Hello! Has your colleague tried his/her local disability action group,
information should be obtainable from his/her local council.
For instance in Westminster the action group is Called Disability Action
Westminster. Hope this helps, regards, Loretto O'Callaghan Imperial College.
>At 13:18 12/09/96 BST, you wrote:
>>
>>Hi there, this is one of my first messages from a 'lurker' on dis-forum. I
>>am currently working in the Careers Service at Lancaster University, England
>>on a disability-related employment project.
>>
>>I have had a request from a colleague whose client, a disabled student,
>>would like some part-time work from home. He has a computer and was
>>thinking of something like word processing, but has been hard-pushed to find
>>any employment agency that would allow him to do piecework. The DEA/Job
>>Centre route hasn't been successful either.
>>
>>Any ideas out there on where to go? I suppose that the work in mind would
>>not necessarily have to be computer-related, ie. it could be telesales or
>>something. Any leads at all appreciated.
>>
>>Shelley Willson
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>Often get approached by companies requesting "disabled" homeworkers but
>difficult to check out credibility.
>
>Try:-
>The Telecottage Association
>WREN Telecottage
>Stonleigh Park
>Warwickshire
>CV8 2RR
>
>Tel 0800 616008
>
>or
>Teleworking Special Interest Group
>Virtual Office
>211 Piccadilly
>London
>W1V 9LD
>
>Tel 0171-917-2920
>
>Also back issues of Ability from the BCS Disability Group with article on this,
>
>best wishes
>
>
>Richard Perrott
>
>
>Richard J Perrott
>Co-ordinator Graduate Support Scheme
>
>
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