Tags: employment

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.

Ronit Himatlal, 23, who lives in the London Borough of Harrow, is spending his summer at the Muscular Dystrophy UK office on work experience with the Moving Up project.

Jack McLellan, 24. from Havering, has an undiagnosed form of muscular dystrophy. He’s on a two month work experience placement, as part of Trailblazer’s Moving Up project, with Muscular Dystrophy UK’s Care, Information and Advocacy department.

Omar Foster is 22, from Croydon and has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III. He spent three days with the Trailblazers campaigns team at the Muscular Dystrophy UK Head Office in London, as part of the Trailblazers Work Experience Project.