Skip to main content
Site logo

Main navigation

  • About
  • News
  • Campaigns
  • Speeches
  • Contact & Events
  • Apprenticeships
  • Newsletter
  • Small Business Survey
  • Vote for your favourite pub!
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • instagram
Site logo

Meeting held in Westminster to discuss employment opportunities for people with disabilities

  • Tweet
Thursday, 3 November, 2016
  • Westminster News
Westminster Hall

Carolyn and Thomas Cullen from Sowerby, near Thirsk attended a Roundtable discussion in the House of Commons organised by Kevin Hollinrake MP. They joined charities for people with learning difficulties and employer organisations to discuss way of breaking down the barriers preventing people with learning disabilities finding meaningful employment. The general consensus was that a behavioural change is needed amongst employers.  Among the suggestions to drive this were better communication about Access to Work (employment support programme), tackling the fear felt by small businesses about the cost involved, matching skills to jobs, more use of peer to peer support, flexibility of working hours and more apprenticeships. During the meeting, Mrs Cullen said that ‘finding information about services available is a constant merry go round and it is impossible to know who to go to for help’. The conclusions from this meeting and an earlier meeting in July will be sent to the Department of Work and Pensions as part of their consultation process about how to get more disabled people into work.

 

Show only

  • Articles
  • European News
  • Holyrood News
  • Local News
  • Media
  • Opinions
  • Reports
  • Speeches
  • Speeches in Parliament
  • Westminster News
  • Written Questions News

Kevin Hollinrake Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • About Kevin Hollinrake
  • About Thirsk and Malton
Conservatives
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • instagram
Promoted by Melanie Gooder on behalf of Mr K Hollinrake, both of 109 Town Street, Old Malton, YO17 7HD
Copyright 2025 Kevin Hollinrake Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton . All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree