If you exploit us we will shut you down.
On Saturday morning, as shoppers begun to fill the pavements of the Capital’s busiest shopping street, a small cabal of people – from bearded Socialist Workers to trendy young things nursing hangovers – gathered to name and shame shops which continue to take part in the Government’s workfare schemes. The more nimble among the crowd … Read more
A4e – Action 4 Emma?
“A4e is a social purpose company with one sole aim. To improve people’s lives around the world. We do this by helping them to find work, skills, direction – or whatever it is they need.” This is how A4e (Action 4 employment) – the company that recently finds itself central to a rapidly escalating scandal … Read more
A brief note on Ed Miliband’s speech
When I was working as a community worker last year I ran a ‘breakfast club’ for the residents of a group of high rise blocks in Nottingham. The aim of the club was to bring people together who would otherwise not have much of a chance to socialise and to advise these people with their … Read more
Young, Gifted and Unemployed
It would be unfair of me not to admit a vested interest here. I am one of the roughly 943 000 young people (16-24 year olds) in this country who doesn’t have a job and it makes me feel a little on edge. The situation in which I find myself, newly graduated and without a … Read more
