Stress and depression can affect people in many ways – but a new provision is helping people to work through their problems and get back to work

Giving a leg-up to businesses in the north-west is helping new start-ups thrive – with much of the credit rightly going to the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s Business Start-Up programme

John Wright, National Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), anwers our quick-fire questions

With skills shortages opening up across the country, there’s never been a better time to invest in older employees

Big businesses are not the only ones facing tight times in the recession. We find out why it’s important to keep supporting small charities – and how they can help themselves

Keeping a sense of independence is crucially important to users of social care services – and that’s where Direct Payments and Personal Budgets come in

With A4e forging ahead as something of a leader in global social policy, we take a look at the effect the recession is having across its international network

David Freud – soon to be Lord Freud – a former banker whose life has been full of colour and controversy, now has one of the most sobering jobs in politics. He’s trying to figure out how best the Flexible New Deal can be made to work as thousands more join the dole queue every month

Will the government’s Flexible New Deal be enough to stem rising unemployment in the wake of the recession?

A4e's Exec Chair Mark Lovell shares his views on employment and enterprise

A4e's Cumbria monthly newsletter, A4e celebrates success through delivery in Cumbria

Local lad David Wren completed the FTET Gateway To Work course with TWL. He sat their initial assessment and was assessed at entry level 3 Numeracy.

A4e client secures a job with top employer Rolls Royce

A4e delivers frontline public services on an increasingly global basis. Operating from over 200 locations, A4e now operates in the EU, Middle East, Africa and Australasia. Our customers / service users are individuals, organisations and communities. Our funders are Governments and their agencies and departments.

A4e delivers frontline public services on an increasingly global basis. Operating from over 200 locations, A4e now operates in the EU, Middle East, Africa and Australasia. Our customers / service users are individuals, organisations and communities. Our funders are Governments and their agencies and departments.