Boost for jobseekers as new jobcentres offer more frontline support

Jobseekers across the UK will have easier access to more frontline support as 80 towns and cities nationwide welcome new temporary jobcentres, the Minister for Employment, Mims Davies, announced today.

The sites, some of which are already up and running, will be in addition to the existing 639 jobcentres already supporting those looking for work, and will house some of country’s 13,500 new Work Coaches – 10,000 of which have already been recruited.

The 80 new temporary jobcentres are the first phase of the programme to expand this support in response to the pandemic, with dozens more expected to follow, to help millions of jobseekers from all over the UK find their next role and get back on track.

Minister for Employment, Mims Davies said:

With more new, temporary jobcentres in place in the heart of our communities, we can support even more people impacted by the pandemic to find work and progress into new roles.

We’ve already boosted our DWP Work Coaches by 10,000 – and with these new local jobcentres to operate from, we can drive forward our Plan for Jobs, creating fresh opportunity for people all across the country.

The government’s Plan for Jobs is well underway, with 150,000 Kickstart roles created for 16 - 24 year olds, over 40,000 people supported through Sector-based Work Academies and thousands more set to get rapid digital support through our Job Finding Service (JFS).

The new temporary jobcentres will follow in the footsteps of those that have been open throughout the pandemic, helping ensure staff can remain COVID secure in line with latest government guidelines.

Further information

List of new jobcentre sites:

Area

Address

Postcode

Ashford 

 County Square Shopping Centre  

TN23 1YB

Ashton Under Lyne 

 OL6 6BJ

Banbury  

 Castle Quay Shopping Centre

OX16 5UH

Basildon  

 Great Oaks 

 SS14 1GJ

Bedford 

Woodlands 

 MK41 7NU

Bexleyheath 

 Broadway Shopping Centre 

 DA6 7JN

Birmingham

 Summer Hill Road 

B1 3RB

Birmingham 

 Newton Shopping Centre

 B19 2SS

Bolton

Thynne Street

BL3 6BH

Bournemouth 

 Castle Lane East 

BH7 7DT

Bracknell 

Cookham Road off Longshot Lane

 RG12 1RB

Bradford 

2 - 4 Godwin Street 

BD1 2ST

Burnley

  Charter Walk

 BB11 1AX

Burton upon Trent 

 Union Street

DE14 1AA

Bury (Manchester) 

 Millgate Shopping Centre 

 BL9 0BX

Cardiff 

 Queen Street 

 CF10 2HQ

Chester

 CH1 1HA

Chesterfield 

 Vicar Lane 

 S40 1PY

Chichester 

 Southgate Office Village

 PO19 8GR

Coventry 

 Judds Lane 

 CV6 6GE

Crawley 

 RH11 9PT

Crawley (Gatwick) 

 Beehive Ring Road 

 RH6 0LG

Derby 

 DE1 2PL

Derby 

 Sir Frank Whittle Way 

 DE21 4RX

Doncaster 

 39-40 High Street 

 DN1 1DE

Exeter

 Bampfylde

 EX1 2FW

Falkirk 

 Callendar Square Shopping Centre 

 FK1 1UJ

Folkestone

 CT20 1DP

Forest Hill

 Lewisham High Street 

SE13 6JP

Gloucester 

 Eastgate Street

 GL1 1QN

Gravesend

DA11 0AA

Halifax 

 Broadstreet Plaza 

 HX1 1YQ

Harlow 

 Harvey Shopping Centre 

 CM20 1XR

High Wycombe

 HP11 2AG

Huddersfield

 11 Trinity Street 

 HD1 4DA

Hull 

 HU1 2HW

Ipswich 

 1 Cutler Street 

 IP1 1 LL

Keighley 

 BD21 3PU

Kings Lynn 

 PE30 1DP

Kingston 

 Wood Street 

 KT1 1TS

Leeds 

 Limewood Approach, Seacroft

 LS14 1NH

Leeds 

 Great George Street

 LS2 8ER

Leeds 

 Kirkstall Road 

 LS4 2BT

Liverpool 

 Edge Lane

 L7 9NJ

Liverpool 

 L1 5AA

London Barnet 

 North London Business Park 

 N11 1GN

London Croydon Borough 

 6 Cherry Orchard Way 

 CR9 6BE

London Ealing 

 W5 5JN

London Hackney 

 E8 1DY

London Hammersmith 

 W6 9DL

London Marylebone 

 24 Eversholt Street 

 NW1 1DB

London Mitcham 

 The Grange, Central Road, Morden 

 SM4 5PQ

London Sutton 

 Wallington 

 SM6 0DX

London Tower Hamlets (Poplar) 

 Tower Hamlets 

 E1 8GH

London Walthamstow

45 Selborne Walk 

 E17 7JR

London Walthamstow

Kestral House 

 E4 8TD

London Wandsworth 

 High Street 

 SW15 1TW

London Wembley 

 High Road 

 HA9 7BH

Manchester (Stretford) 

 Streford Mall

 M32 9BD

Middlesbrough

Dundas Shopping Centre

 TS1 1HR

Middlesbrough

 Columbia Drive

 Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham

TS17 6BJ

Newcastle (Gateshead)

 Unit B24 

 NE11 9YG

Newcastle (North Shields) 

 Royal Quays 

 NE29 6AR

Oldham 

 46 Union Street 

 OL1 1BN

Peterborough 

 Northminster 

 PE1 1YN

Plymouth

 Bretonside 

 PL4 OBG

Reading 

 121 Kings Road 

 RG1 3AH

Sheffield 

 Tenter Street 

 S1 3GG

Slough 

 Trinity Park 

 E4 8TD

Southampton 

 SO15 1GX

Southend 

 SS1 1NR

Stockport

 80-82 Wellington Road North

 SK4 1HW

Stoke on Trent 

 1 Smithfield 

 ST1 3DR

Swinton 

 Swinton Square Shopping Centre

 M27 4BH

Walsall

Unit 2a

 WS2 8LL

Walsall

Unit 2b 

 WS2 8LL

Watford 

 78 St Albans Road

 WD17 1AF

Woking 

 Woking, Surrey 

 GU21 6AZ

Wolverhampton 

 WV1 3BA

Ayr 

 John Street

KA8 0BX

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