Shaw Trust statement on Flexible New Deal Phase One

Shaw Trust is disappointed not to have been awarded preferred bidder status at this stage of round one of Flexible New Deal. We feel that we made a sensible and practical bid in light of the current economic climate and also took into account the fact that the DWP have said they will be soon be implementing a star rating system which will include measuring actual performance against tender projections. We feel very strongly that the Third Sector has an important role to play in welfare reform. Shaw Trust is a major third sector provider of employment programmes for disabled and disadvantaged people, beating the best of the private sector in the delivery of programmes such as Pathways to Work. We are sorry that it now looks unlikely that the first wave of Flexible New Deal customers will not benefit from our experience.

ends

 Back to Press Releases