a welcome pay rise for over 4 million low-paid people this year, with women and part-time workers most likely to benefit. 

“That’s hugely good news on the back of the biggest squeeze on living standards on record, but of course such an ambitious policy is not risk-free. It’s vital that government works closely with businesses to get the implementation right as part of a wider move to reduce our Britain’s reliance on low pay, low productivity ways of working.

“A higher minimum wage can’t be expected to tackle Britain’s chronic low pay problem alone. We now need to focus on the big challenge of ensuring more employers have strong pay and career ladders. That in the end is how people can escape low pay altogether.”  

What is the National Living Wage (NLW)?

It is a higher minimum wage for workers aged 25 and over. This will apply from 1 April and will start at £7.20 per hour. Rather than an arbitrary figure, £7.20 is intended to equal 55 per cent of the typical (median) hourly pay of those aged 25 and over. The government’s ambition is for the NLW to rise to 60 per cent on that measure by 2020, which is currently projected to be £9.

Who benefits?

• * 4.5 million employees will benefit in 2016, rising to 6 million in 2020.
• * Of the 6 million employees – 23 per cent of all employees in Britain – 3.2 million workers are expected to be brought up to the NLW, while a further 2.8 million workers who already earn above the NLW will benefit as employers seek to maintain pay differentials between staff.
• * The average direct gain is £1,210, while the average indirect ‘spillover’ gain is £240.

Gender and age

• * Three-in-ten (29 per cent) female employees are set to be benefit from the NLW, compared to 18 per cent of men. Women will account for around 60 per cent of the 6 million beneficiaries.
• * 25-30 year olds are expected to make up nearly one-in-five of those affected in 2020.
• * 44 per cent of those aged 66 and over are set to benefit.

Geography

• * More than one-in-four employees in the Midlands, Wales and Yorkshire and the Humber are set to benefit, compared to just 14 per cent of workers in London.
• * Almost three in ten employees across the Sheffield City region will be affected by the NLW – more than any other City region in the UK.
• * Among smaller cities, the most affected are Norwich, Swansea and Hull (all 31 per cent).
• * Across local authority areas, Torridge in Devon is Britain’s leading National Living Wage ‘hotspot’ – where the highest proportion of workers will benefit.

Industry

• * 46 per cent of those affected work in three industries; retail, hospitality and admin & support services.
• * In hospitality, close to half (48 per cent) of all employees will be affected by the NLW.
• * 1.4 million retail workers are set to benefit from the NLW, more than any other industry.

Wage bills

• * The total wage bill across Britain is set to rise by £4.5bn (0.6 per cent) as a result of the NLW.
• * Hospitality is set to experience the biggest increase its wage bill (+3.4 per cent).
• * Smaller firms are likely to feel it the most – microfirms will experience a 1.5 per cent increase in wage bills, compared to 0.7 per cent for larger firms.

Employer responses

• * Almost half of all employers said they would be affected by the NLW to same extent.
• * The most popular main response to the NLW among employers was raising productivity (30 per cent). Small employers were more likely to say they would absorb costs through lower profits.
• * Relatively few employers said they would slow recruitment (15 per cent), reduce hours (9 per cent), or hire more workers under 25 (8 per cent).

A brief history of the National Minimum Wage (NMW)

The NMW was introduced in 1999. At the time some commentators warned that up to two million jobs could be at risk. The Low Pay Commission have described ‘four phases’ of the NMW.

The introductory phase saw the NMW brought in at a cautiously low rate (£3.60) and then raised slowly in order to monitor any adverse effects on employment. A smaller than expected number of jobs were affected, with roughly 0.4m covered by the adult rate in 2001.

The NMW then increased rapidly, particularly between 2002 and 2006 when it rose by 27 per cent across the period. The pace slowed in the run up to the crash but remained above inflation.

A third phase saw the NMW fall in real terms between 2008 and 2013, primarily due to smaller nominal increases but also higher inflation. Despite this, the number of workers paid at the wage floor grew steadily as wages stagnated, meaning 1m jobs were at the NMW.

