Celebrating hard work this Learning Disability at Work Week
According to learning disability charity, Mencap, only six per cent of people with a learning disability are in paid employment. However, 60 per cent would like to be.
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4 November: The day of the Disability Pay Gap
Today (4 November), the average disabled worker stops getting paid, relative to their non-disabled co-workers. As a result, today is known as the Disability Pay Gap Day.
Riding the rails to your new career
Every day, companies are driving disabled employees to reach their full potential in the workplace. Transport for London (TfL) has been committed to supporting their disabled staff for years, and want to continue to develop opportunities.
Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work calls on large businesses to reveal number of disabled staff employed
As 10,000 businesses sign up to the disability Confident Scheme, Ministerfor Disabled People, Health and Work Sarah Newtonhas called on large businesses to reveal number of…
Disability Confident: the scheme removing barriers to employment
It’s been just over a year since the government’s Disability Confident scheme launched, encouraging employers to up their game and modify their policies to make…
Channel 4: Going the extra mile
A job in the media might seem like an impossible dream when you have a disability, but one broadcaster is going the extra mile to…
National Apprenticeship Week 2017: Harry’s Story
“I didn’t have much self -esteem to start with but it’s getting much better now. Having Peter to talk to for support and advice really…
People with MS face ‘disturbing’ levels of workplace bullying and mistreatment
The MS Society reveals that people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) are facing ‘disturbing’ levels of disability discrimination at work, as it releases new survey…
Minister: MPs must help “open doors” for disabled jobseekers
Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, calls on every MP to hold a disability employment fair in their constituency. Call is part of effort to…
One in three with paralysis not supported in return to work
44% IN SURVEY NOT ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER WORK AFTER DISABILITY – AS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT FOR DISABLED A third of people who…
David’s One Page Profile helps him save his job
David is 42 and has a learning disability. He plays snooker and golf, and enjoys metal detecting. He lives in Wetherby and for the past…
Students with a learning disability help locals in crisis by raising food donations for local food bank
New initiative by Royal Mencap Society and The Harpur Trust to support 40 local young people with a learning disability develop employment skills On Friday…
Mental health must be a public health priority
Shaw Trust welcomes the Government’s decision to invest in mental health support. The Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions are jointly…
National award for young man with Asperger’s who thought he’d never work
Computer whiz-kid Ralph Smith was desperate to find work but his Asperger’s syndrome, which makes it hard for him to relate to people, made it…