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First Skills Successes For Working Links In South Tyneside
21 January 2008
A new training programme which helps unemployed people learn and retain skills to move into work, has had its first two successes - both in South Tyneside.

National Career Award scooped by out of work single mum
15 November 2007
A 42 year old single mother of four has won a national career development award - and yet she's been out of work for nearly ten years.

BRIGHTON MUM SCOOPS NATIONAL CAREER AWARD
10 November 2007
An unemployed Brighton mum of four has beaten off tough competition to win a national career development award.

Young disabled entrepreneur looks forward to a soapy future
6 November 2007
There can be few people more inspiring than 24-year-old Glasgow entrepreneur Steven Brockett. Overcoming the many barriers associated with a physical disability, he has proved he has just what it takes to develop his own business.

PROGRAMME FOR EX-OFFENDERS WINS NATIONAL AWARD
6 November 2007
Warbarth, the innovative Cornish programme that helps ex-offenders turn their lives around, won national recognition yesterday during the acclaimed Justice Awards.

PILOT SCHEME OPENS UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SINGLE PARENTS
16 October 2007
Working Links clients from its Lone Parent programme in the most deprived areas of the east end of Glasgow are set to follow their dream career in the health industry thanks to a pilot training programme.

HOMELESS JOBSEEKER COOKS UP A BRIGHTER FUTURE
20 August 2007
In less than six months Chris Cassidy has turned his life completely around. He has gone from being homeless and living in a Glasgow hostel to becoming a commis chef at one of the most prestigious addresses in the city.

PAISLEY WOMAN OVERCOMES ALL TO LAUNCH HER OWN BUSINESS
16 August 2007
When Paisley childcare worker Fiona Campbell launches her own business next week it will mark a major achievement for her. For the 36-year-old has broken through the barriers of dyslexia, depression and diabetes to reach her dream of being her own boss.

New Hope for Jobless in North East
31 July 2007
Working Links is pleased to announce that they have won a multi million pound contract from the Learning and Skills Council to provide basic literacy, numeracy, language and employability skills to jobseekers across the North East. The voluntary scheme that will be available to anyone currently unemployed in the region, will help some of the most disadvantaged people in Britain.

Programme for ex-offenders wins national award
27 July 2007
Just one year after its launch Warbarth, the innovative Cornish programme that helps ex-offenders get back on track again, has received national acclaim with a high profile award.

Communities reached by working links programme
26 July 2007
More than 200 people have already benefited from a new Working Links programme that aims to help some of the most disadvantaged communities in Glasgow.

Contract to provide new hope and more jobs
25 July 2007
Working Links has won a major contract that will create more jobs and help some of the most disadvantaged people in Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway and Inverclyde.

Teams take the challenge and make a difference
24 July 2007
More than 120 people from Working Links joined forces to help make a difference to the lives of people across Newcastle.

Working Links Plans for Future with PCS
23 July 2007
Working Links, the public private voluntary organisation which has helped over 80,000 long-term unemployed people back into work in Britain, has signed a strategic agreement with the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the country's sixth largest TUC Union.

New Hope for Jobless in North East
19 July 2007
Working Links is pleased to announce that they have won a £6 million contract from the Learning and Skills Council to provide basic literacy, numeracy, language and employability skills to jobseekers across the North East. The voluntary scheme that will be available to anyone currently unemployed in the region, will help some of the most disadvantaged people in Britain.

Conservatives must look at holistic solutions to today's challenges
16 July 2007
Working Links welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the work of the Conservatives' social Justice Policy Group.

Unique autism programme piloted in derby
2 July 2007
Derby's Working Links team are piloting a unique training programme to help those with autism and Asperger syndrome find work.

Ed Balls speaks about delivering solutions on childcare and child poverty
29 June 2007
Working Links partnered with the Daycare Trust, Britain's leading research and campaigning organisation on childcare, to host their annual conference; 'Childcare and Child Poverty - Delivering Solutions'. This event was part of a series of events held to mark National Childcare Week.

Celebrating diversity
31 May 2007
On 25 May, Working Links launched our new office in Tower Hamlets, East London, with a vibrant open evening which clients, local employers and community leaders attended.

Diane Abbott MP praises Working Links project in Hackney
20 May 2007
Working Links recently welcomed Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, to our office in Hackney so she could get a glimpse of the work we are doing with local lone parents.