The fourth phase immediately prior to the introduction of the NLW saw a return to real-terms growth, with the NMW increasing by 3 per cent in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, 1.1m jobs were estimated to be paid at the NMW (£6.70).

The NMW – now the legal wage floor for those aged 21-24 – is set to rise to £6.95 in October 2016. It will increase again in April 2017 with all minimum wage rates rising in April from that point onward.

The OBR has projected the path of the NLW to 2020, taking into account expected wage growth for those at the median. This will change as new wage data and forecasts are updated but they project that it will equal £7.60 in 2017, £8.05 in 2018, £8.50 in 2019 and £9 in 2020.

ECONOMIC headwinds are making it hard going in the economy. 

The eurozone is expected to have been in deflation during March, with headline prices falling 0.1 percent on the year earlier. German unemployment is likely to have ticked up a notch in March, from 6.2 percent to 6.3 percent, while the final reading of GDP in the U.K. is expected to be revised downwards from 2.1 percent to 1.9 percent on the year earlier.

Meanwhile in the UK 

The UK's current account deficit widened to a record high in the final quarter of last year.

The deficit in the three months to December was £32.7bn, the equivalent of 7% of GDP, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

For all of 2015, it came to £96.2bn or 5.2% of GDP. Both figures were the highest since records began in 1948.

Leave campaigners suggest that the value to U.K. of the EU as a tariff and barrier-free trade market is overstated. Britain can make better alone with its former empire and up and comers such as China. This chart highlights the limits of that theory.

                                                 Trade with Commonwealth 1948 - 2011

DUNDEE should refuse to force unemployed people to do unpaid work in exchange for benefits, the city’s poverty task force said. The Government’s Workfare programme makes people on benefits carry out unpaid work to gain experience to help them gain a permanent job. Failure to complete a programme can see benefits cut. Dundee’s Fairness Commission, set up to find ways to tackle poverty and inequality in the city, is urging employers not to accept workers through the Workfare programme. The idea was put forward when the commission met last night and unanimously supported by health, council, education and voluntary service workers on the commission.

Ginny Lawson, of the Money Advice service at the Brooksbank Centre, said: “People are sent to work for free but it costs them for travel and childcare costs. “We should take a stand and say ‘no one in Dundee is going to do Workfare’.

Reproduced courtesy of Wikipedia

The anti-workfare organisation Boycott Workfare have compiled its own list of organisations that it states have participated in DWP workfare schemes. Many companies have withdrawn however from this list:

• A19 Skills (Swansea) - subcontractor for 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements
  
• Aberdeen Foyer - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
  
• A4e
• The AA
• Accident Helpline
• Acorn Computer Recycling
• Acorn Training (East Midlands) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Acorn Training Consultants (East Midlands) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Action for Blind People - Work Programme
• ACT Learnabout (Wales) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Acumen (North East) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Affinity Sutton
• Age UK - withdrew from Mandatory Work Activity in 2012, but remain involved with other variants of workfare including 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• AIM2LEARN
• Alpha Stream
• Armada Tube and Steel
• Anna's Charity - defunct 
• Angus College - Mandatory Work Activity
• Ardgour Riding Centre (Kilmalieu, Inverness)
• Argos - withdrawn
• Argyle & Bute Council - Mandatory Work Activity
• Air Hop Bristol
• AS Care (Leicester) - involved with 'Traineeships' the newest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Assist Recruitment
• Asda
• Asian Star Community Radio LTD
• Atlas Washrooms Systems
• ATN Adult Training Network (East London) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves *ATS 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• ATS
• Avanta - Mandatory Work Activity
• Avanta Enterprise Ltd - Mandatory Work Activity
• Awaiting Eyes Foundation (London)
• Babington (East Midlands) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Balsall Heath Forum - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• BAM Facility Management
• Barnardos - Mandatory Work Activity, claim to no longer be involved with 'Help to Work', the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Barnsley Hospice
• Bath Antiques
• Beaumont Leys Primary School (Leicester) - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest variant of workfare targeting unemployed people
• Beaumont Leys & Stocking Farm Sure Start Children’s Centre (Leicester) - involved with 'Traineeships' the newest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Bedesworld
• BEST, Business Employment Training Services Ltd (Yorkshire & Humber) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Bellcome Call Centre
• Bethany Training - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Bexley Council (Resources Plus) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• BHS (British Home Stores) - withdrawn
• Birmingham Community Development Scheme
• Blue Cross - withdrawn; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Blue Arrow
• Bluebird Care
• B & M Stores - involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre, Wales - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Body Shop - withdrawn
• Bookers Wholesale
• Books for Free (Basildon)
• Boots - withdrawn
• Bootstrap (Merseyside, Lancashire & Cumbria) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Bournemouth City Council
• Bowden Derra Care Home
• B&Q
• Brantano Footwear (Leicester) - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest variant of workfare targeting unemployed young people
• Bristol Auto Electric
• British Heart Foundation - withdrew from Mandatory Work Activity and the Work Programme in 2012, but still involved in Work Experience variant of workfare as of 2014, and involved with other variants of workfare including 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Bromford Group (Wolverhampton) - withdrawn
• Broadway - formerly Work Programme subcontractors before merger with St Mungos resulted in the end of involvement, so now withdrawn
• BT
• Brothers of Charity Services England - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• BTCV - Mandatory Work Activity
• Building and Property Maintenance
• Bulky Bob's - withdrawn from 'Help to Work', the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Burger King – withdrawn
• Burtons Biscuits (Edinburgh)
• Burton
• Butlins Ltd - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Byteback It Solutions Limited (Bristol) - withdrawn, had been involved in 'Help to Work', the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Calico Group (Pennine Lancashire)
• Calderdale Council - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Campbell Page (South West 1 Devon and Cornwall; Dorset and Somerset) - Rehab Job Fit subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Cancer Research UK - withdrew from Mandatory Work Activity and the Work Programme in 2012, but still involved in Work Experience as of 2014 and involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Candyland formerly Tangerine Confectionery - Marks & Spencer supplier
• Care UK
• Caremark
• Carillion (Kent)
• Cartrefi Conwy - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Cats Protection
• CCL North Recycling (Irvine)
• Carnegie College - Mandatory Work Activity
• Central Beds Council
• Children's Hospice (CHSW), (Trowbridge) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Crystal Face (Bristol)
• City Furnishings and Auction House (Glasgow) - withdrawn from 'Help to Work', the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) - Work Programme
• City and Guilds
• Cineworld Cinemas
• Claverhouse Training (Scotland) - defunct
• Close Protection UK - defunct 
