Young People's Services

Shaw Trust’s pioneering Young People’s Services offer a tailor-made programme to enable young people aged 14-25 broaden their perspectives through personal development, work experience placements and employment.

What makes us different - Our flexibility of service and our emphasis on one to one support.

Shaw Trust's Young People’s Services are flexible and are particularly suited to young people whose needs are not fully met by the standard academic curriculum or those who might benefit from a taste of working life.

If you work with young people:

• who have additional educational needs, disabilities or health issues
• who are in danger of exclusion
• are already excluded from mainstream educational provision
• who are in care
• who are young offenders

Shaw Trust Young People’s Services can help by offering:

• Practical work preparation and experience to support future job applications
• Training and skills based around their chosen occupation
• A greater understanding of the working environment
• An appreciation of how learning and personal development can help them reach their goals

We'd like to introduce you to our Young People's Services. For more information please contact Beverley Patnell

We go further than your average service provider; tailoring a package of personal development, work preparation skills and practical, local work experience, to suit each person's needs and work aspirations.

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Shaw Trust Research Project Targets Brighter Future For Young People

Prompted by concern about the future prospects of young people with learning disabilities who fall through the support network Shaw Trust has commissioned a major piece of research into this group of young people.

The 'Young People with Learning Disabilities - What Works?' project, which was unveiled to MPs and the media at the House of Commons in May 2007, aims to help thousands of young people struggling to kick start their working lives. The current employment rate of this group is just 10% compared to 80% in the rest of the population; the research looks at how we might change this serious situation.

This research, funded through the Big Lottery Fund, and conducted by the Welsh centre for Learning Disabilities at Cardiff University, examines the barriers to education and employment faced by young people with learning disabilities, the success of the current range of programmes available and ways of closing employment rate gaps for this group of young people.

Follow this link to view the completed research report and blueprint Good Practice Guide for parents and education authorities.

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