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Post by andrewbrown on Jul 12, 2023 17:11:44 GMT
I know that reading posts isn't your strong point, but even your quote shows that it is Vinny's idea rather than mine. I'm just pointing out that we had something similar previously, which as noted wasn't really that successful.How are you measuring success? - I seem to remember that Remploy was pretty good at giving the disabled a job and thus contributing to society and improving their mental wellbeing. The factories closed because they were not getting enough orders, but as they were not originally designed as a commercial operation that should not have mattered - Peter Hain who was instrumental in closing them down has a lot to answer for. Commercially. Agree, but at the end of the day it didn't provide a return on investment, which is the purpose of a business. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Jul 12, 2023 17:15:27 GMT
Was Remploy created as a profit-making business or as a means of rehabilitating disabled people and preparing them to (re)join the workforce if and when able to do so? Surely that was the RoI which was sought.
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Post by andrewbrown on Jul 12, 2023 17:19:30 GMT
My understanding was that it was to employ people who would otherwise be unable to work, rather than rehabilitate them, but I could be wrong.
(Csn you rehabilitate a disabled person?)
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Post by Pacifico on Jul 12, 2023 17:23:15 GMT
On 29th April 1946, the doors of the Remploy Factory in Bridgend, Wales opened to admit the company’s very first group of disabled workers. Conceived towards the end of the Second World War, Remploy was established by the British Government to provide sheltered employment – a term used to denote workplaces dedicated to employing disabled people in an environment ‘sheltered’ from the competitive pressures of the open employment market.
Remploy: 75 years of Remploy Factories
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Post by zanygame on Jul 12, 2023 17:24:06 GMT
Was Remploy created as a profit-making business or as a means of rehabilitating disabled people and preparing them to (re)join the workforce if and when able to do so? Surely that was the RoI which was sought. Remploy's downfall was in good part created by the minimum wage which meant what was low paid work for those no able to produce much, was no longer sustainable. Apologise if that's wrong, going from memory here. |
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