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We Fill Vacancies: Happy Employability Day 2022

The Forward Trust celebrates Employability Day 2022 and looks at the challenges we must overcome to build a more productive and inclusive economy.

Forward’s Employment Services Directorate celebrates another successful year

Our Employment Services Directorate had a successful year in 2021/22, supporting even more people in prison and in the community.

The UK’s first ever dry bar The Brink reopens its doors

The UK’s first-ever dry bar The Brink has reopened its doors with the support of The Forward Trust two years after having to shut due to the considerable financial impact of the pandemic.

Introducing Forward’s new Kent Young Persons Project

The Forward Trust has set up a new mental health service for young people due to leave a secure setting in the Kent and Medway area. This Mental Health Awareness Week, project Team Leader Simon King tells us why support like this is so important in helping reduce reoffending.

Mick May

We are deeply saddened to hear the news that our patron Mick May OBE has passed away. Mick was the founder in 2005 of Blue Sky, a charity and social enterprise devoted to employing ex-offenders, which became part of The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt) in 2015.

National Careers Week 2022: Why we need green skills today for the workforce of tomorrow

As part of National Careers Week, Forward’s Executive Director of Employment Services Asi Panditharatna shares his reflections on the importance of green skills and careers in building the workforce of the future.

Why community matters this LGBTQ+ History Month

This LGBTQ+ History Month Drug and Alcohol Practitioner Darren Lacey explains why he set up a dedicated LGBTQ+ recovery group at The Forward Trust.

One year on: What we’ve learnt from delivering the Employability Practitioner Standard

This National Apprenticeship Week members of our Employment Services Directorate reflect on the delivery of our Employability Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard.

National Apprenticeship Week 2022: Building a Better Future

It’s National Apprenticeship Week 2022 and at Forward we are celebrating the great work of apprentices, their employers and the families and networks that support them.

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New Year’s Resolutions from our Employment Services Directorate

Forward’s Employment Service Director Asi Panditharatna looks at what we’ve achieved over the last year and goals for 2022.

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