• Cloybank (Falkirk) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Clyde Valley Housing Association
• Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change - withdrawn from the Work Programme
• Connect Community Trust (Scotland) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Cornelly and District Development Trust (Wales) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• County Training (Shropshire)
• Cre-namic Security
• Crerar Hotels
• Crest Co-operative (Wales) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Crossfold Electrical
• Currys-PC World - involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Cygnus Consulting Limited (East Midlands) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Daisy Chain Project (Stockton-on-Tees)
• DB Accident Repair (Kent)
• DC Cleaning (Sussex)
• Deaf Hub (Dundee) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Debenhams
• DebRA - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• de Poel Community (Knutsford, Cheshire)
• Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Diamond Glass Medway (Kent)
• DiSC Ltd, Developing initiatives Supporting Communities (North East) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Divine Rescue - Mandatory Work Activity
• Domus Healthcare
• Dorothy Perkins
• Dove House Hospice (Hull and East Riding) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Drayton Manor
• Dulwich Hamlet FC - withdrawn
• Dunelm Mill
• Durham YFC
• e-achieve
• eco-actif - defunct 
• ellenor charity (North & West Kent and Bexley)
• Employment Related Services Association (ERSA)
• Enterprise Durham Partnership
• Environmental Concern Co Ltd (Birmingham) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Envirostream
• Escape Family Support (North East) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• esg Holdings Ltd (West Midlands) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Evans
• Experts in Media
• Extra Time (Portslade)
• Eyemouth Golf Club (Eyemouth, Scotland)
• Faith Regen (East London)
• FARA Charity Shops
• FareShare (Newcastle) - involved with 'Community Work Placements'
• Finsbury Park Business Forum
• FlutterBuys
• Fontaine Vinery (Guernsey) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Fort Amherst (Chatham) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• FP Mailing
• Framework (Nottingham) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• French Oven Bakery (Newcastle upon Tyne)
• F&S Interiors (Kent)
• Furniture Matters (Morcambe) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Furniture Now (East Sussex) - 'Community Work Placements'
• Furniture Plus (Kirkcaldy) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Furniture Revival (Rhymney)
• Fusion Housing (Kirkless)
• Gap Personnel
• Genesis Housing Association - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Genesis Trust (Bath) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Genistar
• Gingerbread
• Glasgow Caring City - withdrawn from 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements' 
• Gnaw Chocolate (Norwich)
• Goodwill Solutions (Northampton)
• Gorgie City Farm
• The Grand Venue (Clitheroe)
• Green Futures (Grimsby) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Greggs the Bakers - Work Experience
• Grosvenor Casinos (Brighton)
• grow: Economic Regeneration & Development, Hull City Council - Mandatory Work Activity
• Grow Enterprise Wales (RCT Homes) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Go Response (Kent)
• Greenwich & Bexley Hospice
• GWK Shop (Workington, Cumbria)
• Grimsby Garden Centre
• Groundwork - Mandatory Work Activity, also a 'Prime' provider of 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Guinea Enviro (Glasgow) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Hannah's (Dame Hannah Rogers Trust) (Devon)
• Hairways
• Harlow and District Chamber of Commerce
• Haven House Children’s Hospice
• Hastings & Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind
• Helen & Douglas House Hospice (Maidenhead)
• HERIB, Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Helena Partnerships
• HMRC
• HMV - withdrawn
• Hilton Hotels
• Hillhead Pets Corner (Kilbirnie)
• Holiday Inn - claimed to have withdrawn in 2012, but remain involved with Sector-Based Work Academies as of 2014
• Holland & Barrett - withdrawn
• Homebase - withdrawn
• Homes for Haringey - Work Programme
• Home-Start UK
• Hospices of Hope - withdrawn from 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• House of Hope Recycling Village (East Kilbride)
• The Hull Council for Disabled People - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Hull HARP, Homeless and Rootless Project - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Iceland - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Ideal Mobile Solutions
• ICM (Global)
• IKEA - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Ingeus UK - Mandatory Work Activity
• Intelling
• Interserve Doncaster - Work Programme
• Invicta Foundation - withdrawn, had been involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Ironworks (Scotland) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Isabel Hospice (Hertfordshire)
• Ixion (West London; East London) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• JTJ Workplace Solutions
• JA Glover – (Kent)
• Jessup Electrical Wholesale Ltd (Kent)
