1. Into apprenticeships, Traineeships and Supported Internships
Kamran Mallick
Into apprenticeships, Traineeships and Supported Internships

2. Disabled People Leading Change
Disability Rights UK
National charity formed in 2012
Majority of trustees, staff and volunteers have lived experience of disability or health conditions
We are disabled people leading change
working for equal participation for all
Strategic priorities:
Independent living- getting a life
Career opportunities – getting work, education
Influencing public attitudes and behaviours
Independent living: create research led by disabled people our DRILL program
Career opportunities – enable disabled people to share experiences backed by our specialist information and advice
Showcase approaches to youth employment, peer support for skills and career development
Influencing public attitudes Research, new narrative, show how cultures can be changed in education and workplaces
Disabled People Leading Change

3. Disabled People Leading Change
Core work
Information and advice designed by and for disabled people and people living with long term health conditions
Website reaches 1.6 million people per year; over 43,000 twitter followers
Over 100,000 downloads of our factsheets
Our Disabled Students helpline provided advice to 1,500 individuals. Disabled Students helpline
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4. Guides

5. Disabled People Leading Change
Key facts
There were 3.5 million people of working age (16-64) with disabilities in employment between April and June 2017, an employment rate of 49.2%.
The employment rate for people without disabilities was 80.6%. The employment rate for people with disabilities was 1.3 percentage points higher in April-June 2017 than in the same period in In this period the number of people with disabilities in employment has risen by 104,000.
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6. Disabled People Leading Change
Key facts
346,000 people with disabilities of working age were unemployed. People with disabilities have an unemployment rate of 9.0%. The unemployment rate for people without disabilities was 3.8%.
3.8 million people with disabilities of working age were economically inactive. The economic inactivity rate for those with disabilities is 45.9%. The economic inactivity rate for people without disabilities was 16.2%.
(From House of Commons Briefing Paper, 8 January 2018)
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7. Business attitudes to hiring disabled workers
Biggest personal worry when interviewing someone with a disability:
Using incorrect terminology - 32%
Knowing when to offer help -38%
Breaking the law by asking questions not permitted under the Equality Act -22%
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8. Business attitudes to hiring disabled workers
Biggest barrier to employing someone with a disability:
Concern about ability to do the job - 45%
Concern about cost of adaptations – 28%
Concern about integration with team – 15%
(From: Purple)
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