Boycott Workfare

Boycott Workfare is a British campaign group that has opposed "workfare" policies in the United Kingdom. The group's campaigning has been very successful in making companies and charities pull out of "workfare". In January 2014 the group lodged freedom of information requests to investigate the use of workfare by local government. Of the 271 councils which responded 62% of them had used unpaid workers during the past two years. This amounted to more than half a million hours of unpaid labour.^[1] As of July 2014, a total of least 35 organisations have ended their involvement in workfare, because of negative publicity.

References

↑ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/02/councils-benefit-half-a-million-hours-unpaid-labour-foi-request

External links

Boycott Workfare

Workfare in the United Kingdom

Workfare Programmes	Community Action Programme Mandatory Work Activity Sector Based Work Academies Work Programme Steps to Work Day One Support for Young People Trailblazer Derbyshire “Trailblazer” Mandatory Youth Activity Programme Help to Work

Workfare Providers ('Primes')	A4e Avanta BEST Careers Development Group Employment and Skills Group EOS G4S Ingeus Maximus Newcastle College Pertemps People Development Groups Prospects Services Reed Rehab Seetec Serco Working Links

Workfare Companies	List of British organisations who have participated in workfare programmes

Opposition	Boycott Workfare Solidarity Federation

Litigation	R v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, ex p Reilly Department for Work and Pensions v Information Commissioner

Legislation	Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013

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