Reach Volunteering

Accessible Experience Pilot

A supported next step, chosen by you.

Interactive board demo. Example profiles, cases and dashboard figures are fictional. Actions stay in this browser session; nothing is sent.

Proposed partnership · no DWP endorsement

Reach Accessible Experience Pilot

A structured experience option alongside employment support. Participation is voluntary. Employment is one possible next step; training, mentoring, another project or a pause can be equally appropriate.

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1 · Reassurance

Right to Try

Since 30 April 2026, work or volunteering alone does not trigger reassessment for the specified benefit groups. Existing reporting duties and other reassessment reasons still apply.

Read the guidance

GOV.UK summary

2 · Delivery partnership

Connect to Work

A voluntary, locally led supported employment programme. A proposed Reach pathway could give advisers an accessible project option, with consent-based outcome reporting.

September 2026 statistics: 25,000 starts by June; 4,100 out-of-work participants achieved first earnings.

3 · Potential funding

Innovation Fund

Published guidance describes up to £10m for the first round, with applications expected September–October 2026, subject to confirmed dates and criteria. No funding has been awarded to this concept.

Check the current GOV.UK guidance

A pathway with choice at every stage

  1. Referral & consent
  2. Capability profile
  3. Micro Experience
  4. Reviewed outcome
  5. Reference
  6. Chosen next step
  7. Agreed evidence returned

A partner sees the agreed outcome, not diagnoses, private messages or the reasons behind a working-style match.

Partner pilot dashboard

Simulated cohort · 40 referrals
Referred40Example count
Started28Example count
Completed19Example count
Skills verified17Example count
Reference received15Example count
Progressed12Example count

Progressed means a recorded, participant-chosen next step; it does not mean a job outcome. A paused participant remains part of the cohort.

40 referrals with consent recorded; no national programme identifiers appear in this demo.

Example outcome-sharing permission

Participant P-014 · content project. Agree specific fields and the named recipient before any export.

Turning consent off hides the preview. Production sharing needs a recorded purpose, recipient, retention period and appropriate lawful basis.

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