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Shaw Trust launches new Basingstoke green fingered therapy
3 August 2010

Growing Links, a new therapy for local people with experience of mild mental health conditions, was recently launched in Basingstoke. In July, Shaw Trust, the employment charit...

New Shaw Trust Charity Shop for Lymington
2 August 2010

People from Lymington on the lookout for a bargain are in for a treat with the new Shaw Trust shop opening at 52A High Street on Tuesday 3 August. Canny shoppers will be able to ch...

The Times article - Is it time to modernise daycare?
4 June 2010

The Times - 4th June 2010 Is it time to modernise daycare? “Yes” Sally Burton, chief executive, Shaw Trust The Big Society is the current catchphrase &ndash...

New Executive Team at Shaw Trust
27 May 2010

Shaw Trust has unveiled plans for a new Executive Management Team (EMT). A team of four Executive Directors will work across four broad business functions in order to drive strateg...

Shaw Trust Welcomes Coalition
12 May 2010

With tough decisions on public sector spending facing David Cameron, our new prime minister and his Lib Dem deputy, Nick Clegg, Sally Burton, chief executive, Shaw Trust, a charity...

Flogged it! for Shaw Trust at the Barge Inn
30 March 2010

BBC TV's Paul Martin was on hand to help The Barge Inn, nr Melksham, raise over £1,400 for local charity Shaw Trust. Paul who lives locally and presents Flog It!, switched ro...

Shaw Trust partnership with Teeside University Wins Top-level Approval
25 March 2010

A senior civil servant has praised a Teesside University partnership with the voluntary sector that is helping to help bridge the digital divide. The Digital Champions initiativ...

Two Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Join Shaw Trust
22 March 2010

Return-to-work experts Shaw Trust have recruited highly experienced and respected vocational rehabilitation specialists Carole Fenner and Karen Elsmore to join its insurance-focuse...

Shaw Trust launches book recycling project in Cowdenbeath
1 March 2010

Employment charity Shaw Trust is launching a sustainable Book Recycling project in Cowdenbeath on 5th March 2010. The Book Recycling project is a new social enterprise, in part...

New Vocational Rehabilitation Service Launched by Shaw Trust
7 January 2010

New service builds on Shaw Trust’s 27 years’ experience getting people back to work Unique ‘payment by results’ Job Search package Log onto ...

National Employment Charity Place Its 4000th person back into work
12 November 2009

Shaw Trust finding work for people despite recession National employment charity, Shaw Trust, has placed its 4000th client back into work in Greater Manchester; it was announced a...

Only One-Third of Graduate Employers Work to Attract Graduates With Disabilities
29 October 2009

Survey highlights the fact some recruiters are not doing enough to attract graduates with disabilities A new survey carried out by Employment Opportunities, which is part of natio...

Shaw Trust Shop to Host Halloween Festivities
26 October 2009

Shop goers in Reading can shop for bargains and leave children to enjoy the Halloween-based activities. National employment charity, Shaw Trust, is to host three days of Hallowe...

Palmer Gardens Halloween Evening
21 October 2009

Palmer Gardens, the garden centre owned and managed by national employment charity, Shaw Trust is to hold its annual Halloween evening on Monday October 26 2009. The evening, wh...

Work Capability Assessment Figures
19 October 2009

We welcome the publication of today’s report, and the opportunity to see the true picture of the failure rate of the Work Capability Assessment. According to DWP, only 16...

Shaw Trust Awarded Big Lottery Funding
28 September 2009

National employment charity, Shaw Trust, has been awarded almost half a million pounds by the Big Lottery Fund to offer life-changing opportunities for people with mental ill healt...

Shaw Trust Merges With Australian Employment Charity
22 September 2009

National employment charity Shaw Trust today 22 September 2009 merged with Interwork, an Australian employment charity. Shaw Trust already has charitable interests in Romania an...

Shaw Trust Volunteer Sews up the Competition
10 September 2009

Jean’s peg bags and aprons fly out of the national employment charity’s Havelock Street shop Swindon resident Jean Hobbs, 73, is the kind of volunteer that most char...

Shaw Trust Appoints New Chief Executive
7 September 2009

Sally Burton joins from NHS National employment charity Shaw Trust have announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive. Sally Burton, who joins the Trust in November, is ...

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