Established in 1983, the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centres are part of a larger network of TUC Unemployed Workers' Centres. We aim to prevent or relieve poverty amongst the unemployed, underemployed, unwaged and those in receipt of or entitled to benefits and credits as well as other disadvantaged people in Derbyshire.
The Organisation has now become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with Trustees drawn from the considerable wealth of support and expertise around the Centres.
The founders of the organisation would be pleased that the organisation has maintained its aims and objectives, continuing the links with the communities it supports.
All the staff at the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centres started off as volunteers. Commitment runs through the Trustees, staff and volunteers. DUWC has been built by some legendary members of our local communities and everyone realises that they have a duty to continue the vital work started back in the early 1980s.