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Living Made Easy support Global Accessibility Awareness Day

10/05/2024

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is an annual event aimed to promote discussion and awareness surrounding digital access and inclusion. Digital accessibility is not as widely considered as it should be, and without it we exclude a significant portion of the population from accessing essential services and information. Being digitally accessible enables us to progress towards a more inclusive society. AskSARA is Living Made Easy’s online self-assessment tool, offering rapid access to impartial information and advice based on individual need, with

‘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

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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

Developing regional recruitment activity with OCS

12/04/2024

We’re continuing to develop and explore opportunities for regional recruitment activity with OCS. This work will support the wider partnership agreement with National Accounts and the OCS People Into Work team.Several of our Birmingham employability programmes have been working closely with regional OCS managers to successfully recruit roles at the NEC and other city venues. By collaborating and working together we’ve created inclusive recruitment pathways for stewards, security staff and venue cleaners.The regional OCS managers have been fantastic advocates for

Neurodiversity Celebration Week with our Tesco partners

10/04/2024

During this year’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we met with Tesco colleagues to discuss our ongoing partnership work. Shaw Trust colleagues attended Tesco’s Head Office Neurodiversity Celebration event – meeting Tesco colleagues from various locations.We also connected virtually with Tesco staff unable to attend on the day. This follow-up session focused on sharing best practices for hiring and supporting neurodivergent employees within Tesco.What else have we been up to with Tesco?In October 2023, we saw 63 colleagues join a work placement

Sharing our expertise with our WLA partners Leonardo Hotels

10/04/2024

We value being collaborative and sharing knowledge – and we love when our partners are on the same page.Our partner, Leonardo Hotels, spent March raising awareness about disability. Using our expertise, Shaw Trust contributed by presenting to Leonardo Hotels staff.Our team from the SES West London Alliance presented to the Leonardo Hotels London Cluster about how their teams can better support guests with disabilities or health conditions.The focus of this session was primarily on the support that Shaw Trust can

Equal Pay Day – our report

20/01/2024

Today is European Equal Pay Day, the day when the ‘average’ woman in the EU stops being paid compared to men. At Shaw Trust we know that it isn’t just women who are not always paid the same rate, it is also disabled workers and people from different ethnic groups.That’s why today, we are publishing our “Paying our people fairly report” showing the mean and median differences in pay across Shaw Trust. Our report shows we still have gaps where

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178 exams sat at Feltham Young Offenders Institute

10/01/2024

Feltham Young Offenders Institute is often in the news. The offenders held there have committed serious crimes and are marginalised from society. However, at Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to a future and we work in partnership with our Youth Custody Service colleagues providing education to the boys. The majority of the boys have had a poor relationship with education in the past and engaging them takes patience and understanding. 50% of students at Feltham are assessed

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

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Can an advert change anything?

05/12/2023

Last year when John Lewis’s Christmas ad came out it won our hearts with a man learning to skateboard so he could connect with his new foster daughter. It made us cry, smile and want to care. But did John Lewis’s Christmas advert have an impact on the foster care system and the children waiting for a foster family in the run up to festive season? While hopes were raised by an immediate uptick in enquiries, Shaw Trust’s Fostering2Inspire Manager, Kathy Hamilton