The Forward Trust is a charity that aims to empower people to break the often-interlinked cycles of addiction or crime to move forward with their lives.

Recruiter spoke to Forward Trust general manager Steve Finn, who elaborated on the charity’s work and why you should vote for them. See what he had to say below.

Readers can vote for Recruiter’s charity of the year on the Recruiter Awards site – but hurry, as voting closes this Friday (22 March) ahead of announcing of the winning charity on 25 March.

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