We usually focus on issues around employment in these blogs, but of course it is just as important that our organisations are accessible to disabled customers. Emily Buchanan looks at one particular industry below: Music Concerts Are Not Access All Areas, New Study Finds A new study has shown that disabled fans are being let … Continue reading Guest blog: Excluding disabled customers
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Regular readers will know I am a huge fan of Access to Work, having used it both for myself and for employees in the past. And the good news is that it is extending the services it offers. The changes were put forward by a panel, chaired by Mike Adams, which made eleven recommendations. The Department for Work … Continue reading Access to Work gets even better!
I'm always keen to help other social enterprises, especially those geared towards helping disabled people, and this is a great one! Stewart White runs "Accessible Britain", and I'll let him tell you all about it: Welcome to Accessible Britain, a new and exciting organisation and website set up by disabled people for disabled … Continue reading How Accessible is Britain? We need your help!
When the Evenbreak website/job board was being developed, the most important requirement was that it should be as fully accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities as possible. I wanted it to look attractive of course, but accessibility was and is always the main consideration. Even after the techie people assured me it was … Continue reading A website that talks!
Today we have a guest blog from Jakk Ogden who writes for Wibtrac, a walk in bath trading company with an amazing range of baths for elderly and disabled people. Technology is advancing at a rather alarming rate and one only has to walk down the highstreet to see which direction consumer electronics are heading. Being … Continue reading Guest blog: Technology – Getting People Back to Work
Regular readers will know that I am a huge fan of Access to Work. I'm also a fan of B & Q who really take inclusion seriously. So this blog is a joy to write, as I'm looking at where Access to Work has enabled disabled employees of B & Q to reach their potential. B & … Continue reading Best Practice Case Studies – B & Q and Access to Work
This is the third example of best practice from Evenbreak client, E.ON. These case studies illustrate the importance of working with each employee as an individual. Having a "two ticks" symbol, or stating that you are an "equal opportunities employer" is not enough by itself - candidates need to be confident that the employer will … Continue reading Best Practice Case Studies: E.ON (3)
A blog today from an Evenbreak client who provides a much-needed service to disabled people everywhere. Motion recently approached Evenbreak to find talented individuals to help with the launch of an exciting new business offering simple, beautiful furniture and fittings for anyone living with a disability. They were pleasantly surprised with both the quantity and quality of … Continue reading Guest blog: Motion hits the Spot!
I am a huge fan of the Access to Work scheme which helps provide equipment and other support to enable disabled people to work. I have gained from this scheme, both as an employer and an employee - in fact, without the equipment that Access to Work has provided me with I would be unable … Continue reading Guest Blog: Are you aware of the Access to Work programme?
The advances in technology in recent years is phenomenal, and just this week I came across three separate articles talking about how technology can help disabled people work more effectively. In no particular order, here they are: Bionic revolution: The tech getting disabled people into work This BBC article talks about … Continue reading Using technology to help disabled people back to work