Shelter Cymru

The Work It Out Project

Established in March 2010 to get early advice to people threatened with redundancy or reduced hours

Low pay

Under-employment

Part-time hoursChanges to

benefits and tax credits

Rising cost of living

People in employment

Wrongly think they are not entitled to free advice

Less likely to be connected to existing support networks

Problems with practicalities of accessing advice service during working hours

Unique approach

• Taking advice to people in the workplace

• Building access to advice into health and well-being strategies

Funding

• Through the Welsh Government Homelessness Grant until April 2013

• Now a new three-year partnership with Grwp Gwalia

Working relationships

so far…

Six local authorities

Range of public and

private sector

employers

Seven unions

• Staff intranets• Union websitesAdvice online

• Display – posters etc• Leaflets included in payslips

Promo materials

• Appointments• Drop in sessionsFace-to-face

Partnership working

• Citizens Advice BABL project

• Working across three counties in south east Wales

• Aiming to extend

Work It Out and Shelter Cymru’s wider aims

Giving people

support to help

themselves

Developing services in partnership

with the people who use them

New ways of providing access to advices