News and Press
- On June 3rd 2007 we moved office to 29 Warren Street, London, W1T 5NE
- Newham Employment GOALS Project celebrates Shaw Trust's 25th Birthday - May 2007 from Newham Recorder
A charity which helps the disadvantaged will celebrate its 25th anniversary tomorrow. The Shaw Trust in Stratford provides training and support to people who are disabled, suffer ill health or poor social circumstances. With support from the European Social Fund and the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, the Trust offers employment services from its base at the Burford Business Centre in Stratford. The charity will be marking its achievements with 25 people who have turned their lives around with a special presentation tomorrow. The charity's project in Newham, Employment GOALS for the Disabled has worked with 150 local people and numbers are rising fast. The project targets local people with target-focused training and practical support. They go through the intensive GOALS UK course, Once they are ready to progress, they are supported into further training and employment.
- Murphy: numbers on all main benefits down on the year - 14 March 2007
Jim Murphy, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform, welcomed today's Labour Market figures which show a fall in the claimant count over the year, a rise in the numbers in employment and a rise in the number of vacancies... (read more)
- Radical review of welfare could help thousands more into work - 05 March 2007
A radical review of the welfare system carried out by David Freud is welcomed today by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton... (read more)
- Better off all round: lone parents reveal lifestyle benefits of being in work - 22 February 2007
An online survey among more than 1,000 lone parents in the UK has shown that over three-quarters (77%) of respondents who have gone back to work say that working has made them feel more independent and 73% felt more confident... (read more)
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