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Spotlight on 2023-2024

Shaw Trust's Spotlight on 2023-24 report covers the largest employability charity in England and Wales, supporting over 340,000 people into work, education and stable homes through IPS, justice, apprenticeship and children's services.

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About

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for people with mental and physical health conditions; Work and Health Programme, Restart and WHP Pioneer; supported internships and CFO Evolution justice/employment services; children's residential care and fostering; apprenticeships and learning & skills provision

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 340,000+ people supported in 2023/24 across all services
Key Metric 2 39,632 people supported through specialist employment services
Key Metric 3 Total income £316m (year ended 31 August 2024)

Key Outcomes

  • 44% of IPS participants found work against a 40% target; 73% sustained work beyond 13 weeks against a 70% target
  • 67% of supported interns went on to a permanent job in 2023/24
  • 9,590 offenders and ex-offenders supported across 146 locations in England

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved