Papworth Trust

18/04/2026

🌟 We’re hiring a Team Leader in Basildon/

Join Papworth Trust and help lead a dedicated team making a real difference in people’s lives every day 💙

If you’re a motivated leader with a passion for inclusion and support, we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply now: https://careers.papworthtrust.org.uk/job/team-leader-125

Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity that supports thousands of people, their families and carers every year.

17/04/2026

How your support is changing lives: Meet Andrew.

When you shop online through , you're not just raising free donations, you're helping real people. Papworth Trust operates across three counties in East England, reaching over 3000 disabled people a year. Our work takes many forms, from building affordable and accessible housing to employment programs (and more!).

You help us to reach people like Andrew (pseudonym).

Andrew has ADHD. He had a difficult school experience and had never had a regular job. Finding the right path wasn't easy. After joining Papworth Trust's employment programme, he developed new skills, discovered his passion, and has now been hired as a bike mechanic.

Andrew told us: “I never thought I’d be in the position where I am now. If I hadn’t signed to Routeways to Work, I don’t know where I’d be now. Thanks to all the team on Routeways for getting me this far."

Stories like Andrew's are why every donation matters and with EasyFundraising, it costs you nothing extra.

Simply shop online as normal through 8,000+ retailers including Amazon, Tesco, M&S and more and a percentage of what you spend becomes a free donation to Papworth Trust.
- Sign up today: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/papworthtrust/

Or learn more about supporting us via our newsletter: https://link.papworthtrust.org.uk/newsletter

16/04/2026

Our customers at Basildon Day Opportunities enjoyed the warm spring sunshine as they took arts and crafts outside into the garden. They all sketched their favourite part of the garden, capturing it's colours and calm in their own creative way.

15/04/2026

🚨 We're hiring: Engagement Lead 🚨

Are you passionate about making a real difference and shaping inclusive communities? Join Papworth Trust as an Engagement Lead and help drive meaningful change across the WorkWell programme 💬

👉 Apply now: https://careers.papworthtrust.org.uk/job/engagement-lead-127

Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity that supports thousands of people, their families and carers every year.

14/04/2026

Making a difference.
Seeing change.
Supporting others and being supported.

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14/04/2026

Our new timetable is in full swing at our South Cambridgeshire Day Opportunities service—and it’s already been a fantastic start! 🎉

Yesterday’s Ready Steady Bake session was a great success, with customers baking delicious banana, vanilla, and carrot cakes 🍰

The session focused on sensory exploration—feeling soft, dry, and wet textures, as well as smelling and discovering different fruits and vegetables. Alongside the fun, everyone practiced measuring ingredients, working as a team, and exploring dairy and gluten-free options.

It’s all about building confidence and developing practical skills for everyday living 💛

13/04/2026

Congratulations to the team from Aegon who braved the cold on Saturday to run 5K across 30 giant inflatable slides and tunnels. Obstacles like The Growler, Beast, Temple of Doom and The Mangle didn’t put them off as they ran, climbed, crawled and bounced their way around the course to raise money for Papworth Trust. Well done, Angela, Daniel, Jessica and Sarah – we are very grateful for this champion effort!

13/04/2026

We’re extremely excited to announce that we’ve received a grant of £10,502.87 from Connecting Cambridgeshire.

The Connecting Cambridgeshire programme, led by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, is driving improvements to Cambridgeshire’s digital connectivity infrastructure so that no communities are left behind.

As part of their work to ensure better digital inclusion can be delivered across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, we’ve been given a grant to purchase equipment and devices for participants on our employment program, Routeways to Work, and our photography club customers at our Day Opportunities centre in Cambridge.

The grant will enable us to purchase a wide range of devices and software to help disabled customers and participant access new technology for learning, reduce barriers to participation, and enable them to develop the digital skills.

We’re so grateful to the team at for making this possible.

11/04/2026

ACL Essex have been kind enough to host a nail course for our Basildon Day Opportunities customers. Customers are learning to care for nails, paint nails and are even practicing nail art. All customers are loving the course.

10/04/2026

Huge congratulations to Peter, Lee Anne, Eliane and Mark from our Basildon Day Opportunities for completing their 4 week gardening course with Nikki.

Their hard work, teamwork and creativity have truly brought the garden to life.

We’re so proud of everything they’ve achieved, here’s to many more green fingered adventures ahead.

09/04/2026

Fresh bedding, happy hens, and even a few new friendships. Lawrence from Basildon Day Opportunities made best pals with one of the chickens while everyone helped get the summer coop ready. Customers also cleaned up the winter coop so the girls are sorted for next year.

But the biggest surprise of the day? Witnessing the birth of baby Golden Guernsey goats. Our customers were absolutely over the moon.🤗

09/04/2026

Joe from Winvic Construction presented an employability day to participants on the Routeways to Work programme.

Participants valued the interactive kinesthetic group activities balanced with informative presentations on transferable skills, interview technique, and the broad spectrum of opportunities within the construction sector. A confidence-building day!