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Shaw Trust celebrates at ERSA Conference and Awards 2024

05/12/2024

Huge congratulations to Lisa Jackson and the Steps into Work Supported Internship team with Transport for London for being shortlisted for awards.Each year, the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) awards recognises organisations who are doing great things to support people into work.2024 has been a year of strong competition and we were thrilled to have nominations in two categories.Steps into Work – Shortlisted in the Partnership and Collaboration category 2024This supported internship scheme run by Shaw Trust and Transport for

Shaw Trust: A year in numbers

04/12/2024

We are pleased to announce the release of the Shaw Trust Spot Light Report, showcasing a year of growth, partnerships and innovation. Read it here.An accessible word version is also available.Between September 2023 and August 2024, we have supported over 340,000 people from different stages of their lives, from child to career.In other words we have: Supported 9,460 people’s wellbeing, resilience and employment through our Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Programmes. Helped nearly 40,000 people into work through our specialist

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

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Why aren’t we fixing it if it’s broken?

01/12/2023

Yesterday the LGA published a report noting children’s social care costs are rocketing, with a 1,000% increase in the cost of care for society’s most vulnerable children requiring complex care. Shaw Trust knows that the children’s care system is broken. In England we have seen the number of complex cases and specialist requirements for children in care grow to 82,170, more than 4,000 additional children since the pandemic. But – in Somerset our partnership led by Somerset Council and the NHS

Marking the International Day of Charity

05/09/2023

Charity is the heart of us. Shaw Trust began as a small charity finding employment for disabled people in 1982. Today, we are a national charity that remains committed to finding good employment as a core pathway to a better life. This International Day of Charity, we’re reflecting on some of our successes from 2021/22. Overall, we’ve supported 335,000 people. That includes 64,539 unemployed people, 98,000 young people, 1,047 people trained in better mental health and resilience, 1,418 people supported by our

Is flexible working here to stay?

04/04/2023

When the world locked down in March 2020 thousands of people started working from home. This opened up new ways of working, working from home and flexible working became the new normal.For many disabled people the chance to work remotely gave them an opportunity to re-evaluate their working lives; the need to travel to a place of work, prioritise their wellbeing or enter the jobs market.Now post-pandemic is flexibility one way the UK could close the disability employment gap? The Shaw

Shaw Trust’s response to Spring Budget

16/03/2023

Shaw Trust welcomes the Government’s planned investment in new programmes to support people into work and address economic inactivity – whether that is disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, parents facing significant childcare costs, or others.The Health and Disability White Paper is an important starting point for a much-needed conversation about how to make the system work for all. We look forward to engaging with Government and others in the coming months ahead of the planned rollout.The OBR

New community orchard planted in Trowbridge

03/02/2023

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Shaw Trust are working together as part of a new collaboration to tackle climate change, restore nature and help communities in Wiltshire. The collaboration was launched recently with the creation of Sloegrove Orchard at Green Lane Wood nature reserve in Trowbridge, which was generously funded by Shaw Trust.A planting event was held to create the new community orchard at the end of January. Led by Green Lane Wood reserve manager, Matt Callaway, staff from both Wiltshire

Olly Benzecry announced as new Chair of Trustees

14/12/2022

Olly Benzecry has been announced as our new Chair of Trustees. Olly will take up his position in May 2023. Olly is already deeply involved with organisations helping to solve under-employment. He is Chair of Movement to Work and also Chair of WithYouWithMe, an organisation focused on solving under-employment for under-represented groups, including veterans, refugees, women and neurodiverse people. He sits on the UK\’s Digital Economy Council and also the Corporate Development Boards of the Natural History Museum and Cancer Research UK. Most

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