Notes and Quotes - Issue 60

Next Step
Get free careers and skills advice by calling Next Step

Next Step is the new adult careers service – helping you get on in work and life. Sometimes it’s hard to know what steps to take to move on in work and life. That’s where Next Step can help.

You can get advice over the phone – or ask to meet an adviser face to face near where you live. Next Step advisers are professionally qualified and provide individual advice to help you make the right choices about learning and work. Whether you want to change jobs or learn something new and broaden your skills, you can talk in confidence to an adviser and plan your next move.

Call Next Step: 0800 100 900 between 8am – 10pm 7 days a week.

Coming soon: Next Step will soon be introducing a brand new enhanced careers website.


Radar and CSV Young Disabled Leader project
RADAR and CSV have been funded by the Young Foundation to recruit a group of 30 aspiring young disabled leaders. They will help facilitate workshops at 3 events in the West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside and London. The workshops will look at ways to break down the barriers that exist for young disabled people in becoming leaders in their local communities. They will also look at how local disability groups can reach out to young disabled people who aren’t’ aware of the leadership opportunities there for them, or don’t know how to turn their aspirations into action.

They are looking for young disabled people with curiosity, enthusiasm, dedication and drive who would like to be involved in planning and delivering this project, influence organisations and become leaders.

For more information contact Abdi Gas by email at Abdi.Gas@radar.org.uk

RNIB Legal Rights Service
This service offers information, advice and where possible representation to adults and children registered as blind or partially sighted, or with a serious sight problem. They advise on the Disability Discrimination Act, community care and welfare benefits law.
The service includes:
• Take enquiries (telephone / email) from blind and partially sighted adults and children and those supporting them (including trade union representatives);
• Provide a series of fact sheets on various aspects of the DDA, community care and welfare benefits;
• Provide internal/external training on DDA, community care and welfare benefits.

For more information contact RNIB Advice Service by telephone on 0303 123 9999.

Permitted Work Guide
Social Firms UK has produced a free, interactive tool to guide people on disability related benefits through the maze. It’s easy to use – just answer yes or no to a series of questions and it helps to work out how much someone can earn before their benefits are affected. Jobcentre Plus calls this ‘Permitted Work’.

For more information visit www.socialfirmsuk.co.uk/resources/library/permitted-work-guide

Equality Act 2010 Guidance
The new Equality Act comes into force from October 2010. Equality and Human Rights Commission have created a series of guidance documents to help explain the Act and provide practical examples on how the law has changed. They have guidance for employers, workers, service providers and service users, and guidance for education providers and students will be available from September. The guidance is also available as an online resource.

For more information visit http://tinyurl.com/SkillN-Q-EqualityAct2010

The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities – what does it mean for you?
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities is an international agreement to protect and promote disabled people’s human rights. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has produced a guide to help disabled people find out more about their human rights and how the convention can protect them. To read the guide go to:

www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/a-guide-to-the -un-disability-convention/

www.compassdisability.org.uk
Compass Disability Services is a user led organisation. They follow the Social Model of Disability as a way of working to remove barriers which exclude disabled people from equality of opportunity.

www.bsismile.com/signingtree.aspx
The Signing Tree is a special hierarchical structure for real BSL conversation in the single web page. All BSL users are welcome to browse or to submit your BSL clips. This service is free for public and multi-purpose to meet your BSL needs.

www.trust-ed.org
Trust-Ed aims to improve the lives of young people with ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) and their families and to maximise the future social, emotional and employment prospects of young ABI survivors.

www.autismradiouk.co.uk
AutismRadioUK was established by Kevin Healey & is the first Autism Radio station in the United Kingdom, which will broadcast local, national & Worldwide!

www.shapearts.org.uk
Shape is a disability led arts organisation working to improve access to culture for disabled people. They develop opportunities for disabled artists; train cultural institutions to be more open to disabled people, and run participatory arts and development programmes.