Shaw Trust

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a charity challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to help people achieve their full potential.

Having grown from humble beginnings in 1982 in the village of Shaw in Wiltshire, finding jobs for disabled people, today we are a complex and diverse charity committed to employment as the core pathway to a better life. For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all. Shaw Trust was founded on these principles over 40 years ago, and for our 3,000 employees and 387 volunteers across the UK, they remain true.

We have grown through a combination of organic growth, mergers and acquisitions to be the UK’s largest charity in the employment sector. We put people at the centre, knowing the right support at the right time can make a huge difference to an individual’s life. We empower people through our services embracing employability, education, learning and skills, children’s services and community health and wellbeing support.

Our co-created services include large scale employability programmes, specialist services for communities, residential care for children, targeted support for young people, on-the-job learning and training and individual guidance and support. Our work is commissioned by government departments, regional and local authorities, the NHS and employers and is delivered through a people centred approach.

We believe in sharing our expertise to create sustainable community legacies and work with more than 200 like-minded organisations growing networks of talent, experience and potential.