Background
Working Links is 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 90,000 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 partnership between 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.
This means we invest in the quality of 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 £1.2 million.
Working Links has grown over the years and
operates in more than 90 locations across England, Scotland and
Wales and delivers more than 70 contracts. Its workforce has
increased to more than 1,200. As a people-focused organisation, it
was listed as one of the best companies to work for in the Times
100 Best Companies 2007.