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Marks & Spencer - Lone Parents Returning to Work

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Lone Parents Returning to Work offers a powerful combination of a three-day pre-employment course and hands-on work experience, which greatly improves the chances of getting a job.
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Updated: September 2009
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Marks & Spencer's scheme is boosting single parents' confidence and helping them move into work

Marks & Start is the largest work experience programme in the UK. Single parents who've taken part in the programme tell us that it has given them a confidence boost, a sense of direction, purpose, and a new awareness of the help that's on offer - and, of course, a reference from one of the most respected high street names.

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How does it work?

In just three weeks most parents develop by leaps and bounds. Travel costs and meals are paid for by Marks & Spencer, and a uniform is provided too.


 

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Who can join the Programme?

You can join the programme if you are:

  • a single parent/ sole guardian
  • a mother or father with children of school age (aged 16 years old and under)
  • out of the job market and actively considering returning to work.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and will be subject to the selection criteria of Marks & Spencer.

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Here is what parents who have taken part themselves have to say:

Julie Richie

Sandra Johnstone

Karen Wallder
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For more information:
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Call our Marks & Start number on 0800 652 3166 (calls are free from landlines, but call costs from mobiles vary) , or go to Lone Parents Returning to Work on the Marks & Start website.
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