Work Programme

LadyMissA

How many people are on it here and do the 'providers' pay for your travel to and from their site?

I have looked up the company who is doing it in my area yet they are not even in my borough so a totally different area really and they are 7 miles away so I can't walk there.

scooby088

I think you may be provided with a bus pass for the travel but i don't know how it will work.

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

How many people are on it here and do the 'providers' pay for your travel to and from their site?

I have looked up the company who is doing it in my area yet they are not even in my borough so a totally different area really and they are 7 miles away so I can't walk there.

they may be opening a new office in your area or subcontracting to a company already in your area. so unless you are in a rural area i wouldnt worry about having to travel.
as far as travel expenses go well every other scheme since the dawn of time has reimbursed them. so i dont see why this should be any different. they will of course make you feel like a criminal by saying you can only get expenses if you prove it with a ticket. even though they dont really have to have the ticket from you.

LadyMissA

donnajunkie wrote: »

they may be opening a new office in your area or subcontracting to a company already in your area. so unless you are in a rural area i wouldnt worry about having to travel.
as far as travel expenses go well every other scheme since the dawn of time has reimbursed them. so i dont see why this should be any different. they will of course make you feel like a criminal by saying you can only get expenses if you prove it with a ticket. even though they dont really have to have the ticket from you.

Well I do worry about travel when I have no money to do so and I will ask at my interview this Friday at the JCP who is paying for me to get there, where ever it may be

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

Well I do worry about travel when I have no money to do so and I will ask at my interview this Friday at the JCP who is paying for me to get there, where ever it may be

yeah, i understand it can be worrying when you dont know something for certain. they are bound to reimburse fares so long as you keep the ticket and travel by the cheapest way possible.

LadyMissA

donnajunkie wrote: »

yeah, i understand it can be worrying when you dont know something for certain. they are bound to reimburse fares so long as you keep the ticket and travel by the cheapest way possible.

the cheapest way is Oyster card in London and you have no ticket as its a prepaid card

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

the cheapest way is Oyster card in London and you have no ticket as its a prepaid card

well you would need to ask about that. you may find you will just have to use something that gives you a ticket. when they say cheapest they just mean you cant get a taxi and you cant purposely take a mystery tour route. you only have to show the ticket that got you there. so if you had to get the bus there so that you had a ticket you would still be able to just use the oyster card to get home if you prefer, they wouldnt know you didnt get the bus home.

LadyMissA

donnajunkie wrote: »

well you would need to ask about that. you may find you will just have to use something that gives you a ticket. when they say cheapest they just mean you cant get a taxi and you cant purposely take a mystery tour route. you only have to show the ticket that got you there. so if you had to get the bus there so that you had a ticket you would still be able to just use the oyster card to get home if you prefer, they wouldnt know you didnt get the bus home.

ok thanks - will bare that in mind but the paper bus ticket costs £2.40 and the pre paid is only £1.30 so lets see what the JCP say I should use.

BexInLondon

LadyMissA wrote: »

ok thanks - will bare that in mind but the paper bus ticket costs £2.40 and the pre paid is only £1.30 so lets see what the JCP say I should use.

Typically you would either provide a top-up receipt, or print out a journey summary. Someone would make a quick check that you don't live 2 minutes walk around the corner. If you were doing a work placement or attending a training course the appropriate length travel card would be covered.

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

ok thanks - will bare that in mind but the paper bus ticket costs £2.40 and the pre paid is only £1.30 so lets see what the JCP say I should use.

by the way when i said you could just use the oyster card to get you home if you prefer i just meant when you attend the office. if you were on work placement you would need to show all tickets and not just the ticket that got you there. so useing the oyster card to get home wouldnt be an option while on work placement, unless they say you can use it when you ask them about it.

red_devil

you would get the travel paid?