• JJ Vickers & Sons Ltd (Kent)
• JH Cancer Support (Warrington,Cheshire)
• JHP Group Ltd (Scotland) - Mandatory Work Activity
• JJ Training (North East Yorkshire & Humber) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Jurys Inn
• Keech Hospice (Beds, Herts and Milton Keynes)
• Kennedy Scott
• Kent Flooring Supplies (Kent)
• Kent Space – (Kent)
• KEMP Hospice (Kidderminster, Worcesterhsire)
• KFR kennet furniture refurbiz (Devizes, Wiltshire)
• Kidney Research UK
• Kirkwood Hospice (Huddersfield)
• Kingston Community Furniture
• Kingdom Security
• Kiln Park
• Knutsford Town Council
• K-10
• Lakelands Hospice (Corby)
• LAMH Recycle Ltd (Motherwell) - withdrawn from 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Learn About (Wales) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Learn Direct - Mandatory Work Activity, also a 'Prime' provider for 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements', and a G4S subcontractor for East Midlands, Merseyside, Lancashire & Cumbria, and Hampshire, Thames Valley & Isle of Wight
• Leigh Tec Solutions
• Life Skills Central Ltd (Scotland) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Liverpool Plastics
• Loaves 'n' Fishes (West Midlands) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Lloyds Bank – General Insurance
• Luton Borough Council
• Luton Culture
• Lowestoft Town FC
• Lower Morden Equestrian Centre
• Macdonald Hotels (Scotland) - 'Traineeships'
• Major Energy
• MAS Landscapes
• Marie Curie - withdrawn
• Marks & Spencer
• Marlborough House Mosque & Community Centre (Stockton on Tees) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Marriott Hotels - involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Martin House Hospice - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Maplin - withdrawn
• Matalan
• Maxwell Centre (Dundee) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Mayhem Paintball
• McDonald’s
• Mercy in Action (Bath, Bucks and Beds)
• McSence (Scotland) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Medway Council
• Medway Tyres (Kent)
• Mencap - Mandatory Work Activity; but have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Melin Homes (South East Wales)
• Michael Ambrose (Leicester) - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Merson Signs
• Microcom Training Ltd (Scotland) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Midcounties Co-operative - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Midlands Air Ambulance
• Mid-Lin Day Care Centre (Dundee) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Mind - withdrew from Mandatory Work Activity in 2012, but remain involved with the Work Programme as of 2014; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Mitie Foundation
• The Mustard Tree (Manchester) - withdrawn from Mandatory Work Activity
• MTL Group
• M-Valeting Ltd (King's Lynn) - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• My Claim Solved
• Nandos (Edinburgh)
• National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN)
• National Hereditary Breast Cancer (Hull) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Nationwide Event Support
• NAViGO Health and Social Care CIC (Grimsby) - Mandatory Work Activity and Sector-Based Work Academies
• Newham Council
• Newhaven Community Development
• Nico Manufacturing
• Nightingale House (Wrexham)
• North Doncaster Development Trust (NDDT) - Work Programme
• North London Hospice - withdrawn from 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'; charity shops accepting 'Community Work Placements' as of 2014
• Northumberland County Council - Mandatory Work Activity
• North Yorkshire Learning Consortium - Mandatory Work Activity
• North Wales Training - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Nova New Opportunities (Brighton)
• 99p - withdrawn
• OAS (Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary)
• Ocado
• Olympic Glass (Kent)
• Omnico Plastics Ltd (Kent)
• Outfit 
• Oxfam - withdrawn
• Oxgangs Neighborhood centre (Edinburgh) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Papworth Trust - withdrawn from Mandatory Work Activity
• Payless (Kent)
• Pastures New (Littleborough) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• PATCH (Pembrokeshire Action To Combat Hardship) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• PDSA - withdrawn; have also stated that they will not be participants in the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet,'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Peacocks
• Pera Training (Leicester) - involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• People Know How (Edinburgh)
• Phoenix Enterprises (Yorkshire and the Humber) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Pinnacle People - Mandatory Work Activity; also G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements' in East Midlands, West London, and East London
• Pizza Hut (Kent and Surrey) - withdrawn
• Pioneer Social Enterprise Ltd (Doncaster) - subcontractor in the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet,'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Pilkington Glass
• Plumbase (Kent)
• Placement Provider Partners (Yorkshire & Humber) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Plymouth County Council - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Poppies
