Blog: Our world of work
Harry Georgiou, youth advisory and coproduction assistant at DFN Project SEARCH, recently teamed up with NDTi's Thomas Henley to create a film which captures young people's experiences of work.
News (Employment)
Call for stories: Innovative day and work opportunities for people with learning disabilities
We’d love to hear more about the fantastic work you’re doing to enable people with learning disabilities to find and stay in paid employment.
Free webinar: Spotlight on supported internships
A free webinar for parents and carers of young people with disabilities who are preparing for adult life. Thursday 18 May, 10.30am-12noon.
Life-changing internships project set to help more disabled people into work
Internships Work is a new project which will enable 4500 16-25 year old's with additional needs in England to benefit from a supported internship each year by 2025.
Two Men and a Dog
How meeting through Shared Lives led Andy and James to form 'Local Social', a community interest company, that has changed both their lives. Author: Andy Cooke
The Learning Disability agenda needs new tactics, not just renewed energy.
Learning Disability Programme Lead, Madeline Cooper-Ueki, discusses our role in changing the direction of current learning disability practices in the UK.
Visual Case Study: Sterre Ploeger
As part of our work on the Erasmus project to learn about Pathways into Employment for young people with Disabilities, one of the participants, Sterre Ploeger, has contributed a graphic representation of her story.
Paying people with learning disabilities lower wages perpetuates inequality
Calls to pay people with learning disabilities below the minimum wage fly in the face of the evidence – not to mention the law.
Project leads the way in increasing the employment aspirations for young people with disabilities.
Three important resources have been launched this week that aim to help authorities, education providers and career advisers provide a more inclusive approach to employment for young adults following evidence that school leavers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are finding it difficult to achieve their work ambitions.
Employment is Everyone's Business
NDTi and the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) have been awarded a grant by the Department for Education to work together on a new project: ‘Employment is Everyone’s Business’.