Two million people, one mission
PeoplePlus has supported more than 2 million people to move into work, gain skills, or live more independently. Each of them arrived with a specific barrier, a specific journey, and a specific outcome we were accountable for. That accountability, one individual at a time, is the mission the organisation was built on, and after more than 30 years of delivery it has not changed.
What we do
Our teams work across England, Scotland and Wales delivering public services that share a single purpose:
- Employability support, including the Restart Scheme, Fair Start Scotland, Jobs Growth Wales+ and Connect to Work, with nearly 23,000 people supported into work since 2021
- Prison education, as the UK’s largest provider, delivering in 51 prisons including all 16 Scottish Prison Service establishments
- Social recruitment and social value services for employers and commissioners, through the Social Recruitment Framework, the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group and the Social Recruitment Covenant, all founded by PeoplePlus
- Skills and training through LearningPlus, from Skills Bootcamps to funded and commercial training
- Community services, including support for unpaid carers and help for people starting their own businesses
Who we are today
PeoplePlus is part of the swipejobs group, a global AI-native workforce platform. That brings serious technology into our work: better job matching, better data, better tools for the people we support and the employers we work with. The purpose it serves is the one we have always had, getting more people into work and keeping them there.
The mission is delivered in partnership. We work with hundreds of employers, training providers, charities, VCSE organisations and government at every level, because the barriers people face were built by systems, and systems are changed together.
Recognition
The record is recognised externally, which matters because it shows the mission has been delivered rather than intended:
- GO Supplier of the Year, UK National GO Awards 2025/26, judged across the full field of UK public procurement
- Investors in People Social Responsibility Organisation of the Year, three consecutive years
- IIP Gold accreditation
- ERSA Adding Social Value Award, 2024
The people leading the organisation
Meet the executive team, and read about our mission and trademarks.
Changing lives today. Changing society tomorrow.
