Tag Archives: Shaw Trust

A unique partnership between UK employment charity Shaw Trust and international sports technology business Ottobock, is calling for greater access to sport and assistive technology to achieve independence for disabled people. Shaw Trust and Ottobock will be using the 23rd Rehabilitation International World Congress in Edinburgh this year as a platform to raise the awareness of the importance of sport ... Read More »

Aaron Phipps has been a long term supporter of both Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) and Shaw Trust after contracting meningitis in 1999. As a result of the disease Aaron needed both legs amputating below the knee as well as the tips of his fingers. His determination has seen him compete in wheelchair races and representing Team GB at the London ... Read More »

 An employment partnership between Sanctuary Group and Shaw Trust has helped provide jobs for disabled and disadvantaged people in Liverpool. The leading housing and care provider teamed up with national employment charity Shaw Trust to support members of the local community facing disadvantage into paid employment with Sanctuary and help them build long-term careers. The employment initiative has seen four ... Read More »

A 52 year-old man from Milton Keynes is taking part in this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon, representing the national employment, learning and skills charity, Shaw Trust. Inspired by his partner, Fiona Murphy – who suffers from Myalgic Encephalopathy and Spinal Stenosis – Adrian Kimpton will be lacing up his running shoes to celebrate the one-year anniversary of their relationship. ... Read More »

The Department for Work and Pensions has published the latest Work Choice statistics up to September 2014. Work Choice, the national specialist disability employment programme, has helped nearly 30,000 disabled people into jobs since the programme began in October 2010. Figures show that 38% of Work Choice clients have been helped into work nationally, a rise of almost 3,000 job ... Read More »

First there was the Paralympics 2012 which mesmerized over a billion TV viewers. Then came the Invictus Games, Prince Harry’s successful international multi-sports event to celebrate the agility and sporting prowess of wounded and disabled servicemen and women. Now Powerful Media, in partnership with Shaw Trust, are proud to announce the launch of Power 100: The most influential people in ... Read More »

Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East, attended an awards ceremony hosted by Shaw Trust at the charity’s horticultural social enterprise project in Clamp Hill, Stanmore. During the visit, Mr Blackman presented the project’s service users with certificates recognising their achievements and the progress they have made to gain key skills for the job market. 40 year-old Lee Emery from Willesden ... Read More »

Despite recent economic growth and rising overall employment in the UK, the number of disabled people in employment has actually decreased according to the ONS Labour Force Survey, May 2014. With only 47% of disabled people currently in employment compared to 79% of non-disabled people who are in work, these figures paint a bleak picture of the employment market for ... Read More »

Disabled people in Hertfordshire are twice as likely to be employed as disabled people in Liverpool. The benefits of renewed growth and rising employment are not being felt by everyone. Despite almost a million extra people being in work over the past year, the number of disabled people in employment has fallen by nearly 30,000. A significant proportion of the ... Read More »

John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, officially launched a new horticultural project at Westbank Plant Nursery called Westbank Enterprises on Friday 23 May. The launch event was held in celebration of a new partnership between national employment, learning and skills charity, Shaw Trust, and Perth & Kinross Council. Read More »

In the business environment, forward-thinking companies have, for some years, recognised the importance of a diverse workforce and an inclusive approach to employment.  But, often through no fault of the company itself, knowledge gaps emerge due to a lack of real insight into the challenges faced by disabled people in the workplace. Read More »

Nexear the welfare system will undergo an overhaul as universal credit is introduced. The benefit, replacing six others, includes a new requirement to apply for benefits online. With millions of people having never used the internet, however, it raises the question of how those not online will manage. Read More »