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The Royal Association of Disability Rights (RADAR) is a national network of disability organisations and disabled people. Formed in 1977, RADAR is run by and works for disabled people and with over 800 members it is the UK’s leading pan-disability charity, representing the needs and expectations of over 11 million disabled people. It pioneers upbeat and proactive campaigns to bring about changes in individual attitudes and behaviour. RADAR recognises that, to facilitate disabled people's full participation in our communities, there is a need to work broadly not narrowly and to explain and engage rather than to hector.
www.radar.org.uk
Association of Disabled Professionals
The Association of Disabled Professionals provides a pioneering service including the provision of employment advice, information and peer support to disabled people, their advisors and friends. They have a 24-hour answerphone service where disabled people can seek advice and support from other disabled people about issues relating to education, employment and training.
The Association of Disabled Professionals not only supports groups of disabled people within particular employment or educational settings, but can also help people on an individual basis, as well as contributing to surveys and putting together information on various disability related issues.
www.adp.org.uk
Energise – People Development and Diversity
Energise offers a range of flexible programmes, as well as consultancy, to help organisations to: maximise the potential of their workforce; achieve the optimum skills mix to enhance performance; harness the business benefits of diversity; attract and retain the best talent; maximise the confidence and impact of people managers; 'grow their own' future leaders; comply with equality legislation; and support their HR team. A Midlands based organisation, Energise offers a wide range of services to help organisations with people development and diversity.
www.energise.biz
Hearing Concern LINK provides support and information to people with a hearing loss and their families. They offer a number of services including rehabilitation courses, hearing advisors, networking events and training for professionals. Their aim is to achieve the best possible quality of life for all adults affected by hearing loss whose main method of communication is speech. This involves increasing awareness and understanding of hearing loss and its impact; informing, enabling and empowering people to manage hearing loss; and ensuring that appropriate services are provided for people affected by hearing loss.
www.hearingconcernlink.org
Royal London Society for the Blind
The Royal London Society for the Blind (RLSB) aims to remove barriers to personal fulfilment and social inclusion by providing a range of education, training and employment services that meet the needs of blind and partially sighted people in contemporary society. Founded in 1838, the RLSB has a long and distinguished history in helping blind and partially sighted people to achieve their goals in education, training and employment.
www.rlsb.org.uk
EQuality Training
EQuality Training helps organisations throughout the UK to improve their effectiveness through better use of people and their skills. They offer a variety of programmes, each tailored to the needs of individual delegate groups, which are not about passively receiving information, but about discovering, understanding and evolving intelligent solutions to real issues and creating shared strategies to enable change. They work with a number of clients including police forces, social services, children’s directorates, the NHS, ‘early years’ services, nurseries, schools and colleges.
www.equalitytraining.co.uk
British Computer Association of the Blind
The British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB) is a UK based charity run entirely by volunteers. Established in 1969, the BCAB offers training, support, networking and discussion to its members, as well as to the wider community of blind and partially sighted people. They encourage people to explore the use of computers at home, in work and in education, and stay up to date with advances in technology - identifying relevant resources and information for blind and partially sighted people.
Disabled Workers Co-Operative
The Disabled Worker’s Cooperative is a registered charity that helps disabled people to help themselves. It has two aims - to raise the independence of disabled people (for those that want it) by enabling them to take an active role in the economy and achieve a greater sense of self-worth and also to raise awareness of the contribution that disabled people can make to society. The Disabled Workers Co-operative receives no central or government funds and is dependent on donations to keep its projects going.
Brendan Magill (VISECTOR) provides support for people with disabilities in their employment or self-employment, so that they will be able to work more effectively, whilst gaining independence and retaining control of their work.
Run by Brendan Magill, who is himself registered blind, Brendan Magill (VISECTOR) work with people who have a wide range of disabilities including: Sensory impairments (such as deafness and visual impairment), Physical disabilities, Learning disabilities, Mental Health and complex multi-disabilities. The underlying aim of the organisation is to give people with disabilities the minimum level of support which will enable them to work effectively whilst retaining responsibility for and ownership of their own jobs.
