PRESS RELEASE
PAUL GOODMAN MP TO VISIT SHAW TRUST
25 April 2003
Today, Friday 25 April at 10,30am, Paul Goodman MP will visit national disability charity Shaw Trust at its Centre in High Wycombe. The High Wycombe Centre, managed by Shaw Trust at the Wye Industrial Estate on the London Road provides comprehensive training, vocational rehabilitation and job search opportunities for disabled people out of work. During his visit Mr Goodman will meet disabled people looking for work and those, who with the help of Shaw Trust have secured local jobs. Now celebrating 21 years of operation, Shaw Trust has over 200 projects across the UK that provides training and work opportunities for over 14,000 disabled and disadvantaged people each year.
At Shaw Trust in High Wycombe disabled and disadvantaged people can access the skills and confidence training necessary to move into work. Depending on the needs of each individual, the training support can include accredited training from Wycombe College (IT, desk top publishing) and job search through such programmes as WORKSTEP and New Deal for Disabled People.
Alan Evans, Shaw Trust Wycombe Projects Manager says, ”Mr Goodman is very welcome to our centre in High Wycombe. We provide groundbreaking services to help people find and win the job they want. Starting a new job is never easy, and if you have a disability there could be extra things to think Paul Goodman MP to visit Shaw Trust at High Wycombe… about; so we extend that support to our service-users and their employers, once they are in work.”
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PAUL GOODMAN MP TO VISIT SHAW TRUST
Notes to Editors:
1. Shaw Trust is a major provider of services under the UK Governments’ New Deal and Welfare to Work agenda.
2. Shaw Trust is a national charity, celebrating 21 years of operation, that provides training and work opportunities for people disadvantaged in the labour market through disability, long-term ill health or other social circumstances. With a network of over 720 staff and over 200 projects throughout the UK, we provide opportunities for over 14,000 people each year. www.shaw-trust.org.uk
3. For general media enquiries please contact:
Josie Hoskins,
Regional PR Co-ordinator
Tel: 01905 795194
Mobile: 07779 317793.
Email: josie.hoskins@shaw-trust.org.uk
Jan Hunt,
Head of Public Relations
Tel:01905 795194
Mobile: 07967 671918.
Email: jan.hunt@shaw-trust.org.uk