Charity Slams Osborne's Workfare - These Placements Are Not Voluntary

Reblogged from the void:
A centre for volunteers in Liverpool has issued a strong statement rejecting George Osborne's plan for mass workfare.
Beginning in April next year thousands of unemployed people will be forced into six month workfare placements with charities or community organisations.  The scheme is a huge roll out of mandatory workfare and depends on the so-called voluntary sector playing ball to be successful.
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Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 19, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs