Ready To Start
Many disabled people find working for themselves is an ideal way to earn a living as you can choose to work from home and arrange hours that suit you.We’re working with Barclays – one of the UK’s largest banks – to help disabled people take greater control of their lives through self-employment. Ready To Start is a programme specifically designed to meet the needs of disabled people supporting them all the way into enterprise. We have enormous experience in supporting disabled people towards employment. A number of people have started their own business after going through our Workability programme, so it’s with this expertise and understanding of disabled peoples experiences; their hopes, fears, challenges and the outcomes they have achieved that we have developed the Ready To Start programme. It is with this knowledge that we hope to offer the best possible programme to the participants of Ready To Start. Over three years, we’ll support more than 600 disabled people across the UK to establish their own business and give many others training and careers advice too. We will also have a recognition awards programme for individual achievements. The programme is FREE and provides support for the whole journey of getting into self employment:
- FREE computer equipment and software
- Providing training programmes that meet individual learning needs
- Giving business advice for specific start-up issues and pointing people in the right direction for relevant trade bodies and business associations
- Access to a ‘buddy’ who will be on hand to offer friendly support and encouragement
