Tags: employment

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.

London Trailblazer Romina Puma is a stand-up comedian and disability campaigner. She has been performing internationally for over eight years.

Ronit Himatlal, aged 23, has Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. He is spending the summer with the Trailblazers campaigns team as part of his work experience placement on the Moving Up project.