Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Bob Blyth
The VWP is offering a training package, free of charge, that
enables participants to help deliver employment rights courses to groups of workers
will lead to volunteer placement opportunities with the VWP and a course certificate
has full expenses paid
is suitable for people who are interested in helping their community
does not require any previous experience of delivering training.
The […]
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Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Bob Blyth
One of the aims of the VWP is to capture what is happening in the workplace as far as workers in cleaning, security and other Building Services are concerned, The VWP is in a unique position of reporting, directly to Government, workers’ views on what their situation at work is like and we will be making […]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Bob Blyth
If you work in Building Services, you can always tell us about your employment - what problems you have, what it is like to work there, what is good about your employment by going to our Contact Us section on the left hand side of this page. All comments will be treated confidentially.
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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Bob Blyth
The VWP has commissioned 5 projects that, taken together, will help ensure that workers obtain their full employment rights - two projects use training to reach workers, 1 uses employers another the media and another offers in-depth specialist employment rights advice. The 5 projects are
‘English and Employment Rights’- a course that will deliver ESOL accredited to Level 1 Skills […]
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Posted on January 8th, 2008 by Bob Blyth
The VWP, along with RNIB and DeafPlus, are holding a workshop on developing practical measures to improve the working environment for workers with sensory impairments. The workshop will be held on Monday, 18th February, 9.30am - 4.30pm at Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1. With all parties announcing a drive to encourage claimants on […]
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Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Bob Blyth
The VWP and Tower Hamlets Community Organisation Forum (COF) are holding a joint Public Meeting, ‘Making Employment Secure, Empowering Communities’ on Thursday, 24th January, 6.00pm - 8.00pm at Canary Wharf Recruitment and Training Centre, 9 Jessop Square, Heron Quay E14 4JB. Guest speaker will be local MP, Jim Fitzpatrick. The meeting will make a presentation of […]
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Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Bob Blyth
The VWP, together with Working Families, is holding a workshop on Work-life Issues in the Building Services Sector on Friday, January 18th, 9.30am-4.30pm at Congress House, Great Russell Street. The workshop will develop action points to ensure that low waged workers can fully access the provisions in the working Families Act including
raising awareness of employment rights in the […]
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Posted on December 20th, 2007 by Bob Blyth
The VWP is making grants from £500 to £10,000 available to community/voluntary groups, trade unions, faith organisations and employers for projects that help improve workers in the Building Services sector secure their employment rights.
Applications for funding should be targeted to include workers who are employed in the Building Services sector in Tower Hamlets or City of London areas. However, projects […]
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