We believe the key to disability equality in the workplace lies with opportunities and education.
Non-disabled people can sometimes feel uncomfortable around disabled people.
They often worry about poor communication and unintentionally offending or patronising someone.
Supporting your employees to feel competent and confident when interacting with disabled employees and customers will increase loyalty, productivity, and business growth.
Find the best course for you
Our Disability Awareness Training is our main umbrella course, with specialist options for managers, recruiters and employer support programmes. Explore the options below to find the best fit for your organisation.
Find the best course for you
- Disability Awareness
- Team Leaders
- Compliance in recruitment
- Council Support Schemes
- Graduate Schemes
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Disability Awareness
Summary
Our core Disability Awareness Training is the main umbrella course, designed for organisations that want to build practical confidence around disability across the workplace.
Best for:
Mixed staff groups, HR teams and public sector organisations
Covers:
Understanding disability and workplace barriers, legal responsibilities, reasonable adjustments, workplace conversations and Disability Confident.
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Team Leaders
Disability Awareness & Compliance for Team Leaders
Summary
A practical course for managers who need to respond confidently to disability disclosure, support needs, adjustments and day-to-day workplace conversations.
Best for:
Team leaders and line managers
Covers:
Disability disclosure, workplace conversations, reasonable adjustments, absence, performance and support discussions.
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Recruitment
Disability Awareness & Compliance in Recruitment
Summary
A specialist course for recruiters and hiring managers who want to improve inclusive and legally compliant recruitment practice.
Best for:
Recruiters, hiring managers and HR teams
Covers:
Disability in recruitment, lawful health and disability-related questions, disclosure, adjustments and inclusive hiring practice.
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Councils
Disability Confident Support for Councils
Summary
A practical programme to help councils and employer networks support local businesses with Disability Confident and inclusive employment practice.
Best for:
Councils, local authorities, partnerships and employer networks
Covers:
Disability Confident Scheme roll-out, local employer support, inclusive recruitment, retention and progression
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Graduate Schemes
Disability Awareness Training for Graduate Schemes
Summary:
A practical disability awareness course for graduates, apprentices, trainees and other early-career professionals starting out in the workplace.
Best for:
graduate schemes, apprentices, trainees and early-career programmes
Covers:
disability awareness, workplace barriers, reasonable adjustments, inclusive communication, neurodiversity and mental health
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If you are unsure about any disability issue, or how training might improve your workplace, please contact us and a Disability Awareness Expert will be delighted to listen and offer advice.
Do you need to:
- Meet the legal requirements of disability discrimination legislation such as the Equality Act (2010)
- Ensure that staff have the confidence and the know how to appropriately communicate with and best support disabled people?
- Plan inclusive and accessible events
- Ensure that your business environment, policies, and procedures are accessible
- Check that your internal and external communication is reflective of best practice accessibility guidelines, tone and terminology
- Become disability confident
- Increase staff retention and disability disclosure
- Embed inclusion into the ethos of your organisation
Investing in training will:
- Provide your staff with the practical knowledge and insight they need
- Empower your team to confidently engage in necessary conversations from a legal standpoint.
- Help staff to break down the barriers faced by disabled staff and customers, showing them they are welcome and valued
- Make your organisation more inclusive for customers and your workforce