‘Shaw Trust has changed my life – I thought I had no future’

Shaw Trust is the UK’s leading national charity enabling 10,000 disabled people to find routes to work each year. This route is different for each individual. For those who have had an illness or acquired a disability there may be a need to change careers and retrain. For others, it may be a case of updating existing skills to match the requirements of the modern work place.

Advice: counselling and advice enables an individual to identify a route to improve their skills and employment opportunities.

Training: ranging from recognised vocational qualifications, to life skills, social skills and independent living skills.

Work Preparation: help with identifying different employment options, preparing CVs, interview techniques, etc.

Work Placements: enabling individuals to learn new skills and gain the experience needed to secure permanent work.

Social Enterprises: These local projects operate as professional businesses, using their income for rehabilitation and training. They provide employment for people with disabilities in a supported environment and range from catering and horticulture initiatives to business administration and printing firms.

Your sponsorship could help to change someone’s life £1000 could provide a young person with a disability with the training they need to get a job £1,500 could pay for adaptive equipment in the work place making employment a reality for 15 people £2,000 could purchase vital IT equipment to train hundreds of disabled people in the skills needed for work