{"id":421435,"date":"2025-09-13T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/421435\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:46:17","slug":"inclusive-employment-celebrated-as-charity-marks-decade-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/421435\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive employment celebrated as charity marks decade of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Guernsey Employment Trust has this week marked its tenth year helping disabled, neurodiverse, and disadvantaged people find work. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of supporters and beneficiaries gathered at Les Cotils to mark the occasion, reflect on the Trust\u2019s journey, and hear plans for how it will move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Chair John Curran and Chief Executive Nikki Ioannou-Droushiotis paid tribute to founding members, such as Mike Evans, who allowed GET to help with more than 1,000 referrals, 740 placements, and 763 contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of commissioning were also highlighted, showing how arms-length partnerships with the States and the third sector can provide economic and social benefits to the community.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s estimated that GET added \u00a33.6m in social value in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>GET client Anna Bowditch shared her personal journey of living with bipolar disorder and explained how she was able to return to employment with additional support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"330665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bailiwickexpress.com\/business-ge\/inclusive-employment-celebrated-as-charity-marks-decade-of-service\/attachment\/20250911_120440000_ios\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bailiwickexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250911_120440000_iOS.jpg?fit=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250911_120440000_iOS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bailiwickexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250911_120440000_iOS.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bailiwickexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250911_120440000_iOS.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250911_120440000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330665\"  \/>Pictured: GET commemorated 10-years of service.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was also marked by the launch of new materials for employers to ensure jobs are fair, legally compliant and account for psychology in the workplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It reflects updates to discrimination legislation and other best practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis milestone is not just a celebration of numbers, It\u2019s a celebration of people; of courage, collaboration, and the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive in meaningful work,\u201d said Ms Ioannou-Droushiotis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we look ahead, we remain committed to driving systemic change and future-proofing our services to meet the needs of tomorrow\u2019s workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event was sponsored by Clarity, Hamilton Brook, and Channel Insurance Brokers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Guernsey Employment Trust has this week marked its tenth year helping disabled, neurodiverse, and disadvantaged people find&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[51,3374,142112,49081,144132,897,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-421435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-employment","10":"tag-expresso-gsy","11":"tag-get","12":"tag-guernsey-employment-trust","13":"tag-jobs","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115197771170107067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}