A day in the Life of a Thrive into Work Employment Specialist
23/10/2024
With over two decades of experience in employment support, our Employment Specialist, KH found their true calling in the Thrive into Work programme.
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Category: Health & Wellbeing
How Thrive into Work helped a participant to rebuild her life and career.
23/10/2024
A former teacher regained confidence and found fulfilling work through Thrive into Work’s personalised support, transforming her life and inspiring others to pursue their goals.
‘The disability employment gap for graduates’ report launches
01/05/2024
Today, Shaw Trust launches our latest report, ‘The disability employment gap for graduates’.We wanted to better understand the employment gap between disabled graduates and their non-disabled peers, and in particular the larger gap for graduates with sight loss, mobility impairments, autism, and two or more co-occurring conditions.This qualitative study brings the voices of disabled graduates to the forefront.We set out to understand how students’ career expectations are affected by their disability, how and why students choose to share information about
Shaw Trust Accessibility supporting Enfield Council
01/05/2024
Shaw Trust Accessibility Services have supported Enfield Council in making their website accessible, with the Council’s website was awarded the Shaw Trust Accessibility Accreditation. After reaching out to Shaw Trust for support with their website, the team worked with the council to improve their website to ensure that it is inclusive, user friendly and accessible to residents and individuals who have a wide range of disabilities. Digital accessibility improves customer experience and colleague productivity, in essence it can benefit everyone
Shaw Trust sponsors category at RIDI annual awards
06/12/2023
We are pleased to sponsor the ‘Making a Difference: Public Sector’ category at the RIDI (Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative) Awards 2023, an awards ceremony celebrating excellence in diversity and inclusion within the recruitment industry.Once a year the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative brings together leading changemakers in the recruitment sector to celebrate the very best of disability confident recruitment. The RIDI Awards recognise and reward organisations and individuals who are making significant strides in breaking down barriers and creating a more
Work to Recovery service awarded
26/04/2023
We are pleased to announce that Work to Recovery has been awarded the new national Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Grow Quality Mark.
Sammy gets the confidence boost she really needed.
31/01/2023
In her own words, Sammy has shared her story with us from the moment she referred herself to Live Well Kent and Medway.\”I referred myself to Live Well Kent and Shaw Trust as I had been struggling for some time to get and keep work due to my autism and anxiety. After a particularly rotten year where I did eventually find work but couldn’t stay due to unfair working conditions, I felt more useless and depressed than I ever had