The missing link: NEET provision in the Spring Budget
In this article, Elizabeth Taylor and Jack Farnhill-Bain explore the missed opportunity to reach 485,000 able young people in the Spring Budget’s Back to Work…
Employment Related Services Association (ERSA)
Employment Related Services Association (ERSA)
Successful campaign unlocks funding for marginalised unemployed
The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) has welcomed the lifting of a government restriction which will enable local authorities across England to allocate UK Shared…
Instilling belief through creative engagement
Distilling practitioners’ expertise from this year’s ERSA Conference, CEO Elizabeth Taylor reflects on the sector’s skill in helping people tread the right path toward work.…
Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) Awards 2022 highlight sector’s unsung heroes
Awards winners are pinnacle of industry ready to help jobseekers weather the storm of recession The highest achievers in an industry standing ready to support…
Following JETS’ successful flight path
Borne out of crisis and mobilised at breakneck speed, the JETS employability programme broke many barriers: for its participants, and the organisations delivering it. Its…
Mini Budget offers mini impact on UK’s missing workforce
On 23rd September, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a shakeup of the benefits system to “get Britain working again” as part of a series of headline-grabbing…
The ERSA Awards 2022: A decade of achievements
It’s time to recognise your staff and organisation’s achievements in a remarkable year… Celebrating their tenth year, the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) Awards are…
Just the Job: We fill vacancies
The “most important Employability Day ever” on 17 June 2022 is a crucial opportunity for the employment support sector to flex its muscles. Getting back…
ERSA’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund Statement
ERSA’s (@ersa_news) UK Shared Prosperity Fund Statement Nearly five years after it was first promised in the 2017 Conservative general election manifesto, the announcement of…
Way to Work: “Any job now” is no solution to UK labour crisis
As the DWP announces its Way to Work campaign – its first major employability push for 2022 – the headlines herald half a million people…