Changes

Some when I was told that the provider that I was doing the work programme through was going to change, but it wasn't clear when. This isn't the top layer but the people that I see. That is when I see them. My adviser said that I need not go in, but send a report about what I'd been up to every four weeks on my day. If there was something I thought they could help me with then I could get in contact. On Monday I received a text:


From ***, Please be advised all Fortnightly Review appointments have been cancelled. You will be contacted in the future with your next appointment.


I didn't know who *** were, but after internet search I realised it was my work programme provider.
Today I received a letter dated 30th May saying as of 31st May I was transferred to another provider and that until that date I could contact my original provider. It is 4th June today. AND yesterday I received a call from the new provider. They asked if I was still on Job Seeker's Allowance, I said no.... surely they have basic information? So I have an appointment on Monday. I don't know if one to one or in a group. I forgot to ask, but I would like to know. I know the building has lifts etc, to make it accessible, a huge plus from the other provider's impossible building. But they can't tell me what sort of lighting they have [for the one or two photosensitive souls such as I]


Expect an update next week.
I still wonder how much money the two tiers of organisations get for having me on their books doing nothing in particular.

still confused

I still don't know exactly what I'm supposed to be doing. My turn up rate isn't quite 50% because either unwell or they changed day & I couldn't do new one [this happened once]

Last week I changed my day because I am going away to do a short reading AND hopefully networking in my particular small slice of the art world. I've finally received a letter laying out my appointments until July but my changed appointment is for the afternoon of the same day. [on my account I had found the list of my appointments but they had all been chnaged to afternoons after I changed one of them].

Two companies - one of which is not based locally are getting paid money for me to be on the work programme, but I still can't see what they are doing. I have information for Open University's  Open Learn probably because I said having trouble with getting one particular academic book, the oneUniversity that has it doesn't take part in inter-library loan or the regional library passport, and because I want access to journals. Open Learn doesn't really help. Maybe for the hell of it I can do some of the little modules, but I do have a B.A and an M.A [and 2 HNDs]...I've dumped the idea of a Phd.Maybe, maybe... it might give me discipline, even basic courses can teach me things.

Also given links to Future Learn, Udacity, iSpot, Say Something in Welsh [I would like an intensive course with real people], Youtube Edu and Ted.