Press Releases

Two of the UK’s leading employment support charities, Shaw Trust and Careers Development Group (CDG) have today announced the commission of an independent feasibility review ...

MP for Neath, Peter Hain opened disability employment charity Shaw Trust’s joint Work Choice office and charity shop in Neath on Friday 20 January. On his visit, Mr Hain ...

Clients and staff from the Leyland Art Works project will be supporting an event to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Worden Arts Centre, Worden Park, Leyland this Sunday!...

Taunton Deane MP Jeremy Browne says he's 'very impressed' with the work of disability employment charity Shaw Trust after spending a morning with clients on Friday 6 January a...

Shaw Trust Case Manager Richard Hunt, who is helping cancer patients at the Christie Hospital in Manchester return to, or retain, employment, has shared his learnings in a publicat...

Leonard Cheshire Disability has teamed up with Shaw Trust to work on a new project with the aim of getting more people with disabilities online. The project provides d...

Shaw Trust has opened a café at Upminster Crematorium.'The Tea Room' was opened by the Mayor of Havering on 8 December. Shaw Trust will employ disabled and disadvantaged ...

A gardening project run by a national charity that helps people with mental health problems and learning difficulties to develop new skills is hosting a photo exhibition to showcas...

Commenting on new statistics on people with disabilities in the labour market, Shaw Trust interim Chief Executive Chris Melvin said: “Today’s figures underwrite the fac...

Veolia Water Community Investment Fund is the charitable arm of the water company who pay Clamp Hill’s water bill. Clamp Hill recently put in an application to receive a wate...

If you’re a regular runner looking for the next big challenge or a complete beginner who wants a goal to aim for – the Virgin London Marathon, April 2012 could be just ...

Shaw Trust, the UK’s largest third sector provider of employment services, secured the most jobs for clients in England on the Government’s now-defunct Provider-Led Pat...

Thames Valley Police’s website has been recognised by Shaw Trust's Web Accessibility team as being accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities. The we...

Shaw Trust is pleased to announce that Chris Melvin will be acting as Interim Chief Executive of the organisation from Monday 10 October. Chris’s previous role was as Chi...

Shaw Trust Trustees have confirmed the departure of Chief Executive, Sally Burton (19 September 2011). The organisation would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of Sa...

Read about Shaw Trust's involvement in the upcoming Party Conferences and also what Sally Burton, Chief Executive of Shaw Trust, says about the role of social enterprises....

A national charity working to help disabled and disadvantaged people in High Wycombe build skills to find work has thanked a local rotary club for a donation securing the short-ter...

Shaw Trust's Richard Hunt was interviewed on BBC Radio Somerset this week talking about the Trust's successful vocational rehabilitation pilot project in Manchester. The projec...

Shaw Trust's web accessbility team are celebrating a triple success after accrediting the websites of organisations spanning public, private and third sectors. The Trust's team,...

Supermarket giant Tesco is working with Shaw Trust to secure jobs for disabled people as part of a new food distribution depot in Reading that could bring up to 1000 new jobs to th...

Sally Burton was interviewed live on this morning’s (29 June) BBC Radio Lancashire breakfast show talking about how Shaw Trust works with employers to secure jobs and opportu...

Last week, the Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition clashed in Parliament on plans in the Welfare Reform Bill to cap Employment Support Allowance after 12 months. Shaw Trust...

Read our response to Conservative MP Philip Davies who suggested people with disabilities and mental health issues should offer to work for below the minimum wage so they get a job...

The official website of Cheshire East Council has been awarded Shaw Trust Web Accreditation, ensuring that everybody has access to the Council’s information. As part of the a...