Jobcentre Plus Support Contract (Nov 2009)

GOALS is now being run as part of the new JCP Support Contract provision nationally. We are training staff across the country in 8 of the 24 regions. There are 6 new modules in total to assist Jobcentre advisors in helping people back into sustainable jobs.

Motivational Systems celebrates 20th Birthday - 2009

Philip Collett set up Motivational Sytems as a way odf sharing what he learned whilst living and studying in the US. 20 years on, the company is one of the leading providers of motivational training and consultancy in the UK supporting many Prime Contractors in the welfare to work industry.

Newham Employment GOALS Project celebrates Shaw Trust's 25th Birthday -

A charity, which helps the disadvantaged, will celebrate its 25th anniversary tomorrow. The Shaw Trust in Stratford provides training and support to people who are disabled, suffer ill health or poor social circumstances. With support from the European Social Fund and the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, the Trust offers employment services from its base at the Burford Business Centre in Stratford. The charity will be marking its achievements with 25 people, who have turned their lives around with a special presentation tomorrow. The charity's project in Newham, Employment GOALS for the Disabled, has worked with 150 local people and numbers are rising fast. The project targets local people with target-focused training and practical support. They go through the intensive GOALS UK course, Once they are ready to progress, they are supported into further training and employment.

Better off all round: lone parents reveal lifestyle benefits of being in work -

An online survey among more than 1,000 lone parents in the UK has shown that over three-quarters (77%) of respondents who have gone back to work say that working has made them feel more independent and 73% felt more confident...