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2nd February 2012

DISABILITY WORKS UK STATEMENT

Disability Works UK is a not-for-profit consortium of eight national disability charities that have come together to provide tailored employment support to disabled people. Disability Works UK is not involved in the delivery of the government's Workfare scheme.

Disability Works UK has secured a number of sub-contracts to deliver the Work Programme; the government's employment initiative aimed at supporting long-term unemployed and disabled people into work. This programme is not related in any way to the Workfare scheme.

Through the Work Programme, Disability Works UK provides tailored support and training, including interview practice, skills development, help with job applications, CV writing and in-work support. We also work with employers to ensure that people are well supported in their roles.

Given the combined expertise of our members, we feel that we are ideally and uniquely placed to be able to offer disabled people high quality support that meets their individual needs. We are engaging with the Work Programme to ensure that people receive this tailored support, which we know works; and to give disabled people the best possible chance of success of securing a job.

DWUK believes that sanctions do not incentivise disabled people to look for work, nor do they give them the confidence to do so. DWUK will not be directly involved in delivering sanctions. This will continue to be the role of the DWP via Job Centre Plus.

13th October 2011

The Disability Works UK launch took place at the House of Lords on Thursday 13th October 2011 with speeches from Lord Low of Dalston and Susan Scott-Parker OBE, the founder and chief executive of Employers’ Forum on Disability.

Please visit the DWUK Launch page to see some photographs of the event.

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