Purple calls on businesses to improve on and offline accessibility
Today’s ‘Purple Tuesday’ calls on businesses to improve accessibility for disabled customers
Disability
Voya Financial’s concert celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month
The investment giant and global disability inclusion organisation Disability:IN, co-sponsored the event
Creative industries bursary to recruit talent from underrepresented groups
The bursary is launched by social enterprise Creative Access and McLaren Racing
Long COVID: could it amount to a disability?
Aleksandra Traczyk, Solicitor at Winckworth Sherwood shares the legal implications long COVID could have on the workplace
Businesses encouraged to buy ‘Purple Socks’ to support disabled entrepreneurs
Social enterprise Parallel Lifestyle, sustainable activewear brand BAM, and enterprise support charity Hatch Enterprise are behind the project
XPO Logistics: the freight firm teaching diversity and inclusion to its staff and leaders
Via teaching and partnerships with disability and LGBTQ+ organisations, XPO is loud and proud about its inclusion mission
Disability charity launches Lambeth internship programme
The programme will help young people with learning disabilities gain experience for employment
The disabled talent pool is there – use it, says speakers at Scottish business conference
At the recent event, Business Disability Forum’s CEO Diane Lightfoot explained how the disabled talent pool could benefit Scotland’s tourism and hospitality sectors
Pro diversity career platform gets increased attention from employers
The recruitment platform has experienced a 500% boost in engagement from last year
Learning disabled adults experienced 87% decrease in paid employment during COVID-19
On average, only 5.6% of supported working-age adults with a learning disability are in paid employment in England, is it time for businesses to step up?
