One of our members, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, has shared its guide, Making Communication Accessible. The Trust co-produced this guide with people with a disability and representative organisations. […]
Archive | Uncategorized
RSS feed for this sectionWelcome to our Newest Member!
Welcome our newest member, Commissioner for Older People for NI (COPNI). Employers for Disability NI would like to thank them for their commitment to disability good practice and looks forward […]
Disability Positive Accreditation Success!
Congratulations to the 17 employees who underwent our “Disability Positive” Training and Accreditation on Friday 23 June 2017. Their commitment to disability good practice and enthusiasm was fantastic. They came […]
2017 Events
Disability Positive Seminar and Accreditation: hosted by Translink Stress Awareness and Emotional Resilience Workshop for members: hosted in Equality Commission for NI Visual Awareness Briefing: Dept of Health Stress Awareness […]
Upcoming Event: Disability Positive Seminar
Employers for Disability NI has chosen “Disability Positive” as the theme for our annual June member event. This half-day seminar, kindly hosted by one of our Lead Partners, Translink, will […]
Psychometric Testing and Reasonable Adjustments
Dominic McCanny, Chartered Psychologist and former Board Member of Employers for Disability NI, has provided insight and advice on the need to make reasonable adjustments when using psychometric testing, specifically […]
Carer of Disabled Child Wins Case
A Tribunal has found that an advice giving service in North Belfast – the Ardoyne Association – discriminated against a woman who worked for them as an advisor, contrary to […]
Mamma Mia: What a night!
The first event to raise funds for EFDNI’s Disability Support Fund took place on Saturday 22 April 2017 in Newcastle Couumity Cinema. There was a fantastic turnout for a Mamma […]
Mags Achieves Distinction in Organisational Stress Management
Congratulations to Mags Harkin (our Director of Services and EFDNI’s Cognitive Behavioural Therapist) who has gained an Organisational Stress Management Diploma, with distinction, from the Stress Management Institute. This is […]
EFDNI is nominated charity for Oliver Musical
Oliver!: Portadown Town Hall will host an opening night charity gala performance of the musical Oliver! by E2A Inclusive Theatre, of whom at least 40% have a disability, on Thursday […]