After a four year battle, the DWP have been forced to publish the names of 534 organisations which used forced claimant labour up until January 2012.{jcomments on}

After a hugely expensive legal fight by the DWP to try to keep the names secret, they were finally forced to reveal them by the Court of Appeal last week.

Claimants may be particularly disappointed by the number of charities featured on the list.

These include: Age Concern; Age UK; Care & Repair; Citizen Advice Bureau; Help the Aged; MIND; RNID; Salvation Army.

Big businesses include: Boots; Cash Convertors; DHL: Matalan; Morrisons; Pound Stretcher; Sainsburys; Superdrug; Tesco; WH Smith; Wilkinsons.

Mandatory Work Activity, the scheme involved, forced JSA claimants to work full-time in return for their benefits. It was announced in November of last year that the scheme was to end.

However, what is not known is which organisations joined after January 2012 and so do not appear on this list. We also don’t know how many of the companies involved continued to take part even after increased publicity made it very clear that claimants were forced to take part. Some, such as Tescos and Age UK, claim they pulled out after the scheme received very negative publicity.

Claimants are now waiting to see if the new Work and Health programme, which will replace the Work Programme and for which the DWP is currently inviting expressions of interest, will also include mandatory work.

The full list of organisations is below:

  1. African Childrens Fund
  2. Abacus Children’s Wear
  3. ABCAL
  4. Ability
  5. Ace of Clubs Charity Shop
  6. Acorns
  7. Action for Disability
  8. Action Housing
  9. Active Community Team
  10. Advocacy Support
  11. Afro Caribbean Centre
  12. Age Concern
  13. Age UK
  14. Agnew Community Centre
  15. Air Ambulance
  16. Aire Valley Recycling Ltd
  17. Airedale Computers,
  18. Al-Khair Foundation
  19. All Aboard
  20. Allied Healthcare
  21. Almadene Care Home
  22. AMF Torquay Bowling Alley
  23. Amicus Horizon Housing Association
  24. Animal Krackers
  25. ARAS German Shepherd Inn
  26. ARC
  27. Archer Project
  28. Arthritis Research UK
  29. Arthur Rank
  30. Arts Factory
  31. ASAN
  32. Asda
  33. Asha Charity Shop
  34. Ashgate Hospice
  35. Aspire Community Enterprise Ltd
  36. Auchinleck Talbot F.C.
  37. Autism Plus
  38. Aylestone Park Boys Football Club
  39. Babygear
  40. Back2Earth
  41. Bangladesh People
  42. Bangladeshi ass sangag centre
  43. Barnardos
  44. Basic Life Charity
  45. B'Dwe
  46. Beaumaris Hostel
  47. Bedfordshire Education Academy
  48. Belgrave Hall Museum
  49. Bernicia Group (Social housing provider)
  50. BHF
  51. Blaby & Whetstone Boys Club
  52. Blue Cross
  53. Bluebell Wood
  54. Bookers
  55. Boots
  56. Botanical Gardens
  57. Bottle Rescue Aireworth Mill
  58. BR Environmental
  59. Bradford Autism Centre
  60. Bradford Community repaint
  61. Breaking Free
  62. Brian Jackson House
  63. Briardale Community Centre
  64. Bright House
  65. Brighton and hove wood recycling
  66. Britannia College
  67. British Heart Foundation
  68. British Red Cross
  69. British Waterways
  70. Brockhurst Community Centre
  71. Bryncynon Strategy
  72. Bryncynon Strategy
  73. Butterwick Hospice
  74. Cancer Research
  75. Cancer Uk
  76. Capability Scotland
  77. Care & Repair
  78. Carers Centre
  79. Caribbean Centre
  80. Caribbean Restaurant (Streatham)
  81. Carlisle Park
  82. Carr Vale Allotments
  83. Cash Convertors
  84. Castle Gresley Community Centre
  85. Cat Haven
  86. Cats Protection League
  87. Cauwood day services
  88. CCA Furniture Outlet
  89. Cerebal Palsey Care
  90. Changing Lives in Clevedon
  91. chapletown youth community centre
  92. Chesterfield FC Community Trust
  93. Chestnut Tree House Shop
  94. Children in Distress
  95. Children Scrapstore Reuse Centre
  96. Children Trust
  97. Childrens Society
  98. Chopsticks North Yorkshire
  99. Circulate
