Incredible ATW charge
50Twuncle
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I have just been offered 6 - 2 hour sessions of, presumbly one to one, Memory Strategy Training - 100% paid for by ATW.....
The company, selected to carry out the training is charging DWP almost £1200 for these 6 sessions !!
Thats almost £100 per hour
I feel that this amount is slightly excessive - but what options do I have, except to reject the whole idea ?
The company, selected to carry out the training is charging DWP almost £1200 for these 6 sessions !!
Thats almost £100 per hour
I feel that this amount is slightly excessive - but what options do I have, except to reject the whole idea ?
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Not saying it's right but £100 an hour for a professional (?who would be providing the sessions) and their infrastructure expenses isn't that outrageous0
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Even more amazing - one of the companies tells me that driving 3 1/2 hours each way is too far for the money offered and has put itself out of contention !!0
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Given that these skills can be largely self taught, and given the massive cuts in other areas of ATW, I would refuse this funding.0
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[STRIKE][/STRIKE]BorisThomson wrote: »Given that these skills can be largely self taught, and given the massive cuts in other areas of ATW, I would refuse this funding.0
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Even more amazing - one of the companies tells me that driving 3 1/2 hours each way is too far for the money offered and has put itself out of contention !!
If that £200 a session includes travel I'm not surprised. Even at 40mph that would equate to a travel expenses claim of £126 for each two hour session and make 2 hours work into 9 hours work and so they'd be earning just over £8 an hours, ignoring any preparation time, non travel overheads and administrative staff involved.
Agree this sort of thing lends itself well to online self teaching
https://www.mindtools.com/memory.html
https://www.udemy.com/courses/personal-development/memory/0 -
BorisThomson wrote: »Given that these skills can be largely self taught, and given the massive cuts in other areas of ATW, I would refuse this funding.If that £200 a session includes travel I'm not surprised. Even at 40mph that would equate to a travel expenses claim of £126 for each two hour session and make 2 hours work into 9 hours work and so they'd be earning just over £8 an hours, ignoring any preparation time, non travel overheads and administrative staff involved.
Agree this sort of thing lends itself well to online self teaching
https://www.mindtools.com/memory.html
https://www.udemy.com/courses/personal-development/memory/0 -
DWP expect me to fork out almost £1200 to pay for the memory coping strategy training and rely on DWP reimbursing me - I DON'T THINK SO !!
Any one had any experience of this ?
This is almost 20 weeks net pay !0 -
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