Employers for Disability NI has launched the first in a series of fact sheets and case studies to provide insight into the experiences of people with mental health issues and how they can be supported in the workplace, whether by HR personnel, line managers or colleagues.  This series has been funded by the Halifax Foundation. […]

Employers for Disability NI is holding a webinar, “Menopause: What you need to know” from 10.00am – 12.30pm on Thursday 10 December 2020.  This webinar will help participants gain insight into the experience of menopause and how to manage the effects in the workplace.   The key speaker will be Kate Staunton, proprietor of Zest […]

The Equality Commission for NI has highlighted six key issues to enhance web accessibility for disabled people. The following is a very useful basic website access check advised by the Commission: Keyboard accessibility Can you tab around the screen? For those who do not use a mouse it is important to be able to access […]

Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion, a report by the Chronic Illness Inclusion Project, provides very interesting information on people experiencing energy impairment, particularly how they are often not considered to have a disability, experience hostility and have their fatigue dismissed with comments such as “everyone gets tired”. There has been very little work done on this […]

Business Disability Forum has produced two leaflets providing good practice advice on serving disabled customers and making deliveries.  They contain lots of helpful tips. 3.-Tips-for-serving-customers-while-maintaining-social-distancing-final3.-Making-deliveries-to-disabled-customers 3.-Making-deliveries-to-disabled-customers

There has been a lot of information provided on how to manage anxiety and stress at the moment. However, for people with existing mental health conditions as well those with autism, learning disabilities, dementia etc., there are particular challenges. Therefore, the information from Public Health England, is very useful. It gives information, but also provides […]

The IMNI Disability Forum will involve persons with disabilities and their representative organisations to inform and coordinate actions to support and challenge government to  comply with its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Involvement in independent monitoring is however not a replacement for the direct involvement of […]

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“Menopause: What you need to know” – Gain insight into the experience of menopause and how to manage the effects in the workplace  Date: Tuesday 7 April 2020 Venue: Openreach, Riverside Tower, 5 Lanyon Place, Belfast BT1 3BT Time: 10.00am – 12.30pm (registration 9:45am) Cost: Member rate: £59.50 + VAT Non-member: £75.00 + VAT Lead Partner: […]