At 13:18 12/09/96 BST, you wrote:
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>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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