Perfect partners
16 May 2007
Working Links is joining forces with Daycare Trust to support National Childcare Week, 11-15 June 2007, and are partnering with them in their National Childcare Week Conference on 13 June 2007.

PAUL BEATS THE ODDS TO MAKE A FRESH START
30 March 2007
Setting up his own business was simply a pipe dream to Paul Jarrett. Ill health had forced him to give up his long held job as a gamekeeper and he was told he was unlikely he would ever work again.

INSTRUCTOR ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS THANKS TO WORKING LINKS
30 March 2007
When Jeff Picking was involved in a road accident that left him severely injured, it could have meant the end of his dream to become a motorbike instructor.

DAVID SECURES NEW JOB AGAINST ALL ODDS
30 March 2007
After a year of unemployment, David Hardy feared he would never find work again. But thanks to help from employment specialists Working Links, he found himself in the enviable position of being offered not one but three jobs and is now in a job that he enjoys.

ACADEMY TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS
30 March 2007
Jobseekers that have been out of work for some time are being invited along to a recruitment event hosted by Working Links on Wednesday 11th April.

BREAKFAST EVENT MARKS MAJOR MILESTONE FOR LONE PARENTS
30 March 2007
Organisations from across Gwent will be joining Working Links on Friday to celebrate helping 100 lone parents break down the barriers to find jobs.

TEAM CELEBRATES SUCCESS
30 March 2007
Three years after opening their door to the public, the team at Bootle's Working Links are marking their anniversary with a celebration at the town's Assembly Hall on Friday 23rd March.

JOBSEEKERS DIG IN TO SPRUCE UP PARK
30 March 2007
Volunteers joined forces to help spruce up their neighbourhood and improve the public space around a children's play area in Stonehouse, Plymouth.

DIGGING IN TO HELP THE COMMUNITY
30 March 2007
Jobseekers will be donning their wellies next week and joining the team at Working Links, among others, to add a splash of colour to the parks in Stonehouse in Plymouth.

Budget 2007 Response
21 March 2007
Keith Faulkner, managing director, Working Links:
"We welcome the announcements made by the Chancellor in his Budget today that reinforce the Government's support for increasing working opportunities for all.

LONE PARENTS INVITED TO EXPLORE THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS
19 March 2007
Free event for lone parents and children at Glasgow Science Centre.

MP CELEBRATES PAISLEY JOB SUCCESS
19 March 2007
Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander MP visits local employment office to celebrate 500 back to work
Paisley: 16 March 2007: Labour MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South met jobseekers and people who have found work after long periods of unemployment during a visit to a local employment office on Friday.

MP CELEBRATES 500 JOBLESS INTO WORK
12 March 2007
The MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South will meet jobseekers and people who have found work after long periods of unemployment during a visit to a local employment office on Friday.

LONE PARENTS DISCOVER THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS
08 March 2007
Lone parents given free advice on how to re-enter the world of work.

CELEBRATING SUCCESS OF PLYMOUTH'S KICK OFF SCHEME
6 March 2007
Plymouth Argyle and Working Links celebrated the success of the Kick Off scheme at Sunday's Football League Awards. The Kick Off team attended the event at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London, after being nominated for the Community Initiative of the Year Award.

FREUD REPORT: REVIEW OF WELFARE REFORM
5 March 2007
Opportunity for media comment from Working Links, experts on unemployment and the welfare state

ePOLITIX CONSULTATION
5 March 2007 Stakeholders' response.

A POSITIVE WAY TO WORK
February 2007
Four months ago Sharon Johnson had been unemployed for over seven years and was starting to worry she would never work again. Sharon, 44 from Derby, is deaf and uses British Sign Language to communicate.

Lone parents invited to discover their employment options
20 February 2007
Free advice to parents on how to re-enter the world of work

A new lease of life
When David Southworth was told he would lose his eyesight, his world was turned upside down.

WORKING TOGETHER FOR PLYMOUTH
Event celebrates the launch of new employment initiative

A fresh start
Last New Year Theresa Emmanuel couldn't afford to celebrate and the thought of another year of unemployment was a scary prospect.

Saving for the future
Local employment service celebrates Child Trust Fund week by hosting a free workshop for lone parents.

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