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Shaw Trust wins two Connect to Work contracts worth £36.4 million

04/12/2025

We’re proud to share that Shaw Trust has secured two Connect to Work contracts in Essex and the West Midlands, helping to deliver services worth £36.4 million in the next five years. 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

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Shaw Trust recognised in two award wins at the ERSA Employability Awards

28/11/2025

At this year’s ERSA awards, Shaw Trust was shortlisted for a record-breaking four nominations, and won two: Won: ‘Outstanding Contribution’, for our Chief Commercial Officer, Richard Clifton. Won: ‘Employer Partnership’, for our work with facilities management service, OCS Group. Shortlisted: ‘Partnership and Collaboration’, for our Live Well Kent and Medway support. Shortlisted: ‘Outstanding Participant’, for Jamie Walker, a Kent local supported by IPS. The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) awards are held every year and celebrate the organisations and people

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Accessibility ‘not a checkbox’: our collaboration on inclusive design

27/11/2025

This month, we collaborated with software provider, Jadu, to raise awareness of digital exclusion through a small film. Together, we’re calling for more organisations to use thoughtful, inclusive design when building online spaces.https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=brOBTfghTzbihFPZ&v=HvyEId4MLKY&feature=youtu.beDownload TranscriptExplaining the problem The film features our Accessibility Services employees – all of whom are visually impaired – sharing their personal stories of navigating the digital world, showing what happens when accessibility falls short. It also covers the benefits of accessible design, with the effect described as

Not Generation its time to end the NEET crisis

Our new campaign warns of growing ‘Not Generation’ as we invest £2m in youth pilot project – Who are the ‘Not Generation’?

19/11/2025

Our #NotGeneration campaign has launched on 19 November 2025, raising awareness of the growing number of young people who aren’t earning or learning. Labelled ‘NEET’ – not in education, employment or training – they’re known for what they’re not doing, and are at risk of becoming the ‘Not Generation’.

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By care leavers, for care leavers: New programme in Ealing and Harrow targets cliff-edge

07/10/2025

Care leavers in Ealing and Harrow have joined forces with Shaw Trust Foundation, the West London Alliance, and Ealing and Harrow councils, to co-design a new programme of support for young people in care.

Connect to Work… Six months in!

25/09/2025

What does it really take to get Connect to Work off the ground and delivering impact quickly? Working with West London Alliance (WLA), we’ve been leading the way with the first Connect to Work programme to launch. We’re now six months in, and we’re already proving what’s possible with hundreds of people (and counting) joining the programme. This means more people starting and staying in work, improving their wellbeing and earning.As the UK’s largest IPS provider outside the NHS, we

A new chapter for Shaw Education Trust

08/09/2025

In 2014, Shaw Trust backed the creation of a new kind of education trust that could drive real change across schools and local communities.

Fast forward 11 years and Shaw Education Trust (SET) is now a multi-academy trust managing 31 schools, making a measurable difference to thousands of young people.

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Our eighth home for children in the Homes and Horizons partnership has opened in Somerset

19/08/2025

The 10 year partnership between Somerset Council, Homes2Inspire and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust was designed to transform care for some of Somerset’s most vulnerable children and young people. Two years since their last visit, the BBC returned to speak to us about the impact and progress of the project. Read about the impact of the partnership here: Somerset Council opens eighth children’s home to save money – BBC NewsFinancially, the partnership has already saved the Council £5.2m over two years by reducing

West Londoners with joint, bone or muscle pain can get free gym, physio and job support

11/08/2025

West Londoners with joint, bone, or muscle pain could access free support including gym membership, physiotherapy and 1:1 job coaching, as new support service launches

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