AKG’s Code of Conduct outlines our commitments to our Partnership Portal members. We are committed to establishing clear expectations and fostering strong collaboration, which provides a foundation for our relationship with you.
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Our commitments
We will
Provide and maintain clear communication channels to share information and opportunities for collaboration and partnership across the Partnership Portal membership.
Evaluate and score applications for partnership opportunities equitably and transparently.
Collaborate with Partnership Portal organisations to continuously refine and develop our processes and systems.
Respond to enquiries in a timely fashion.
Maintain confidentiality of your proprietary information and performance data.
Provide you with detailed feedback on your application, where requested.
Current Opportunities
DWP Future Employment Support Programme: Expression of Interest
AKG, a leading provider of employment, skills, health and behaviour change programmes in the UK, is preparing to bid as a prime provider in the DWP’s forthcoming commissioning of the Future Employment Support programme (a working title).
The range of support the programme will provide includes:
- Employability support, such as skills training or work experienceopportunities for those with a lack of or no recent work experience.
- Matching Participants with employers through job trials, jobs fairs and job brokering.
- Intensive and repeated support with drafting of CVs, job applications and interviewing skills.
- Support in managing health conditions in the workplace (e.g. mental health; musculoskeletal/physical injury; chronic/systemic health conditions).
- Barrier-based support for complex issues (e.g. housing, transport, childcare).
- Specialist support (e.g. ESOL, addictionproblems and neurodiversity).
Participant groups will include mandatory participation for:
- Long term unemployed 25+ access at 12 months on Universal Credit
- Young People 18-24 access at 6 months on Universal Credit
Voluntary participation at any point in their Universal Credit claim for:
- Lone Parents and lead carers
- Disadvantaged Groups
Disadvantaged groups include:
Ex-offenders, including person serving community sentence; ex-carers; those experienced, experiencing or at risk of homelessness; veterans; those with current or previous drug/alcohol dependency; care leavers; refugees; victims of domestic abuse; young people involved in or at risk of serious violence; victims of modern slavery
Although subject to further confirmation based on ongoing market engagement events being held by DWP over the coming months, the indicative Contract Package Areas that AKG is currently considering include:
- CPA 1: Central and West London
- CPA 2: South and Local London
- CPA 4: West Midlands, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Warwickshire
- CPA 6: York and North Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire
- CPA 8: East Midlands (EMCCA), Northamptonshire, Rutland, Leicestershire
- CPA 11: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex and Brighton; and
- CPA12: Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Bedfordshire
We would like to engage providers with diverse specialisms, expertise and experience to support the delivery of a high quality person-centred programme which will enable individuals to access sustainable employment and thrive in work.
If you are interested in this opportunity and would like AKG to consider your organisation as a potential delivery partner for this service, please complete our Expression of Interest by clicking the button below. The Expression of Interest form will close on Friday 28th August 2026 at 23.00.
If you have any questions about completing the EOI, please reach out to BD@akguk.co.uk
Resources and insights
Webinars, reports and insights from AKG
Webinar – Future Employment Support
Watch our webinar recording where AKG’s Graeme Fitzjohn (Head of Strategic Partnerships), Natasha Harvey (Business Development Director) and Steve Howe (Head of Delivery Partners) break down what’s known so far about the DWP’s Future Employment Support (FES) programme — and how AKG is building its delivery partner network across the Contract Package Areas (CPAs) it’s planning to bid for as a prime provider.
Highlights
- What Future Employment Support is and who it’s for.
- The support on offer, from employability and skills training to specialist and barrier-based support
- The proposed payment model, procurement timeline and key dates through to service go-live
- How AKG works with delivery partners, a one-team approach, support and challenge, shared services, and the AI tools invested in to free up frontline staff time
- A first-hand account from Kylee Bates, COO at Brightpeak Group, on what it’s really like working with AKG
- Live Q&A with the panel
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Future Employment Support 59:29
Webinar – The Future of Employment Support
AKG held an early engagement webinar with providers and stakeholders from across employment, skills and health services to engage in discussion in what the future holds for employment support. Led by Graeme Fitzjohn, AKG Head of Strategic Partnerships with co-presenters Natasha Harvey, Business Development Director and Anna Trevers, Policy and Public Affairs Lead, the webinar set out to provide an overview of the Government’s objectives shaping the employment, skills and health landscape, to enable more people to access, sustain and progress in work. The webinar also reflected on the recent Pipeline Notice published by DWP on the Future Employment Support programme, which is envisaged to replace the current Restart Scheme, being delivered by AKG in the East Central contract package area, in 2028.
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The future beyond DWP Restart 53:15
Webinar – AKG Provider Network Update
On 3rd July, Graeme Fitzjohn (Head of Strategic Partnerships) and Heidi Fish (Head of Operations at AKG Health) hosted a webinar for members of the Provider Network. The session covered several key updates:
AKG Brand Launch – Introduction to the newly launched AKG brand and its mission.
AKG Health Overview – An introduction to AKG Health, including insights from a recent pilot programme supporting unemployed individuals aged 50+ with health conditions.
Future Opportunities – Early information on AKG’s potential partnership opportunities related to the Ministry of Justice’s Probation Services, due to be commissioned from September 2025.
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AKG Provider Network Update 41:04
Webinar – Jobs 22 / AKG UK: Making a devolved employment system work
Jobs 22 (AKG UK) in partnership with the Future Governance Forum (FGF) (a newly established non-partisan and progressive not for profit think tank) hosted a webinar to discuss the recommendations from a new report sponsored by AKG UK on creating an effective devolved employment support system. FGF’s Hamida Ali and Joseph Holland (co-authors) shared the key findings and recommendations from the report with the audience, inviting feedback and discussion. The webinar session also heard from Ffion Price, Associate at Public Affairs Specialist DGA, who provided a review of the Budget Statement commitments from the Government impacting the employment, skills, health and justice sectors.
Support for the future report
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Making a devolved employment system work 1:00:56
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