Background

We are an organisation quite unlike any other. Our work tackles social exclusion and poverty head on by helping disadvantaged individuals and communities.

 

We believe long-term employment is the best route out of poverty. Since 2000, we have helped over 120,000  people across the UK back into the workplace through our work in communities.

 

We use a holistic approach to deliver effective solutions, which help more than just the individual by making communities a better place to live and work.

 

As a public-private-voluntary company owned by the government’s Shareholder Executive, Manpower, Capgemini and Mission Australia, we combine the expertise of three sectors to address the real needs of communities and businesses.

 

Profit is not our main focus. Our shareholders endorse the organisation’s social purpose and are interested in how we can create long-term value.

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This means we invest in the quality of our services and the communities where we operate.

 

In 2004 we launched an independent charitable trust, The Links Foundation. They invest in valuable community projects and so far the Foundation has donated £3 million.

 

We have grown over the years and operate in more than 100 locations across Great Britain and we deliver more than 80 contracts. Our workforce has increased to more than 1,400.