WORK IN ACTION
"NEVER CURB YOUR AMBITION"
WELCOME TO WORK IN ACTION
"NEVER CURB YOUR AMBITION"
WELCOME TO WORK IN ACTION
"NEVER CURB YOUR AMBITION"
Who we are
Work in Action is an employment and skills provider, providing opportunities and support for unemployed people across Newham and Surrounding boroughs. We provide community-based employment support through outreach sessions at libraries, community venues and other local settings.
We aspire to ensure that every user has a positive experience and a genuine opportunity to change their lives for the better.
We have over 25 years' experience of delivering employment and skills programmes, with our staff having successfully led on a range of national and locally commissioned contracts, including the former Work Programme, the former Troubled Families Programme, the Skills Support for the Unemployed Programme, alongside other employment and skills initiatives.
We are a team of experienced practitioners looking to work and build in local communities with local people.
Our causes
We work with individuals who have struggled to gain employment, & with those who have little or no family support or social networks, who may also struggle with other issues such as homelessness, substance addiction, mental health, and offending.
Our approach is to encourage service users to develop employability & life skills that will allow them to live independently so that they are able to change their lives for the long term.
All of our programmes offer tailored one-to-one support & ensure that our clients have a plan in place to achieve their aspirations & goals for a better quality of life, working with us directly or with our supportive network of partners for sign posting, as needed.
Our Vision
Our core believe is that you should never curb your our ambition.
We believe that anyone who needs our services, regardless of background, ability, or start in life, should have the same opportunities to ultimately reach their full potential and change their lives for the better, at any stage in their lives.
Our Mission
To provide our service users with fully inclusive experiences and opportunities to flourish, with full support to help them overcome any challenges they experience, in order to ensure that they are genuinely able to succeed. So that they can make a difference, not only to their lives but to those around them.
What we offer
We offer a range of innovative projects and interventions for both younger and older adults currently unemployed and looking to get back into work, including work experience, work trials, and training (with a range of employers, and organisations), ultimately leading to employment.
Never curb your ambition
Your ambitions are boundless, limitless, and ageless-never allow yourself to think otherwise.
Whether you are an older service user who thinks that you are too old to take on that new role, or build that new career. Or a younger client, who may be labelled as irresponsible, unreliable, or feckless-seemingly resulting in a lack of opportunity, or a chance to progress. Too often it is these assumptions and barriers that can prevent us from seeing what is really possible.
So let’s break down these barriers, ‘lift the ceiling on our thinking’ & explore the ambition that drives us all. Then let’s see where it takes us.
Our holistic approach allows us to work in a more bespoke way with our service users. We believe that each service user is unique, with different strengths, character traits, and needs. For example, we understand that individuals based on their current circumstances, may initially want to gain work experience in a more relaxed & less challenging environment, whilst still learning valuable skills. This is why we offer work placements in both the voluntary and commercial sector.
Individuals gaining work experience in the voluntary sector can learn and grow in a more comfortable environment, building up their skills and confidence levels gradually at their own pace until they are ready to take on the rigours & benefits of a commercial sector work placement.
We work directly with organisations in both the voluntary and commercial sector, ensuring that the needs of the individual are closely matched with the employer. The ultimate aim being to secure employment in a step-by-step process that includes ongoing support for both the employee and the employer.