Mencap Sponsor Workfare Award At Poverty Pimp Love In
Decent people everywhere will be appalled to learn that the charity Mencap recently sponsored an award at the first ever ERSA Employability Awards.
ERSA are the trade body who were formed in 2005 to lie on behalf of the money grabbing welfare-to-work industry . They represent the companies such as A4e and G4S who are being paid billions to harass and bully benefit claimants on the Government’s Work Programme.
Despite a disastrous year for this sector, during which almost no-one has found work through the Work Programme, ERSA seem to have plenty of cash to splash out on a back-slapping awards ceremony. Even the skiving Employment Minister Mark Hoban managed to drag himself off his tax-payer funded silk cushions to turn up for a free drink.
Mencap sponsored the Large Employer of the Year Award, at a cost of a cool £1000 according to advance publicity for the awards (pdf)
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