Tag Archives: Disability

Dave’s Story – overcoming challenges faced when looking for work with a disability

This is Dave’s Story, Dave kindly agreed to share experiences with us for the Disability Confident event, about the challenges faced when looking for a job as a young adult with a disability, how he overcame this, and how opportunity changed his life. #disability #disabilityconfident #Devon

Congratulations to all those who signed up to become Disability Confident in Exeter

Ben Bradshaw Disability Confident

Congratulations to all those who signed up to become Disability Confident on Friday and to all those who attended the event, it was a huge success and great to hear about all the support available. Special thanks to Billy Greenaway from Exeter College, Dave Webber from DDC and Steve Aughton from Living Options for sharing […]

Living Options Devon

Living Options Devon We met with Living Options Devon yesterday – they are such a great team so welcoming and friendly and doing some really brilliant work helping people with disabilities and deaf people to lead the lives they choose. They offer so many different valuable services including Countryside Mobility. Please check out the link […]

new Exeter collective thrives

Jobs saved as new Exeter collective thrives Posted on: 26 October 2015 An Exeter business which provides specialist employment for people with disabilities will be officially opened by Devon County Council leader John Hart on Wednesday (October 28) at 11am. The Devon Disability Collective (DDC) was set up after PLUSS announced the impending closure of […]

ITV News Devon Disability Collective

  Factories that mainly employ the disabled facing closure 24 March 2015 at 10:12am Two factories in Exeter and Bridgwater which mostly employ people with disabilities are facing closure. Around 78 people are facing redundancy at the Centres. The Trade Union Community is blaming Devon County Council or the decision which it says will have […]