Daily Archives: Monday, September 3, 2012

Workfare presents a difficult PR question for the sector

The charity sector doesn’t seem to have much to say about the government’s new “workfare” scheme, announced last week, that will see 6,000 unemployed 18 to 24-year-olds required to work unpaid for 30 hours a week. However, like it or not, it is the sector’s problem. The terms “voluntary organisation” and “charity” were being bandied… Read more »