Barratt Developments Is Working with Whizz-Kidz
Whizz-Kidz are a charity for young wheelchair users working to transform the lives of disabled children from across the UK in supporting them to becom…
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Marriott Hotels Creating Life-Changing Opportunity for Young People With Learning Disabilities in London
An innovative partnership is helping to change the lives of young people with learning disabilities in London. DFN Project SEARCH is working with M…
NHS Workforce – Disability Equality Standard
In an attempt to tackle poor employment rates for disabled people and improve the experiences of disabled staff in the workplace, the NHS has develope…
Columnist Holly Tuke: Ticking the right boxes
To disclose or not to disclose your disability when applying for a job. For many disabled people, trying to find a job can be daunting and frustrat…
Interview – Justin Tomlinson MP Minister for Disabled People
Justin Tomlinson returned to his role as Minister for Disabled People in April, a post he’d held during 2015-2016. In his first full interview since h…
One in three with learning disabilities fear being victimised in a new job, survey finds
More than a third (35%) of people with learning disabilities or autism in England fear they would be victimised in a new job by colleagues because of …
Findings reveal people with mental health conditions waiting too long for workplace support
Some people with mental health conditions could be waiting for over a year for employers to put in place much-needed workplace adjustments, new findin…
Able Magazine is the official media sponsor of the Disability and Health Employment category at the ERSA Awards for 2019
This week, ERSA announced the finalists for the 2019 Employability Awards. The list of finalists includes a wide range of organisations and indiv…
Inclusive Employment – What To Expect From An Inclusive Employer
If you are looking to change jobs, pushing for a promotion, trying to build a career in a new sector or get back into the workplace, then an inclusive…
Be the Difference – helping more disabled people find employment
Regular readers of Able Magazine will already know that we launched our employment initiative, ‘Be the Difference’, in 2018 with the specific aim of …
JubyLee Bakes CIC provides work experience to people with learning disabilities
JLB was founded in 2016 as a bakery business to provide work experience and training to learning disabled young people and adults. In that year the yo…
Supporting GB Para-athletes with the Hogan Lovells bursary
Our law firm is built on a culture of engagement: a global network where we all support each other, open-mindedly and wholeheartedly. Naturally, encou…
Able Magazine Becomes Disability Confident Leader
Publisher of Able Magazine, Primas Media Ltd, has been accredited as a leader organisation of the Disability Confident Scheme. The Disabilit…
Sainsbury’s and Omnicom Announce Firm Commitment to Disability Inclusion
Sainsbury’s and Omnicom have today demonstrated their commitment to disability inclusion by announcing they have become members of The Valuable 500, a…
Paralympian gold-medallist Liz Johnson to host RIDI Awards
The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) is delighted to announce that British Paralympian, Liz Johnson, has been unveiled as the host of…
Media Trust in Partnership with ITV News presents the Eighth Annual ‘Breaking into News’ Competition
February marked the launch of ‘Breaking into News’, a nationwide initiative run by Media Trust in partnership with ITV News, to discover the next up a…
Ashurst, Employer Case Study
Ashurst LLP is a leading multinational law firm and a trusted adviser to corporates, financial institutions and governments worldwide. They’re als…
First year of success for charity that helps people with long-term illness find work
A unique UK charity is celebrating its first anniversary with an impressive year of firsts in its mission to help those with long-term health conditio…
ERSA Employability Awards 2019 open today
Today marks the official opening of the seventh annual ERSA Employability Awards. Entries are now open to individuals and organisations supporting job…
Hollyoaks Announces New Diversity Documentary
Hollyoaks will be releasing a 15-minute documentary after half twelve on Monday, titled Hollyoaks – See The Person, which celebrates the importance of…
Be the Difference – Find out more about our employment iniatitive
Regular readers of Able Magazine will already know that we recently launched our employment initiative, ‘Be the Difference’, with the specific aim of …
Leicester Immunisation Services – Aleem, Employer Case Study
I graduated in July 2008, as a BSc computer graduate. During graduation week it dawned on me about the sheer number of graduates that qualify and the…
Sopra Steria Recruitment becomes a RIDI 100 organisation
Sopra Steria Recruitment, one of the UK’s leading staffing companies and managed recruitment service providers, is delighted to announce that it has b…
Chronically-ill 37-year-old lands first ever job, thanks to ground-breaking UK charity
Victoria Clutton calls for employment barriers to be removed for the long-term ill, as ASTRiiD (Available Skills for Training, Refreshing, Improvement,…
Founder of the Ability People, Liz Johnson, Named As One Of The BBC 100 Women 2018
London, November 2018 – Liz Johnson, the Paralympic Gold medallist and co-founder of recruitment agency The Ability People (TAP), has been named as…