Stelio Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK open for entries
First prize: a top prize of £30,000 Prizes of £10,000 for FOUR finalists The winner will be personally chosen by Sir Stelios for the award,…
Employment & Education
Business Disability Forum launch new toolkit on retaining disabled employees
Business Disability Forum (BDF) is pleased to launch its Retention Toolkit and Maturity Model, ‘Retaining great disabled employees: from ad hoc to best practice’. The…
Birmingham conference centre celebrates 10 years of supporting blind people into work
Action for Blind People’s Concept Conference Centre is celebrating its 10th birthday and highlighting the inspiring stories of its blind and partially sighted trainees. The centre…
Over half of Fit for Work decisions successfully overturned after appeal
Today the Department for Work and Pensions published its latest statistics around Employment and Support Allowance and the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). The Work Capability…
Business Disability Forum announce 2016 conference: recruiting and retaining disabled employees sponsored by Microlink
Business Disability Forum (BDF) is pleased to announce that the registration for its 2016 conference is now open. Focusing on recruitment and retention of disabled…
Hyphen Law wins ‘Working for Carers’ Award for its commitment to supporting carers
Specialist law firm, Hyphen Law, which provides Court of Protection services and advice on Personal Injury Trusts, has won an award for its commitment to…
Disabled young people that identify as LGBT+ bullied and silenced in our schools
“People think you can be disabled or LGBT but not both” The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), hosted by leading children’s charity National Children’s Bureau, is publishing new resources for…
Dream made reality as Cheltenham students with disabilities take to the piste
A group of students with disabilities from National Star College are to embark on their first skiing adventure, thanks to the help of The School…
Blind and dyslexic students to access books in accessible formats
Elsevier signs up to provide titles to Load2Learn accessible formats service for students Students with sight loss or dyslexia can now access a wider range…
Disabled students say employers have ‘no idea’ about disability
Talented disabled students from some of the UK’s leading universities say job hunting is often hampered by employers’ lack of knowledge of disability. Interview-based evidence…
Today’s employment figures hide the urgent need to get people with a learning disability into work
Today the Office for National Statistics announced the lowest UK unemployment rate for nearly 10 years, however this ignores the on-going failure to address the fact that just…
DSA changes bring uncertainty for disabled students
Responding to the government’s plans to restructure the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) announced last week, national charity AbilityNet is concerned that disabled students face greater…
Profoundly deaf mother tells how new job has transformed her life
A profoundly deaf mother who struggled for years to find work told how her life has been transformed by a Bristol company committed to employing…
Today’s employment figures hide the urgent need to get people with a learning disability into work
3 year decrease in employment figures for people with a learning disability Today the Office for National Statistics announced employment figures showing a growth in the number…
New research shows disabled people face discrimination at work
New research from Leonard Cheshire Disability reveals employers need to offer more support, even at the job hunting stage. Research by ComRes found 59 per…