• Porchlight (Kent) - withdrawn
• Portsmouth Council - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Poundland - involved with the Work Programme, Sector-Based Work Academies, and 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Poundworld Retail
• Poundstretcher
• PPDG (Pertemps People Development Group) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Premier Inn
• Primark
• Process Plant Services Ltd (Kent)
• Pulse CIC
• Pulteneytown Peoples Project (Scotland) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Quality Savers
• Radha-Krishna Temple
• Radisson Edwardian - involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Radecal Signs (Washington, Tyne and Wear) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Range
• Randstad - withdrawn
• Rathbone Training
• RBLI
• Ready2Work
• Rebound Bookshop (Blackburn) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Recycling Unlimited (Hull) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Red Cross - 'Traineeships'
• Refurb project
• Regency Guillotine (Kent)
• Rehab JobFit (South West) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Revive Leeds - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Revive, The Green House (Liverpool) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Richmond Fellowship - withdrawn
• rinascente (Stockport) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• River Kids (Livingstone) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• RNIB - Mandatory Work Activity, but have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Rock Foundation (Grimsby) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Saint Francis Hospice (Romford, Essex)
• Romney Resource (Kent)
• Room 2 (Kirkcaldy) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Rotherham Council
• Rowcroft Hospice (Torquay) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
• Royal Mail
• RNR Performance Cars (Kent)
• RPQ Inns Ltd – The Grapes Hotels
• RSPCA - Mandatory Work Activity and are involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• St. Andrew’s Children’s Hospice (Hull) - withdrawn from 'Community Work Placements' part of 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet
• St Ann's Hospice, Manchester - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• St Benedict's Hospice (Sunderland) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• St Davids Hospice (Wales) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• St Mungos - Broadway - withdrawn from the Work Programme
• St Mungos - withdrawn; have also stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• St Peters Hospice (Bristol)
• St Luke's Hospice (Plymouth)
• St. Mary's Horse Refuge (Essex) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• St Oswald’s Hospice shops (Newcastle upon Tyne)
• St Richard's Hospice (Worcestershire) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• St Vincents Hospice (Howwood, Renfrewshire) - Mandatory Work Activity
• St Vincent de Paul
• St Werburghs City Farm, Bristol - withdrawn from Mandatory Work Activity
• Sage UK
• Sainsbury's - withdrawn from earlier versions of workfare, but now involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Salvation Army - Mandatory Work Activity, but have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Saffron Acres Project
• Sarina Russo Job Action - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Savers - Sector-Based Work Academies
• Scarborough Council - withdrawn
• Scope - withdrew from Mandatory Work Activity and the Work Programme in 2012, but remain involved with Work Experience as of 2014
• Scottish Wildlife Trust - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Scout Enterprises
• Sector Solutions (Yorkshire & Humber) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Sedgemoor Furniture Store (Bridgwater, Somerset) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Seetec - Mandatory Work Activity
• Select Sandwich & Coffee Co
• Sense - withdrew from Mandatory Work Activity in 2012, but remain involved with other variants of workfare as of 2014; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Serco
• Servest
• Shaw Trust - Mandatory Work Activity
• Shelter - withdrawn
• SHOC Slough Homeless
• Shoe Zone - withdrew from earlier versions of workfare, but now involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Shropshire Council - Mandatory Work Activity
• Square Orange Associate
• Signs & Imaging Ltd
• Single Homeless Project (SHP) - withdrawn
• Sixhills Aquatics
• Slough Library
• Slough Furniture Project
• Southend Storehouse
• Southern Membranes Ltd (Kent)
• Southern Metal Services (Kent)
• Southern Roofing & Building Supplies (Kent)
• South West Laundry
• South Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce (Doncaster Chamber of Commerce) - Work Programme
• Sports Traider (Nottingham) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Stag Treorchy
• Starter Packs Magpie Tribe, Magpie's Eye Gallery, and The Magpie's Nest (Glasgow) - withdrawn from 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• ST LUKES HOSPICE SHOPS
• Stephens Fresh Food (Kent)
• Store Twenty One (Cornwall)
• Stranraer Millennium Centre - 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Storie Argyll Ltd
• Subway
