Tags: employment

My daughter Jessica was so buoyed up by caring friends and our company staff after her painful spinal operation last winter, she set up a fund-raising page. She asked people to donate just a pound, or whatever they could spare.

Life with muscle-wasting condition involves a lot of waiting and, as we transition from January to February, there is plenty which is worth waiting for.

I may sign up to a class or two at my local arts centre where they have just launched online events.

Hello everyone! I just wanted to take a bit of time to introduce myself and what is happening with the Moving Up project.

In this post you can read about my internal placement with the events team at MDUK in their London office.

I first heard about the Moving Up Project from a Trailblazers representative talking at a Young Person’s hospital group that I attend monthly. A few of the members of the group had already done a placement at MDUK, so I was interested to find out more.

A few weeks I had the wonderful opportunity to undertake a work experience placement at Wall to Wall, at Gray’s Inn Road in London.

As the new Employability Officer at Muscular Dystrophy UK I am setting up a Working Group for young disabled people in London to learn about their experiences of finding and staying in work.

Today (8th March) is International Women’s Day 2017 and the theme this year is ‘Be Bold for Change’. In her blog, Michaela Hollywood, Trailblazers Campaigns Officer, argues why disabled women must be bold for change too.

On Saturday 9th July, I was invited to speak at the most recent Trailblazers “Moving Up” employability event.

This Saturday 9th July Muscular Dystrophy UK’s Moving Up project held its second employment skills workshop, a day of talks and activities for young disabled people.