  100. Citizen Advice Bureau
  101. Claire House
  102. Clic Sargent
  103. Comfort Kids
  104. Community Association - Trefechan
  105. Community Re-Paint
  106. Community Resource Centre
  107. Community Voice
  108. Complete Professional Care
  109. Compton Hospice
  110. Congburn Nurseries
  111. Cooke Computers
  112. Cooke E - Learning Foundation
  113. Co-op
  114. Corby Boating Lake
  115. Cornerstone
  116. Cornwall Hospice Care
  117. County Durham Furniture Help Scheme
  118. Croydon animal samaritans
  119. CSV Media
  120. Cusworth Hall
  121. CVS Furniture
  122. Dan's Den Colwyn Bay
  123. Dapp UK
  124. DC Cleaning
  125. Deans
  126. Debra
  127. Demzela
  128. Derbyshire Timber Scheme
  129. DHL
  130. Dial Intake
  131. Didcot Railyway Museum
  132. Disabled Childrens Services
  133. Discovery Community Cafe
  134. Dogs Trust Glasgow
  135. Dogsthorpe Recycling Centre
  136. Doncaster College
  137. Doncaster Community Centre
  138. Dorothy House Hospice
  139. Dorset Reclaim
  140. Dovehouse Hospice Shop
  141. Dragon Bands
  142. Durham Wildlife Trust
  143. E Waste Solutions
  144. Earl Mountbatten Hospice
  145. East Anglia Childrens Hospice Shop
  146. East Cleveland Wildlife Trust
  147. East Durham Partnership
  148. East Midlands Islamic Relief Project
  149. East West Community Project
  150. Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
  151. eco Innovation Centre
  152. Elleanor Lion Hospice
  153. ELVON
  154. Encephalitis society
  155. English Landscapes
  156. Enhanced Care Training
  157. Enterprise UK
  158. Environmental Resource Centre
  159. Essex County Council
  160. Extra care Charitable Trust
  161. Fable
  162. Family Support
  163. Fara
  164. Fare share Malmo Food Park
  165. Featherstone Rovers
  166. Fenland District Council
  167. First Fruits
  168. FN! Eastbourne
  169. Foal Farm
  170. Food Cycle
  171. Fops Shop
  172. forget me not childrens hospice
  173. Foundation for Paediatric Osteopathy
  174. Fountain Abbey
  175. Fox Rush Farm
  176. FRADE
  177. Frame
  178. FRESCH
  179. Fresh water christian charity
  180. Friends of St Nicholas Fields
  181. Furnish
  182. Furniture for You
  183. Furniture Project
  184. FurnitureLink
  185. Gateway funiture
  186. Genesis Trust
  187. George Thomas Hospice - Barry
  188. Geranium Shop For The Blind
  189. Glasgow Furniture Initative
  190. Glen Street Play Provision
  191. Goodwin Development Trust
  192. Govanhill Baths Community Trust
  193. Greenacres Animal Rescue Shop
  194. Greenfingers
  195. Greenscape
  196. Greenstreams Huddersfield/ environmental alliance
  197. Grimsby District Health care charity
  198. Ground Work
  199. Hadston House
  200. Happy Staffie
  201. Harlington Hospice
  202. Hart Wildlife Rescue
  203. Hartlepool Council
  204. Hartlepool Hospice
  205. Hartlepool Prop (Mental Health)
  206. Hartlepool Trust Opening Doors
  207. Hastings & Bexhill Wood Recycling Project
  208. Havens Childrens Hospice Shop
  209. Havering Country Park
  210. headway
  211. Healthy Living Centre
  212. Hebburn Community Centre
  213. Help the Aged
  214. helping hands
  215. High Beech Care Home
  216. High Wycombe Central Aid
  217. Hillam Nurseries
  218. Hinsley Hall Headingley
  219. Hobbit Hotel
  220. Holmescarr Community Centre
  221. Home Start
  222. Homemakers
  223. Hope central
  224. Hospice of hope
  225. Hounslow Community Transport Furniture Project
  226. Hull Animal Welfare Trust Hull
  227. Humanity at Heart
  228. I Trust
  229. Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IRMO)
  230. Intraining Employers
  231. Ipswich Furniture Project
  232. Iranian Association
  233. Islamic Relief
  234. Jacabs Well Care Center
  235. Jesus Army Centre
  236. JHP
  237. Julian House Charity Shop
  238. K.T. Performing Arts
  239. Kagyu Samye Dzong London
  240. Keech Hospice Care Shop
  241. Keighley & District Disabled
  242. Kier Services – Corby
  243. Kilbryde Hospice
