Communities that Work
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#CommunitiesthatWork Linking Housing, Employment and Government.
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Great to partner with @southernhousing to welcome Kevin McKenna MP to the Swale JobsPlus hub today. Fantastic to showcase the work the team is doing to support local people into meaningful, sustainable employment. #CtW #CommunitiesThatWork #JobsPlus #EmploymentSupport
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📢 The JobsPlus Evaluation Report is out! As outlined by Amy in the blog below, the programme is already making a big impact in communities. Join the webinar on Nov 5 to explore the findings & what’s next for JobsPlus. 👉 Register: https://t.co/RVvnSKzgOn
In a new blog, Amy Fox summarises the results of the interim JobsPlus pilot evaluation: https://t.co/yHasPwU14K, in advance of the IES webinar in November which will explore additional emerging results, and what they mean for future policy and practice: https://t.co/0XSpdMJVVe
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📚 #GetTheNationLearning Week is just a week away! We’re proud to support @LearnWorkUK’s campaign championing lifelong learning - vital for helping people gain skills & secure sustainable jobs in a changing economy. Learn more 👉 https://t.co/bKGnf94QrJ
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⏰ Last chance! Take part in the Housing, Growth & Green Jobs Alliance survey today. Your input will help shape research on how social housing can contribute to the UK’s green transition. 👉 https://t.co/jnG1jBlgFW
#GreenJobs #SocialHousing #NetZero #Retrofit #Skills
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A new @UniofEastAnglia study shows third-sector services, like housing associations, are more effective than govt programmes in helping the long-term unemployed. The key? 💡 Focus on people’s strengths 🤝 Long-term support 🏘️ Community roots Read more:
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Mainstream/statutory Micro-Enterprise-and-Employment-Support-Services (MEESS) have delivered poor outcomes for disadvantaged individuals and deprived areas. In ...
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At #LabourConference we hosted a #CommunitiesThatWork panel with @PlusDaneHousing on JobsPlus, focused on tackling unemployment and inactivity in social housing. Huge thanks to @tobyperkinsmp and John Grady MP for their insights! #SocialHousing #Employment
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📢 Tomorrow at #LabourPartyConference: A Place to Live, A Way to Work Join us to explore how housing associations can help deliver Labour’s 80% employment target. 🗓 Tue 30 Sept, 16:30–18:00 📍 Atlantic Pavilion, Albert Dock 👉 Sign up:
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Join Communities at Work at the Labour Party Conference for their fringe panel event, followed by complimentary teas & coffees until 6pm
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Thrilled to see coverage of the JobsPlus pilot sites this month, incl. this great piece from @FENews. Research shows social housing residents are nearly twice as likely to be out of work. Government must commit to rolling the programme out nationwide! https://t.co/jnIf4hMlA2
fenews.co.uk
| More than 700 people engaged and 150 in jobs as housing associations across England trial new model of employment support for their tenants
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🌍 Launching the Housing, Growth & Green Jobs Alliance research! A major new research project with @Evidence_First & @opergy exploring how #SocialHousing can power the UK’s #NetZero workforce. 📢 Housing providers: take our survey 👉 https://t.co/jnG1jBkIQo
#GreenJobs #CtW
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JobsPlus Webinar! 🌟 📅 Tue 16 Sept | 3:30–4:30pm “JobsPlus: A place-based approach to employment support” with @LearnWorkUK Learn more about the innovative pilot we've been supporting! Register: https://t.co/Iu3bM43ije
#CtW #JobsPlus #SocialHousing #EmploymentSupport
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On Tuesday 16 September, this webinar will showcase lessons learned from the early stages of the JobsPlus pilot in England.
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We’re excited to support the latest LEEP Forum tomorrow at Peabody HQ 🙌 Bringing landlords together to share innovation in #EnterpriseSupport & #Employment. Guest: Cathel Dennehy (Strides) on a new app tackling the #FinancialLiteracy gap for the self-employed. #CtW #LEEPForum
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Launching today at the #HousingCommunitySummit: The Housing, Growth & Green Jobs Alliance 🌍 Uniting social housing, #NetZero homes & employment sectors to drive skills & job pathways nationwide. 📢 Take part in our survey & help shape the future:
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We’re excited to be at the Housing Community Summit in Liverpool, 8–9 Sept 2025 🏘️ Join our panel: Mon 8 Sept, 3:45–5:45pm We’ll explore how social housing can drive a sustainable, skills-rich future 🌍 More info & register 👇 https://t.co/pidoK7xRO1
#netzero #CtW #greenjobs
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Join Communities that Work and our panel for a rapid update on the Housing, Growth and Green Jobs Alliance
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JobsPlus is more than employment support, it's about trust, place and people. We're pleased to see @insidehousing spotlighting how JobsPlus is transforming lives by embedding employment support at the heart of social housing communities. https://t.co/Jz7QzUQ7OG
#JobsPlus #CtW
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The August 2025 digital edition of Inside Housing is now available to subscribers
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🔐 A new youth panel (18–24, with NEET experience) will advise Govt on shaping employment support. At @CommsthatWork we welcome youth voices in policy. 🔗 https://t.co/UM7ExEmNES
#YouthEmployment #NEET #EmploymentSupport
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We loved hearing from Debbie Abrahams MP, Chair of the Work & Pensions Committee, at our parliamentary reception in May. She highlighted the importance of devolution in shaping employment support & ensuring policy reflects local needs. #CommunitiesThatWork #JobsPlus
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Great to welcome @Helen_Whately MP, Shadow Secretary for Work & Pensions, to the JobsPlus Centre in Swale. Thanks to @SouthernHsg_UK & @LearnWorkUK for supporting the visit, during which Helen met service users & staff helping residents into long-term jobs. #JobsPlus #Swale
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We were delighted to support with MP @LiamConlon2 visit to the JobsPlus site in Penge with @Clarion_Group, meeting service users & staff driving pathways to lasting employment. #JobsPlus #Penge #CommunitiesThatWork
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Big news for #YouthEmployment! We welcome the £45m Youth Guarantee trailblazers from @DWP — targeted support for NEET 18–21s, mental health & money advice, & IPS-backed provision. A win for local, joined-up action. #EconomicInclusion #CommunitiesThatWork #InclusiveGrowth
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Great to see JobsPlus featuring in the opening address, and described as part of the future for employment support here at #EmpSkills25
@MDRC_News @EmploymtStudies @natfednews
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