We recently published the Ipswich snippet from poverty YMCA Training’s getting ready for the Work Programme publication and subsequently how YMCA Training is refusing to comment about such publication.
To really rub salt in to the wounds, YMCA Training is very proud to disclose on their website how it safeguards children and vulnerable adults. This happens to be merely PR spin and to please both the DWP and Learning Skills Council (where the majority of their income is from). The snippets are as follows:
About Us: Safeguarding and Equality & Diversity
Safeguarding and Equality & Diversity
YMCA Training is committed to ensuring all our learners, staff and volunteers, are effectively safeguarded.
To help us do this we have a number of initiatives in place, including a team of local safeguarding advisers, a national safeguarding manager, comprehensive recruitment policies and a variety of training opportunities for staff and volunteers.
We aim to foster a culture of openness, safety and communication in order to deliver our vision of training in a safe environment.
Work with Us: Safeguarding young people & vulnerable adults
Safeguarding young people & vulnerable adults
The security and wellbeing of our participants is of overriding importance to us and we take great care to ensure that all new staff are checked for their suitability to work with young people and/or vulnerable adults.
If you are successful in your application to join us, your details will be sent to the Criminal Records Bureau where an Enhanced Disclosure Report will be prepared by Bureau staff. An Enhanced Disclosure will show all convictions, cautions and further relevant ‘soft information’ held by national and local police forces.
A copy of this report will be sent to you. The report will help determine your suitability for the post you have applied for or you are occupying. Please note: only those convictions, cautions etc that are relevant to the position will affect our decision in relation to suitability.
You must disclose any convictions (including those that are considered ‘spent’ under the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act and driving offences) on your application form or during the recruitment process and you should ensure that the references that you give are relevant and appropriate to your employment history.
YMCA Training reserves the right to rescind any offer of employment, or terminate your employment, if your CRB check or references do not meet the standards required.
It is official. Christian poverty pimp YMCA Training’s Dencora House Detention Centre is a sex offender haven. We do not know whether such offenders were regarding sex offences on children, women or men, but YMCA Training have proudly disclosed in their “YMCA Training – getting ready for the Work Programme” PR publication that several customers [...]
The Information Commissioner’s Office has ruled that YOUR data is to be abused by Welfare to Work Providers. The following acts are perfectly fine to their understanding: The disclosure of your personal data to any organisation The retention of your contact details for a time they deem fit Transfer of details anywhere in the world [...]
It has been quite a while since we last used the phrase “Storm Dencora House”. It was a fraud by New Deal prime contractor YMCA Training, to dismiss Andrew Coates a deemed trouble maker for making comments on his blog showing YMCA Training and Dencora House Detention Centre in a bad light although fully truthful, whilst being paid full 13 weeks monies even though Andy spent no more than an hour and such dismissal decision was decided before he even attended.
There is a rumour going around on private groups on Social Networking websites such as facebook that on Monday 24th January 2011, a group of people will indeed “Storm Dencora House”! Rather than being a Health & Safety concern as previously stated for merely a blog comment, it appears under the surface of what appears to be an event bringing disorder and repute over the injustice unemployed people are suffering and will suffer, it will actually be more of a well-mannered protest in White House Road against the christian organisation YMCA Training and the ConDem(n) Government’s Work Programme plans of 7 years detention at YMCA Training’s Dencora House Detention Centre open prison while the likes of YMCA Training dish out 3 year sanctions to participants starting off with 3 months, shortly followed by 6 months, and the big one… 3 years!
There is no public event for such on facebook etc. so I cannot see how it is being organised or how many people would be turning up – and whether its local people or those coming from a far just to cause trouble. Whether its actually going ahead is unknown but there is talk of disruption to the access of Dencora House business units so I assuming a group of people will be sitting in front of the Dencora House Detention Centre gates obstructing access with picket signs and slogans etc., although someone suggested baracading the entrance with vehicles such as a white transit van so the people are less likely to be moved so easily by police.
The good news is there has been no comments suggesting any sort of criminal damage, vandalism or severe disorder against a person or property. The time hasn’t been confirmed and its likely that the people all know each other and communicate this via telephone or text message to avoid this being revealed to the public. Some people suggested similar action to the likes of A4e (who actually don’t have a place in the area – so I assume they mean subcontractor Reed) and TNG. I think the focus will be on YMCA Training.
So this appears to be a well-mannered event anyone interested in joining will have to find the private group on facebook. I don’t have a facebook account so I only know this by an email I received. If anyone is in the area and can take photos on their camera phone etc. if they see any protests please do so and upload to the internet so we can all see. Of course, if you know any more details feel free to comment below.
