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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...

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 ...

Shaw Trust Stars in Channel 4 Documentary 'Benefit Busters'
20 August 2009

National employment charity, Shaw Trust, is to star in a new documentary series about welfare reform due to be shown on Channel 4 on Thursday September 3rd at 9pm. The film &lsq...

Shaw Trust Merger has Royal Seal of Approval
17 August 2009

The successful merger of two leading employment charities which looks set to boost job opportunities across Scotland, was given the royal seal of approval at a prestigious launch a...

Shaw Trust statement on Flexible New Deal Phase One
29 May 2009

Shaw Trust is disappointed not to have been awarded preferred bidder status at this stage of round one of Flexible New Deal. We feel that we made a sensible and practical bid in li...

Shaw Trust recognised as one of Britains Top Employers
1 May 2009

For the third year running Shaw Trust has been recognised as one of Britain’s Top Employers for 2009. Britain’s Top Employers is run by the Corporate Research Founda...

Shaw Trust and Employment Opportunities merge
27 April 2009

National employment charities, Shaw Trust and Employment Opportunities are to merge it was announced today. The merger will take effect from 1 May 2009. The merger brings togeth...

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