- link Copy URL - [ Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How Stanley Black & Decker Is Enhancing Skills to Revitalize Communities https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/332196?absolute=1&via=3blnews "Share on X") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/332196?absolute=1 "Share on Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/332196?absolute=1 "Share on Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=How Stanley Black & Decker Is Enhancing Skills to Revitalize Communities&body=ESG News from Stanley Black & Decker https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/332196?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Education & Workforce Development](/categories/education-workforce-development) # How Stanley Black & Decker Is Enhancing Skills to Revitalize Communities Jul 2, 2021 12:00 PM ET Campaign: [Empower Makers](/news/campaign/empower-makers) ![](https://3blcdn.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/2026-08/edcfee04_copy_1786705204.png) [As featured in Stanley Black & Decker's 2020 ESG Report](https://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/who-we-are/2020-esg-report/people/enhancing-skills/) We are helping our employees and the makers of tomorrow master the skills and expertise needed to secure productive jobs and revitalize communities, now and well into the future, even as the nature of jobs and work itself rapidly evolves. **Maker Month 2020** At Stanley Black & Decker, every October is devoted to Maker Month—working to empower makers and tradespeople around the world and inspire individuals to pursue trade skills. Our month-long campaign shines a light on the trade skills gap, a global issue made worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There are an estimated **10 million manufacturing jobs** today that are unfilled due to this skills gap. In 2020, we created a new Maker Month resource portal and partnered with iHeart Media to promote the importance of skilled trades. We also introduced “**31 Faces of Makers**,” a series of individual profiles of tradespeople, one for each day of October. **Trade Scholarships** As part of the Maker Month initiative, we have established scholarship programs to support future trades professionals. The **DEWALT Trades Scholarship** will assist 20 individuals in the U.S. attending a two-year college or vocational-technical school and pursuing a trade degree/certificate in an industry aligned with DEWALT’s core focus areas, including but not limited to Construction, Industrial, Motor/Power Sector, Mechanics and Technology. The STANLEY Security Scholarship will launch in 2021 to support students in North America, the U.K. and Europe as they attend school to become a security technician. **STEAM Initiatives** We support Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education in our local communities around the world. In 2020, we further leveraged our partnership with Discovery Education, a leader in e-learning, to create resources for our employees to volunteer virtually. We expanded our Making for Good Challenge so that individual students could apply if they were learning remotely. We added live Maker Moments on social media for viewers to participate in, and we created an educator webinar to help teachers work remotely. **[Click here to read more in Stanley Black & Decker's 2020 ESG Report](https://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/who-we-are/2020-esg-report/people/enhancing-skills/)** [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/SBD_logo.png)](/profiles/stanley-black-decker) ### More from Stanley Black & Decker ###### [DEWALT® Powering the Future Survey Sheds Light on Impact of Skilled Labor Gap](/news/dewaltr-powering-future-survey-sheds-light-impact-skilled-labor-gap) Oct 31, 2022 11:00 AM ET ###### [Nearly Half of U.S. Contractors Believe Training the Next Generation of Workers Is the Industry's Most Critical Need, According to Newly Released Dewalt® Powering the Future Survey](/news/nearly-half-us-contractors-believe-training-next-generation-workers-industrys-most-critical) Oct 25, 2022 2:10 PM ET ###### [Tools To Build a Better Planet: BLACK+DECKER® Announces Retail Launch for reviva™, the Brand's First Sustainably Led Power Tool Line](/news/tools-build-better-planet-blackdeckerr-announces-retail-launch-revivatm-brands-first) Oct 13, 2022 4:30 PM ET ###### [Eager To Electrify: Gen Z and Millennial Homeowners Motivated To Buy Electric Outdoor Power Equipment, According to Stanley Black & Decker Survey](/news/eager-electrify-gen-z-and-millennial-homeowners-motivated-buy-electric-outdoor-power-equipment) Oct 7, 2022 1:10 PM ET ###### [Stanley Black & Decker and TerraCycle Partner To Launch Free Recycling Program for Small Home Appliances and Tools](/news/stanley-black-decker-and-terracycle-partner-launch-free-recycling-program-small-home) Sep 27, 2022 4:30 PM ET ###### [Building the Future Workforce: Stanley Black & Decker Re-Opens Application Period for Global Impact Challenge To Empower Makers](/news/building-future-workforce-stanley-black-decker-re-opens-application-period-global-impact) Sep 22, 2022 1:45 PM ET ###### [Student From New Jersey Receives Award for STEAM Sustainability Innovation From Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education](/news/student-new-jersey-receives-award-steam-sustainability-innovation-stanley-black-decker-and-0) Aug 22, 2022 4:30 PM ET ###### [Stanley Black & Decker: Recent Milestones in Our ESG Evolution](/news/stanley-black-decker-recent-milestones-our-esg-evolution) Jun 23, 2022 12:00 PM ET