  244. Killie Can Cycle
  245. Kingston Community Furniture Project
  246. Kiveton Park & Wales Community Development Trust
  247. LAMH
  248. Leeds & Moortown Furniture Store
  249. Leicester City Council
  250. Leicester Riders
  251. Leicester Shopmobility
  252. Leicestershire Aids Support Services
  253. Leicestershire Cares
  254. Lifework
  255. Lighthouse
  256. Linacre Reservoir
  257. London Borough of Havering
  258. London College of Engineering & Management Woolwich
  259. Longley Organised Community Association
  260. Lyme Trust
  261. Lynemouth Resource Centre
  262. Mackworth Comm. Charity Shop
  263. Making a Difference
  264. Marie Curie
  265. Mark2 (marc)
  266. Martin House Hospice
  267. Mary Stevens Hospice
  268. Matalan
  269. Matchbox
  270. Matthew25 Mission
  271. Mayflower Sanctuary
  272. MDJ Lightbrothers
  273. Meadow Well Connected
  274. MEC
  275. Mental Health Support
  276. Midland Railway Trust
  277. MIND
  278. Miners Welfare community centre
  279. Mistley Place Park
  280. Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal Regeneration Partnership Scheme
  281. Moore Cleaning
  282. Morrisons
  283. Muslim Aid
  284. Myton Hospice
  285. Nandos
  286. Naomi Hospice
  287. National Railway Museum
  288. National Trust
  289. NDDT
  290. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
  291. Necessary Furniture
  292. Neighbourhood funiture
  293. Neterlands Dog Rescue
  294. New Life Church
  295. Newham Volenteers Group
  296. Newport City Council
  297. Nightingale House
  298. NOAH enterprise
  299. North East Lincs Motor Project
  300. North London Hospice Shop
  301. North Ormesby Community Shop
  302. Northumberland County Council
  303. Norwood
  304. Old Nick Theatre
  305. One 0 One
  306. Open Secret
  307. Overgate Hospice
  308. Oxfam
  309. Papworth Trust
  310. Partner Shop
  311. Paul Sartori Warehouse
  312. Paws Animal Welfare Shop
  313. PDSA
  314. Pegswood Community Centre
  315. Pennywell Community Association
  316. Peterborough Streets
  317. Pheonix Community Furniture
  318. Pilgrim Hospice
  319. Placement Furniture Project
  320. Platform 51 Doncaster Womens Centre
  321. Playworks
  322. Plymouth Food Bank
  323. Plymouth Play Association
  324. Plymouth Volunteer Centre
  325. Pound stretcher
  326. POW Shop
  327. Powys Animal Welfare Shop
  328. PPE Paving
  329. Preen Community Interest Company
  330. Primrose
  331. PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES
  332. Prince of Wales Sherburn in elmet
  333. Princess Trust
  334. Queen Elizabeth Foundation
  335. Queens Walk Community
  336. Queensland Multi-Media Arts Centre
  337. Rainbow Centre
  338. Rainbows End Burngreave
  339. Real Time Music
  340. Recycling unlimited
  341. Red Cross
  342. Refurnish
  343. Regenerate Community Enterprise
  344. Remploy
  345. Restore
  346. Rhyl Adventure Playground Association
  347. Right Time Foundation
  348. RNID
  349. Rochford Council
  350. Rosalie Ryrie Foundation
  351. Rosliston Foresty
  352. Royal Society for Blind.
  353. Royal Wotton Bassett Town Council
  354. RSPB
  355. RSPCA
  356. Rudenotto
  357. Rudyard Lake
  358. S & S Services
  359. Saffcare
  360. Sainsburys
  361. Salvation Army
  362. Santosh Community Centre
  363. Sara
  364. Save the children
  365. Savera Resource Centre
  366. Scallywags
  367. Scarborough Council
  368. SCD Fabrications
  369. School of English Studies
  370. Scope
  371. Scottish Cancer Support
  372. Scottish International Relief
  373. Scunthorpe Central Community Centre
  374. Seagull Recycling
  375. Seahouses Development Trust
  376. Second Chance
  377. Second Opportunities
  378. Sedgemoor Furniture Store
  379. Sense
  380. Sesku Acadamy Centre
  381. Shaw Trust
  382. Sheffield Reclamation Ltd – Reclaim
  383. Shelter
  384. Shooting Stars
  385. Shopmobility & Community Transport - Access
  386. Slough Furniture Project
  387. Smythe
  388. Sneyd Green
