General Advice
Placenet
www.placenet.org.uk
Placements in Industry Network (Placenet) is a registered charity providing a forum for placement officers and associated academics.
Job Centre Plus
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/cms.asp?Page=/Home/Customers/HelpForDisabledPeople
Information about the Job Centres services for disabled
people, including the Access to Work scheme, Introduction
to Work and the two ticks scheme.
Disability Rights Commission
www.drc-gb.org
An independent body which aims to eliminate discrimination
of disabled people and promote equal opportunities.
It provides information about your legal rights
and entitlements.
SKILL: National Bureau for disabled students
www.skill.org.uk
Information, advice and resources for disabled students
in post-16 education.
Royal Association for Disability &
Rehabilitation (RADAR)
www.radar.org.uk
A campaigning and advisory body, run for and by
disabled people.
Disability Now
www.disabilitynow.org.uk
Newspaper covering a range of disability related
issues and articles.
Yourable.com
www.youreable.com
Online magazine and news service for disabled
people.
DIAL (Disablement Information and Advice
Line)
www.dialuk.org.uk
A national service of telephone advice lines for
people with disabilities.
EmployAbility
www.nrec.org.uk/employability/
Resources and information (including skills audit
and CV builder) for students/graduates of European
countries with disabilities.
Leonard Cheshire
www.leonard-cheshire.org
Charity for disabled people, offering support, training
and advice in finding work.
British Council of Disabled People
www.bcopd.org.uk
National representative of organisations controlled by disabled people.
Association of Disabled Professionals
www.adp.org.uk
Association providing advice, information and peer
support to disabled professionals.
Ability Net
www.abilitynet.org.uk/content/home.htm
IT and technology advice for people with disabilities.
Group for Disabled Solicitors
www.gsdnet.or.uk
The English Sports Association for People with Learning Disability - ESAPLD
www.esapld.co.uk
Work Experience Schemes
Civil Service Summer Placement Scheme
www.diversity.faststream.gov.uk/index.asp?txtNavID=133
6 – 8 week placements in the civil service
BBC Extend Programme
www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/extend
Provides work placements for talented disabled people. This programme is currently under review and information regarding a new format will be available on the website as soon as it becomes available.
Bar Council
www.barcouncil.org.uk
Offers a ‘matching’ process to link
students and graduates with barristers with a similar
disability.
Shaw Trust
www.shaw-trust.org.uk
Offers vocational training, work tasters and work
preparation for disabled people.
Employment Opportunities
www.opportunities.org.uk
Matching scheme that provides additional help
and support with finding a range of vacancies.
Blind in Business
www.blindinbusiness.org.uk
Job covenant scheme which helps blind students
and graduates find work placements.
GraduateSchemes
The Leadership Recruitment Programme (formerly known as Fast Track)
www.diversityworks.scope.org.uk
A one-year programme which offers a management development programme combined with work experience opportunities with major employers.
The Papworth Trust
www.papworth.org.uk/
Support and advice on applying for jobs, including
advice for graduates.
Fast Forward
http://fast-forward.scope.org.uk/index.shtml
Lots of useful information and advice for disabled
graduates seeking work.
Jobability
www.jobability.com
Website of job vacancies for disabled people
Regional Support
Capability Scotland
www.capability-scotland.org.uk
Range of information, advice and support for disabled
people in Scotland.
AHEAD (Association for Higher Education
Access & Disability)
www.ahead.ie
Information and advice for higher education students
in Ireland.
Help for Specific Disabilities
Arthritis
Arthritis Care
www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Autism
National Autism Society (Autism & Aspergers
Syndrome)
www.nas.org.uk
Blind/Visual impairments
Royal National Institute for
the Blind
www.rnib.org.uk
Association of Blind and Partially
Sighted Teachers and Students
www.abapstas.org.uk
Brittle Bones
Brittle Bone Society
www.brittlebone.org
Cerebal Palsy
Scope
www.scope.org.uk
Colitis & Crohn’s Disease
National Association
Colitis & Crohn’s Disease
www.nacc.org.uk
Deaf
Deafplus
www.deafplus.org
Royal Association of Deaf People
www.royaldeaf.org.uk
Working Without Hearing
www.workingwithouthearing.com
Diabetes
Diabetes UK
www.diabetes.org.uk
Disfigurement
Changing Faces
www.changingfaces.co.uk
Dyslexia
British Dyslexia Association
www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk
Dyslexia Institute
www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk
Epilepsy
National Society for Epilepsy
www.epilepsynse.org.uk
Learning Difficulties
MENCAP
www.mencap.org.uk
ME
ME Association
www.meassociation.org.uk
Mental Health
Mind
www.mind.org.uk
Mental illness, including schizophrenia
Rethink
www.rethink.org
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.mssociety.org.uk
Multiple Sclerosis International Federation
www.msif.org
Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Association for Spina Bifida
and Hydrocephalus
www.asbah.org
