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Broadcasters Back Disability Initiative
Aug 6th
ProductionBase, the industry’s online network for freelancers working in TV, film and commercial production announced has launched a new search tool making it easier for broadcasters and production companies to find disabled freelancers while keeping the information discreet to make sure there is no discrimination.
The initiative has been endorsed by the BBC, Channel 4, PACT, ITV and disability campaigners within the industry. More >
Charity in Search for New Trustees
Jul 2nd
Award winning Compass Disability Services are looking for new Trustees to help keep them pointing in the right direction.
The Somerset-based charity, who were recently named Third Sector Employer of the Year at the South West Skills Awards ceremony, are seeking people with a range of skills who would be committed to their mission, values and aims.
The Trustees would be expected to ensure the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation.
Search is on for Disabled Entrepreneur 2010
Jun 7th
The search for a disabled entrepreneur is on again.
The search is now on to find the Stelios Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 – and up for grabs is a first prize of £50,000!
This major award is run by Leonard Cheshire Disability and sponsored by easyGroup Chairman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
“I am very passionate about encouraging an enterprising spirit,” said Sir Stelios. “We received a terrific response last year from disabled entrepreneurs all over the UK and, as one of the judges, I was amazed by the high standard of entries – arriving at a shortlist proved a difficult task just because there are so many talented entrepreneurs out there.
“Self employment is the only viable option for many disabled people as it offers flexibility and helps bypass much of the prejudice that sadly still exists,” Sir Stelios added.
Last year’s winner was John Pickup, whose Amputees in Action supplies amputee extras and stuntmen for film, television and for Armed Forces casualty training.
Workplace: Discrimination Case Makes Legal History
Apr 22nd
Elizabeth Boyle
People with a range of controlled, recurring health conditions, where symptoms can be managed or may fluctuate, are protected by UK disability legislation, following a decision by the House of Lords.
Elizabeth Boyle, from Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland, is affected by vocal nodules. She brought a case of discrimination against her former employer, SCA Packaging Ltd, after they changed her working environment which would have threatened her voice.
The legal decision has clarified current UK disability legislation, and could have significant consequences for people with conditions such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.
Workplace: Plymouth Hospitals Take on Disabled Interns
Apr 15th
Project SEARCH helps people with learning difficulties find work.
A dozen young people with learning difficulties in Devon will be able to complete a year’s internship with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, as part of a new national scheme.
The national initiative, called Project SEARCH, aims to give people with learning difficulties, and conditions such as autism, practical workplace experience, with the aim of improving their overall career prospects.
Organisations selected include local councils, social work departments and hospitals.
Workplace: Living and Studying in Edinburgh
Apr 6th
The Castle. The Festival. Tartan.
Edinburgh attracts millions of visitors from around the world every year, but what’s it like for the disabled student to actually live and study in the Scottish capital? More >
Workplace: Hanging On The Telephone
Apr 6th
Don’t put your career on hold! Though we’ve all got ideas about what it’s like to work in a call centre, most of us are completely wrong, as Melissa Holmes reports.Most of us have some experience of call centres – sorting out our bank account on the phone, ringing the gas company to let them know our latest meter reading, sorting out tickets for the cinema. We’re familiar with the joys of being kept on hold, held in a queue or transferred from one person to another.
We also have a pretty similar view of the kinds of people who work in call centres and what sort of places they must be – images of staff being slotted into desks like cooped up battery hens, their conversations recorded and toilet breaks monitored – all the while knowing that they’re stuck in a dead-end job with no prospects of promotion. More >
Workplace: Papworth Trust
Apr 6th
Every year the Papworth Trust helps disabled people in the East of England and across the UK through vocational rehabilitation, housing, personal support – and employment support. Could the Papworth Trust help you?
The Papworth Trust was founded more than 90 years ago to help people recover from tuberculosis, but for the last 50 years the focus of its work has been providing employment support, accommodation, care, advice and other services for disabled people. Currently, the Trust helps and supports more than 10,000 people each year.
Working with people across the eastern region, Papworth Trust’s Employment Service has proved exceptionally successful at helping disabled people and those with long term health issues to find lasting employment. More >
Workplace: Work and Study in East Anglia
Apr 1st
If you’re looking for flat landscapes and wide open skies, East Anglia is the place to go, but just how accessible is it to study there?
“Very flat, Norfolk,” Noel Coward once wrote. Certainly, it and the rest of East Anglia – a region of England that includes Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and (according to some people) parts of Essex – isn’t where you go to climb mountains.
Much of it is low lying, pancake flat and (towards the north) a bit soggy – specifically, the network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes (known locally as broads) in Norfolk and Suffolk, which attract recreational boaters from around the world. OK, some parts of Suffolk and even Norfolk are “gently hilly”, but we’re not exactly talking about the Pennines. Potentially, it’s among the most mobility-friendly parts of the UK. More >
