Have you contacted your local Placing, Assessment and Counselling Team
(PACT) via the local job centre ? They have been very helpful with several
members of our staff who have various equipment and support needs - as an
existing member of staff your colleague would get 80% (minus the first £3oo)
of the costs met by PACT.
At 13:56 08/10/97 +0000, you wrote:
>UCL currently has a member of staff with Motor Neuron Disease. As you
>probably know, this is a debilitating and ultimately fatal condition.
>Because he cannot easily cope with public transport, the member of staff
>concerned has stopped coming into College, (his condition is steadily, and
>visibly, deteriorating) I have asked to provide funding towards a computer
>which would allow him to work at home. Is there a government scheme to help
>with this and if so who do I contact?
>PATRICK MULCAHY
>Disability Co-ordinator
>Academic Services
>Registrar's Division
>University College London
>Gower Street
>London WC1E 6BT
>Tel: (0171) 391 1343 [voice or minicom]
>Fax: (0171) 380 7327
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
Kate Tuck
Equal Opportunities Officer
University of Strathclyde
Personnel Office
16 Richmond St
Glasgow G1 1XQ
0141-548-4457
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