We’d a fab evening Royal Albert Hall seeing Music Man Project showcase hundreds of fantastic musicians. Thanks David Stanley BEM for a wonderful night & for all you do with your team. Ace to join you all with some of our brilliant Disability Unit Disability & Access Ambassadors

Proud to announce Josh Bullmore as Disability & Access Ambassador for Advertising. I do very much look forward to working with him to improve the lives of disabled people in the advertising industry & helping develop further opportunities for all

Announcing Josh Bullmore as our new Disability and Access Ambassador (DAA) for Advertising!

Josh will join a team of senior business leaders who drive improvements in accessibility, services, and facilities in their sectors.

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We have created a new Disability Confident guide for managers in collaboration with @cipd to help employers recruit, retain, and foster the progression of disabled people and those with health conditions in the workplace

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Roads and Accessibility Minister Guy Opperman announced that bus operators can now apply for a share of £4.6m funding, to help the rollout of audio-visual technology.

This will help disabled passengers across Great Britain use their local bus services with confidence.

Sir Robert Buckland's Review of #AutismEmployment , commissioned by Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride and supported by Autistica, sets out how businesses and the Government can work together to boost autism employment and change lives

#WorldAutismAwarenessDay #WAAD

Today we opened the #Ascot Racecourse Supports Sensory Room - the first dedicated, permanent space of its kind on a racecourse ❤️

The room is available to guests aged 16 & under who have neuro-diverse conditions & might need a calm sensory space to help them fully enjoy the day…

📍 Introducing our Playground Accessibility Map! 

You can now find out how over 1,000 playgrounds stack up for inclusivity, and find one near you.

Here’s how you can use it, and a little bit more about what we found🧵
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Today we joined a Scope webinar to outline plans for Actions 16 and 17 of the #DisabilityActionPlan , discussing:

🟣 Creating an online information hub for local authorities creating accessible playgrounds
🟣 Exploring effective ways of creating accessible playgrounds guidance

🙌It was wonderful to meet Robin - I am loving learning this language & was proud to use it this week Department for Work and Pensions questions on Monday

'I'm proud this government has given British Sign Language the legal recognition it deserves'

This #SLW2024 , Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Mims Davies MP discusses British Deaf Association's campaign to encourage employers to learn BSL, to increase support and workplace inclusion

Today Health Minister @MariaCaulfield attended an event at UK Prime Minister to mark #WorldDownSyndromeDay .

She also met representatives from organisations including @DSAInfoand National Down Syndrome Policy Group, and was interviewed by Ruben, a reporter for Channel 4 News who has Down syndrome.

'The Down’s Syndrome Association’s campaign to end the stigma is an incredibly important one, that I and all at DWP are proud to support'

Minister for Disabled People Mims Davies MP urges people to take part in the @DSAinfo's #LotsOfSocks campaign for #WorldDownsSyndromeDay

Having celebrated the announcement of our new British Sign Language GCSE with campaigner Tasha Ghouri last year, we asked her to show us some useful signs to help mark the start of #SignLanguageWeek ⬇️

It's #SignLanguageweek ! Did you know around 150,000 people in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL)?

The Disability Unit meet with the BSL Advisory Board regularly, most recently in February to discuss implementing the BSL Act.

#SLW2024

We're funding innovative projects that will help people in adult social & and unpaid carers across the country.

£20 million to be invested to expand community-based care models like shared living arrangements to support people in their own homes.

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🧒🏻 👧 Children across the country will receive better mental health support through more funding for early support hubs to expand services in local communities.

A total of 24 hubs will get a share of £8 million to provide support and early interventions.

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We’re hiring in Swindon

Apply for a rewarding career with flexible hours and a range of employee benefits ow.ly/R0UV50POA58

Last month, we published our new #DisabilityActionPlan , which sets out 32 practical actions the government will deliver in the next 12 months to improve disabled people’s daily lives.

Read our blog to learn about the plan’s history and next steps: medium.com/@equality-hub/…

Following #InternationalWomensDay last week, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Mims Davies MP calls on businesses to improve support, and have positive conversations with female employees impacted by menopause in the workplace on Sky Business Live