I am excited and honoured to be asked to help make real the vision to turn 100,000 'never worked' families into families that are working, paying their own way, living great lives and, what's more, helping others do the same.

I have spent more than 20 years helping individuals and families in the most disadvantaged communities get work, regain ambition and improve both their lives and the lives of those around them.

Now, under this programme, every troubled family will have their own champion able to use every existing resource to help them get going, face up to and sort out their problems, whether they be parenting challenges, poor health, debt, addiction, dependency or lack of motivation. Most importantly, it will involve helping people into meaningful employment to help create happy, working families with a new sense of purpose and an active role in society.

I will do everything in my power to inspire, to change attitudes, to make sure that every bit of the existing government, voluntary and private effort adds up to this single goal of creating happy, working families.

I am going to start this initiative by recruiting families to work alongside – and will do everything to help them become working families. The work we do together will be highlighted in the media. We will create wider public understanding and knowledge about how individuals and families across Britain can help themselves and each other. I will also help recruit, train and develop an army of family champions who will be from communities up and down the country- people who are passionate about and capable of helping others.

Please come and join me...

Visit the website at www.workingfamilieseverywhere.com