i am going to that,but what bugs me i only have less than 3 weeks left so time is against me,the advisor timed it well,but i will push it and i will send my story to the media hopefully maybe one mite pick it up, have you downloaded your tape on youtube.

many thanks for your reply, yes i have done the complains to the dwp and ingeus,but you know they will just ignore it, the only way to hurt them is in the pocket,but as you have pointed out even that would be hard, they just roll over people and their is no real come back at them,i am just very angry that they can do want they want,so many stories of people being abused by them.

I am with the workprogram ingeus but coming of within the next 3 weeks,now when you first go on the workprogram they ask for your consent,so they can get money for you should they get you a job etc,anyway did not sign it and did not give them my cv either as i told them i don't consent for them to job search internally for me. so about 10 months ago i got a new advisor and i use that word loosely, a few weeks with me he offered me a training role with a c.a.b, the object was to be trained up then be kept on.so i jumped at it,things were going well and then he asked me for my cv to show the c.a.b i said ok but only for the cv not for any internal job search or to be shown to anybody else,he agreed and i made him put a note of this on his computer, now to cut a very long story short,this c.a.b fell througth,but was not told about it despite me e-mailing him and phoning him on a regular basis.but i received from him just over 130 emails for job requests searches,despite me not consenting him to do so,now can i sue him or the company for breaking my consent maybe data protection to,because they cannot find any of my emails regarding this c.a.b i have asked for proof regarding this training project but they seem not to be able to find it. i am going to my local c.a.b but any advice would be help full,many thanks.

thank you for your reply, i have been takeing statments of people who are on this program,some of the stories horrible,and i have noticed a group of advisors names that keep popping up,but i will do the recordings adds to the evidence,alls we need is someone who will listen and take action,thank you.

the work program is 2 years long,now they are makeing sure you dont get a good rapure with your advisor,every 18 weeks you will be given a new advisor,and will have to do the same old thing over and over again. their is no real training programs to help you learn a skill or get a I.T. skill,but they are quite happy to sit their and look at you as if its your vault.as for the work experience for 2-4 weeks,can not understand when people say that is a good thing,when sooner or later their jobs will be on the line,and replaced by work experience.

agree, this is were we need a voice,plus some legal challange.

totally totally agree,and their is no one willing to question what is going on,the media (lets call them that) shy away from it,the advisors in these work program places only go through the motions,they are robots.most of these advisors? are on between 23 to 26 thousand pound a year,that money can be better used in putting real jobs/training for people. some of these advisors are out and out bullies they really are,they get off on a power trip.until a bodie of people get together and put peoples complaints forward under a offical banner these work program people will run riot.their must be remedy.

many thanks for your reply mate, their has been quite a few people who i know who have had these doubts put on them for very trivial reasons, from the advisors on the work program, and they never told them they were putting a doubt on them,should they at least tell them they are putting a doubt on you. the trivial reasons run from being a couple of minutes late,not bringing enought job searches in with them,but when they put the doubt on them they claim did not attend or abusive behaviour, they mainly put that one on when you ask questions. some advisors run riot to get their numbers down. internal complaints on the work program is weak at best, their has to be some kind of remedy for the people who attend these places.

hello everyone,new to the site so hear we go, i seen this on another site and it has really caught my attention. now the work program differs from the dwp,in that they are not a goverment authority,in the event you get a sanction doubt raised for non compliance,suing the dwp would be very hard,but would it be a better option,to look at going for the provider or better still the individual who raised the doubt,that would be your advisor. the act of sanctioning you will incur loss which is foreseeable,in other words they knew the effects a sanction would have on you, any thoughts.