Shaw Trust is a national charity that helps people facing disadvantage into work, gain skills and take control of their futures.
Shaw Trust is the largest third sector contractor for Department for Work and Pensions.
Shaw Trust deliver mainstream (Work Programme) and specialist (Work Choice) employment support schemes across Britain and help over 50,000 people per year. It also helps people gain skills and into work via a wide range of other activities including education and skills contracts, 49 shops and a national volunteering programme as well as health and social enterprise projects.
Shaw Trust is also an Approved Sponsor for Academies, and sponsors Shaw Education Trust; a multi-academy trust which focuses on supporting special schools and mainstream schools serving disadvantaged communities.