10 Steps to building #ourdisabilityconfidence at work

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We hear a lot about organisations’ being disability confident, at an organisational level and many of the disabled employees we work with are employed by organisations who know how to build inclusive workplaces.


At PurpleSpace we also notice the need that individuals have to build inner confidence and resilience especially those people who are newly diagnosed with a health condition or disability or mental ill health. What does individual confidence mean to them? How do they stay confident at work? How do they ask for the adjustments they need? How can networking help?

In this briefing papers we summarise ten steps offered by employees working at BT, E.ON Energy, Fujitsu, KPMG, Lloyds, Remploy and Shell.

This briefing is free to download. 



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