Shaw Trust Stars in Channel 4 Documentary 'Benefit Busters'

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 ‘Benefit Busters’ is part of a three-part series on welfare reform produced by award-winning production company Studio Lambert.

Shaw Trust features in the third film in the series which examines the Pathways to Work programme in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

The programme follows three Shaw Trust clients on the Pathways to Work programme as they start their journey from benefits back into work.

The film interviews the advisors helping the three back to work and talks to the three about their backgrounds and why they want to find work.

The Greater Manchester Pathways to Work Programme is one of the most successful Pathways programmes in the country and has placed 4000 people back into employment since the programme was introduced in 2007.

Tim Pape, Director General of Shaw Trust comments:

“We were pleased to be able to participate in this programme. For more than 25 years we have been helping disabled and disadvantaged people find work and achieve independence and we hope that this film, which will be shown on prime time television, will help raise our profile and encourage more people to come to us for help in finding work.”

Shaw Trust is the largest third sector organisation delivering welfare to work programmes on behalf of the Government.

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Notes to editors:

1. For further details, please contact Shaw Trust Press Officer Samantha Jobber on 01225 716 300 or 07595 214 649. Or you can email: samantha.jobber@shaw-trust.org.uk

2. Shaw Trust is a national charity, formed in 1982, which helps people with disability or disadvantage to find work and achieve independence. We do this not only by delivering government programmes, but also through our own self-funded initiatives, and by campaigning to change attitudes at all levels. Across the UK around 1,400 staff now oversee a diverse range of more than 200 projects.

3. If you would like to support the work that Shaw Trust does to help disabled and disadvantaged people find work and achieve independence please visit our website: http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/support_us

4. More information about Benefit Busters can be found at: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/benefit-busters/episode-guide/series-1/episode-3
 

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