  389. Somali Community Parents Association
  390. Somerfields
  391. Somerset Wood Re-Cycling
  392. South Ayrshire Council
  393. South Bucks Hospice Warehouse
  394. South Wales Boarders Museum
  395. Southend United Football Club
  396. Spaghetti House
  397. Spitafields Crypt Trust
  398. Splash fit
  399. St Barnabas
  400. St Catherines Hospice Trading
  401. St Chads Community Centre
  402. St Clare's Hospice
  403. St Davids Foundation
  404. St Elizabeth Hospice Charity Shop
  405. St Francis Hospice Shops Ltd
  406. St Gemma's Hospice
  407. St Georges Crypt
  408. St Giles
  409. St Helens House
  410. St Hughs Community Centre
  411. St Lukes Hospice
  412. St Margarets Hospice Scotland
  413. St Oswald's Hospice
  414. St Peters Church
  415. St Peters Hospice
  416. St Raphaels hospice
  417. St Vincents
  418. St. Catherines Hospice
  419. St.Theresa's Charity Shop
  420. Stages Café
  421. Stannah Stair Lifts
  422. Stef's Farm (Education Farm)
  423. Step Forward
  424. Stocking Farm Healthy Living Centre ( Sure Start)
  425. Stockton Council
  426. Stone Pillow
  427. STROKECARE
  428. Strood Community Project
  429. Strut Lincoln
  430. Sudbury Town Council
  431. Sue Ryder
  432. Sunderland Community Furniture
  433. Sunderland North Community Business Centre
  434. Superdrug
  435. Swindon 105.5
  436. Sycamore Lodge
  437. sydney bridge furniture shop
  438. Sypha
  439. T&M Kiddy's Kingdom
  440. Tara Handicrafts
  441. Teamwork
  442. Teesside Hospice
  443. Tendring Furniture Scheme
  444. Tendring Reuse & Employment Enterprise
  445. Tenovus
  446. Tesco
  447. Thames Hospicecare
  448. Thames Valley Hospice
  449. Thanet District Council
  450. The Ark Shop
  451. The Art Organisation
  452. The Charity Shop
  453. The Childrens Society
  454. The Childrens trust
  455. The Crossing
  456. The Good Neighbour Project
  457. The Greenhouse
  458. The Harrow Club
  459. The Hinge Centre Ltd
  460. The Isabella Community Centre
  461. The Island Partnership
  462. The Kiln Cafe
  463. The learning community
  464. The Linskill Centre
  465. The Listening Company
  466. The Octagon Centre Hull
  467. The Old Manor House Riding Stables
  468. The Princess Alice Hospice
  469. The Range
  470. The Reuse Centre
  471. The Rising Sun Art Centre
  472. The Rock Foundation Ice House
  473. The Shores Centre
  474. The Spurriergate Centre
  475. The Undercliffe cemetary charity
  476. The Vine Project
  477. The Welcoming Project
  478. The Woodworks (Genesis Trust)
  479. Think 3E,
  480. Thirsk Clock
  481. Thurrock Council
  482. Thurrock Reuse Partnership (TRUP)
  483. TLC
  484. TooGoodtoWaste
  485. Top Draw
  486. Traid
  487. Trinity Furniture Store
  488. Troed Y Rhiw Day Project
  489. True Volunteer Foundation
  490. Tukes
  491. Twice as Nice Furniture Project
  492. Twirls and Curls
  493. Ty Hafan
  494. Tylorstown Communities First
  495. United Churches Healing Ministry
  496. United Play Day Centre
  497. Unity in the Community
  498. UNMAH
  499. Untapped Resource
  500. Urban Recycling
  501. Vale of Aylesbury Vineyard Church Project
  502. Vista Blind
  503. Walpole Water Gardens
  504. Walsall Hospice
  505. Wandsworth Oasis trading Company Limited
  506. Wat Tyler Centre
  507. WEC
  508. Weldmar
  509. Well Cafe
  510. Wellgate Community Farm
  511. Wellingborough District Hindu Centre
  512. Western Mill Cemetary
  513. WH Smith
  514. Wheelbase
  515. Whitby Council
  516. Wildlife Trust
  517. Wilkinsons
  518. Willen Care Furniture Shop
  519. Willington Community Resource Centre
  520. Windhill Furniture Store Shipley
  521. Woking Community Furniture Project
  522. Womens Aid
  523. Womens Centre
  524. Woodlands Camp
  525. Worsbrough Mill & County Park
  526. Xgames
  527. YMCA
  528. York Archaeological Trust
  529. York Bike Rescue
  530. York Carers centre
  531. Yorkshire Trust
  532. Yozz Yard
  533. Zest
  534. Zues Gym

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