Redundancy Information

Welfare to Work Development and Redundancy Information Project

Many of the 201 groups that are affiliated to the INOU provide essential local services to unemployed people in terms of welfare rights information, advocacy and practical supports around job seeking, etc. The Project aims to assist these groups to meet the increasingly complex range of issues affecting unemployed people.

The two overarching aims of the Project are to:

  • Support people who have recently or are about to become unemployed through the provision of redundancy related welfare rights information
  • Link with affiliates on a national and regional basis to support the ongoing development of their welfare to work services with a view to unemployed people having access to more comprehensive welfare to work information and advocacy services

The work of the project includes:

  • The development and maintenance of the INOU micro web-site - www.redundancy.ie
  • The on-going tracking of announcements of job closures and linking in with affected companies.
  • The on-going tracking of job announcements and linking in with companies to inform them of incentives to recruit unemployed people
  • The development and distribution of comprehensive welfare rights and welfare to work information in the form of leaflets and other resources
  • The establishment and maintenance of regional discussion forums.
  • The provision of an expert telephone based Welfare to Work information resource to the members of forums.
  • The sharing of information, experience and expertise within the forums for the purpose of developing existing services and future information products.
  • The on-going development of a policy feedback service through which affiliate organisations can submit information on queries or issues of concern, where those issues directly affect unemployed people and may warrant or require further action on local, regional or national basis.

The Project is funded by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government under the funding scheme to support national organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector.

For further information on the Project contact Joe McDonagh, Development Worker, on 01 856 0088.