Meet the ‘Be the Difference’ Partners for Able Magazine’s Employment Initiative
Regular readers will remember that we recently launched our employment initiative, Be the Difference, with the specific aim of helping more disabled peo…
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Interview: Founder of EqualEngineers Mark McBride-Wright on diversity within engineering sector
Able Magazine caught up with 'Be the Difference' Employer, Dr Mark McBride-Wright CEng MIChemE founder of EqualEngineers to discuss inclusivity within …
Seen and heard: The Mission To Improve Acceptance For Deaf People In The Workplace
“Deaf people can do anything apart from hear” - a powerful quote that, as if it were needed, reinforces the prevalent lack of belief and knowledge that…
Free cyber security training – CompTIA pledges to get the UK Cyber Ready
CompTIA announces government funding for Cyber Ready retraining initiative, giving applicants a head start in cyber security career CompTIA, the wor…
Engineering & Technology Careers Fairs for Diverse Talent
This September, EqualEngineers will be hosting careers fairs in five regions across the UK, with a difference. Aimed at anyone who is considering a car…
Gold-medal winning Paralympian launches start-up to tackle disability stereotypes
A gold-medal winning Paralympian is launching a new business venture set to challenge assumptions about the careers those living with disabilities can …
Minister Urges Employers To Make Workplace Adjustments For People With Arthritis
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton, has called on employers across the country to make workplace adjustments for people wi…
Gold-medal winning Paralympian launches start-up to tackle disability stereotypes
A gold-medal winning Paralympian is launching a new business venture set to challenge assumptions about the careers those living with disabilities can …
Genius Within wins ERSA Awards for work supporting social inclusion
Genius Within CIC, an organisation that specialises in the workplace support of adults with neuro differences has won recognition from the Employabilit…
Able Magazine launches disability employment initiative, ‘Be the Difference’
Many disabled people remain frustrated and disenfranchised at the seeming lack of opportunity for them in the workplace. Able Magazine wants to start t…
Working towards an independent future with Derwen College
Mary Woodall works as a part-time receptionist in a hotel. She travels there independently on a bus from the supported accommodation where she lives in…
Able Magazine talks to STV Scotland Tonight about Britain’s Got Talent Winner Lost Voice Guy
Able Magazine's Social Media Editor, Claudia Foxcroft got to talk to STV Scotland Tonight alongside freelance journalist Michael McEwan about recent Br…
Derby theatre company celebrates successful first year of training course for Learning Disabled actors
A Derby-based theatre company which works with learning disabled actors is celebrating the first year of its pioneering training course with a special …
Interview: How local bakery Step and Stone are transforming employment opportunities for disabled people
Bristol-based bakery, Step and Stone, makes handmade lavosh flatbreads with a social purpose. They work with young people with learning disabilities, h…
ERSA Employability Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2018 ERSA Employability Awards were announced last night (14 June) at a special evening ceremony in London attended by the Minister …
Able Magazine’s ‘Be The Difference’ Employment Initiative launches July 1st 2018
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently published figures highlighting the employment gap between disabled people and non-disabled people. De…
Untapped potential: UnLtd and Scope join forces to tackle the disability employment gap
Disabled people are twice as likely to be unemployed than non-disabled people, and only one in every 16 people with a learning disability is in paid em…
UK charity, ASTRiiD, calls on business bosses to plug the skills gap by bringing down barriers to employment at global conference
Business leaders have the power to tackle the growing UK skills crisis, according to ground-breaking charity, ASTRiiD – but first, they must relax rigi…
Grant to Support Disabled People in the Workplace Rises by Over a Third
Hundreds of disabled employees are to benefit from a £15,000 rise on Access to Work grants to assist them at work. People will now be able to claim up …
Growing in Confidence: Find out what the Government’s Disability Confident scheme has in store next
The Government’s Disability Confident scheme celebrated its first anniversary towards the end of last year. We look at the project’s first year and whe…
Work With Me Scheme supports more disabled people to get into work
Latest Government figures show that there are one million disabled people in the UK who want to and are able to work but are currently not employed. Di…
Within the law: becoming a lawyer with a disability
The legal sector is renowned as a rigorous environment where some of the finest minds do battle. We find out how the sector helps disabled people to have a successful career.
A Career In Broadcasting
Television broadcasters are in a unique position. Not only are they large employers in their own right but through their broadcasting output they are able to influence public opinion and attitudes.
A Career in Financial Services
If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. There are more than 700,000 people employed in UK’s Financial Services industry, and within that…
Paid or Unpaid – Employment Can Change the Lives of Young Adults with Aspergers Syndrome
Conservative health minister Lord Freud put the cat amongst the pigeons when he said that disabled people are 'not worth' the national minimum wage and…