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CDG calls for Summit on W2W Volunteering Model

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

To coincide with the annual Civil Service Live Conference at Olympia this week (July 6-8), The Careers Development Group (CDG) is making a “call to action”, proposing “professional/volunteer hybrid model”, with businesses and the Welfare to Work sector collaborating to identify and utilise expert volunteers.
 
Roy O’Shaughnessy, Chief Executive of CDG, said: “With the public [...]

W2W Convention: Work Programme Prospectus

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Inclusion’s Welfare to Work Convention in Liverpool has got underway with a substantial industry turnout, all eager to find out the latest welfare reform developments.  
 
Chris Grayling, Minister for Employment, delivered the opening plenary session. His speech reiterated much of what is already known around the Government’s welfare reform plans, although there was clear emphasis [...]

Ministerial Round Table on The Work Programme

Monday, June 21st, 2010

DWP are formulating a special Ministerial Round Table to progress plans for transition to the Work Programme. The Round Table is understood to be made up of a number of notable industry figures, including representation from A4e, Skills Training UK, Serco, Ingeus, Working Links, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and the British Association of Supported Employment. [...]

FourstaR and SCVO scoop DWP Excellence Awards

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

FourstaR Employment & Skills and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) were amongst the winners at the inaugural DWP Supplier Excellence Awards presented by Leigh Lewis, Permanent Secretary to DWP, in London today.
 
FourstaR won the Innovation Award for the delivery of Flexible New Deal in Birmingham & Solihull, whilst SCVO won in the [...]

TAEN seek input on 50+ Good Practice Guide

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

TAEN, The Age and Employment Network, has been commissioned by the DWP to produce and disseminate a new 50+ Good Practice Guide, and have asked Carley Consult to help them engage potential users to review the prototype.
 
The Guide is primarily designed to help front line staff in prime contractor organisations, and their sub-contractors, who are [...]

Grayling and Freud Set Out Work Programme Agenda

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Chris Graying and Lord Freud addressed an audience of providers for the first time today in their new capacities as Ministers of State at the Department for Work & Pensions. The event in London, hosted by Alan Cave of DWP’s Delivery Directorate, provided the first insight as to how the new Government’s welfare reform agenda [...]

Duncan Smith’s First Speech on Welfare Reform

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Following on from the announcement of the new Welfare Reform Bill in the Queen’s Speech earlier this week, Iain Duncan Smith has made his first keynote speech as Secretary of State for Work & Pensions. The speech coincided with the publication of the Government’s State of the Nation Report on Poverty, Worklessness and Welfare Dependency.
 
The [...]

Carley Consult Delivers Success in Australia

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Carley Consult is pleased to announce that our clients, Ostara Australia, have enjoyed success in the recent Department for Employment & Welfare Relations tender round for the New Employment Service and Innovation Fund in Australia. Ostara Australia is a not-for-profit organisation and one of the largest  nationwide providers of specialised employment programmes in Australia, delivered [...]

Carley Consult Grand Prix Challenge

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Jim Carley, Managing Director of Carley Consult, is undertaking a special running challenge, which has already raised over £1,000 for charity. The original plan was to run 26 miles around two of the UK’s most famous motor racing circuits, in the form of the Brands Hatch Half Marathon and the Silverstone Half Marathon. The Brands [...]

London’s Welfare to Work Convention 2009

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Jim Carley, Managing Director of Carley Consult Ltd, was one of the presenters at CESI’s Welfare to Work Convention for London held on 17th February. He delivered a briefing session under the title of “Flexible New Deal Subcontracting - Lessons for Small, Specialist and Third Sector Providers“. A copy of Jim’s presentation slides from the [...]