from third sector -

'The Shaw Trust made a £2.8m loss in 2008/09 compared with a surplus of £7.4m the previous year, according to its annual report.

The charity, which is the largest voluntary sector provider of employment services for disabled people, blamed the loss on the huge start-up costs involved in delivering Pathways to Work programmes on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.'

Shaw Trust accounts show crippling cost of DWP contracts

Maybe this is why a client that I saw yesterday reported that Shaw Trust used a heavy-handed 'stick' approach to his involvment with them.

Ouch!