voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
New DWP Fund to Transform Employment Support
Created: 17/07/2026Businesses, charities and innovators are being invited to compete for a share of up to £60 million to transform how disabled people and those with health conditions are supported into work.
The Government’s Pathways to Work Innovation Fund is a ‘call to action’ for the private, voluntary and public sectors to come forward with the most ambitious, creative ideas to help disabled people and those with health conditions get into and on at work.
The fund forms part of the Government’s commitment to break down barriers to opportunity for disabled people backed by £3.5 billion in tailored employment support. This includes intensive, one-to-one job help from specialist advisers in their own communities, meeting people where they are, alongside a joined-up work and health offer.
The fund will open for bids in September, with organisations across the UK invited to compete for funding to test genuinely new approaches to employment support.