• Sue Ryder - withdrawn, but involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Sumo Waste (Glasgow) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Sunderland North Community Business Centre - Mandatory Work Activity
• Superdrug - withdrawn
• Swan Lifeline (Windsor)
• Tai Calon Community Housing (Blaenau Gwent) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Tanya’s Courage Trust - Supporting Young People with Cancer (Penzance) - Mandatory Work Activity
• TAS Ltd (West London) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Tate Recruitment
• Tesco - involved with 'Work Experience' workfare variant, and 'Traineeships' the latest version targeting unemployed young people
• Tenovus Cancer Care (Cardiff)
• THAG (Tesside Homeless Action Group)
• Thornton Manor (Cheshire)
• TCHC
• Timbermills
• TK Maxx - claimed to have withdrawn from workfare in January 2012, but involved in Sector-Based Work Academies as of 2014
• Toni & Guy
• Topman
• Topshop
• The Children's Society - withdrew from Mandatory Work Activity in 2012, but remain involved with other versions of workfare as of 2014; have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) - Mandatory Work Activity, but have stated that they will not be participants in 'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Lennox Partnership (Scotland) - Mandatory Work Activity
• The Lettings Co (Leicester) - involved with 'Traineeships' the variant of 'Help to Work' targeting unemployed people
• The Princes's Trust - heavily involved in M&S's 'branded' version of the 'Work Experience' version of workfare aimed at young people; previously known to be a Work Programme sub-contractor
• The Tell Organisation (Scotland) - Mandatory Work Activity
• The Work Company (Hull) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Wishing Well Project Jubilee Centre (Crewe) - Mandatory Work Activity
• Tomorrow's People - Mandatory Work Activity
• Timpsons
• Town and Country Cleaners (Kent)
• Trackwork
• Travelodge
• TRAC (The Recyclyed Assets Company) (Portsmouth) - involved with 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• TRAID - withdrawn from 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work',which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Triage (Scotland)
• Twin Valley Homes
• Two Sisters Food Group (2SFG) (Leicester and Nottingham)
• Ty Hafan Charity Shop (Wales) - withdrawn from 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Urban Futures (East London) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Virgin Media - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Virgin Trains
• The Vine Project - Mandatory Work Activity
• Wakefield & District Health & Community Support Ltd (WDHC)
• Waldorf College (Stroud) - involved with the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Wallis
• Waste Savers (Newport) - involved with the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet 'Help to Work', which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Waterstones - withdrawn
• WD Close & Sons
• WEA - withdrawn
• Workers' Educational Association, Scotland - involved in the Work Programme, though WEA in England have withdrawn
• WEPRE Villa Homecare
• West London Reuse Centre (Shepherds Bush Housing Association)
• Westmanor Property Services (Leicester) - involved with 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Westra Boarding Kennels (Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Westvic Enamellers (Kent)
• Wetherspoons
• WH Smith
• Whitehead Ross (Wales) - subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Whittingtons
• WISE Ability - Work Programme
• Wilkinsons
• World of Pets (Grimsby)
• The Work Company (Work Solutions) - Work Programme
• Workpays (East Midlands) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• Work Solutions (Merseyside, Lancashire & Cumbria; and North East Yorkshire & Humber) - G4S subcontractor in 'Help to Work' the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet, which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements'
• The Works
• Wyeth Security Services
• YMCA - Mandatory Work Activity, but have stated that they will not be participants in the newest and most punitive version of workfare yet,'Help to Work' which involves 6 month unpaid 'Community Work Placements', but involved in 'Traineeships' the latest workfare variant targeting unemployed young people
• Yorkshire Linen Company

The National Audit Office are doing a survey on benefit sanctions. You may wish to participate. 

Benefit sanctions

To receive benefits such as Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit, some claimants must agree to undertake work-related activities which aim to help them move into work. Not completing these activities can lead to a sanction, where a claimant’s benefit payments are suspended for a period of time.

This study will examine whether the Department for Work and Pensions is achieving value for money from its administration of benefit sanctions. This includes how benefit sanctions fit with the intended aims and outcomes of DWP’s wider working age employment policy, whether sanctions are being implemented in line with policy and whether use of sanctions is leading to the intended outcomes for claimants.

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