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Hampshire Connect to Work contract awarded to Shaw Trust

30/01/2026

This month, we launched Connect to Work in Hampshire. Commissioned by Hampshire County Council, the programme will match services to local need, giving employers a diverse pool of talent to hire from, while supporting with onboarding and retaining employees. At the same time, local Hampshire residents with health conditions and disabilities can access 1:1 coaching and job matching, getting more people into work. The picture in Hampshire Hampshire is best known for its beautiful coastline and vast stretches of the New Forest. But published

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Shaw Trust wins two more Connect to Work contracts

04/12/2025

We’re proud to share that Shaw Trust has secured two Connect to Work contracts in Essex and the West Midlands. The contracts have been commissioned by Essex County Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), with funding from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).  Connect to Work supports people with disabilities, health conditions and other disadvantages to find and stay in work. People on the programme get one-to-one coaching and job matching from employment specialists, while employers can tap

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Free, tailored employment support launches in Hampshire and Isle of Wight

18/07/2025

We’re helping people with mental health conditions in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight find and keep jobs with our new support programme, ‘IPS Together’.IPS Together, which launched on 1 July 2025, is a free and voluntary service to support people with severe and enduring mental health conditions to return to or stay in work. The service provides work and health support: Helping people get and keep good quality jobs Providing careers advice and benefits information Working as part of

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Shaw Trust Work Well service praised by Liz Kendall, during Get Britain Working launch

27/11/2024

With the Get Britain Working White Paper unveiled on 26th November, Shaw Trust were approached by Sky News, Radio 1 Newsbeat and Greatest Hits radio to provide case studies and expert voices amid growing concerns about unemployment – particularly among younger people.Following the government’s White Paper announcement, in which ‘Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall praised our ‘brilliant’ Work Well IPS service, our teams have been busy sharing their employment-support insights with national media.We are delighted that our Change Project,

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Shaw Trust shares insights on Channel 4: Getting back to work after long-term sickness

22/11/2024

With the upcoming government White Paper about getting Britain back to work due for release imminently, Channel 4 approached Shaw Trust for support with a news segment.For this national news piece, there were two asks: Expert view – what is driving economic activity and what can the government do to fix the problem? Participant view – what is it really like trying to get back to work after an extended period of unemployment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nthFLkyW_CgDownload transcriptBeing named the ‘greatest employment challenge