Returning people back to work after sickness absence and enabling them to stay at work is challenging, especially where the person is experiencing mental ill health – either as a...
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Today, Friday 17 June, we're recognising Employability Day by sharing some great free resources from VRA member RNIB. RNIB have created a great suite of e-learning with options for practitioners,...
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Congratulations to Tesco who have been recognised as a Visibly Better Employer. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) today as part of National Employability Day (Friday 17 June). They...
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The UK economy could get a £3.9bn boost over the next five years if the government reforms the 40-year-old Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) system, a landmark report from Unum UK,...
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With one in four registered blind or partially sighted people of working age being unemployed (RNIB, 2020), the difficulties faced finding or remaining in work can be incredibly challenging. At...
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We asked Mandy Whalley, Associate Specialist Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist at Think Therapy 1st to tell us about the Empowerment Project. The Empowerment Project has been something I have been working on since...
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VRA member Lisa Whittleton of Illuminate VR Services Ltd joined the panel at a recent event for Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire CIPD branches on mental wellbeing in the workplace. She...
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This is a copy of a rapid response published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It was written by Dr Andrew Frank VRA Trustee and past Chair. Dear Editor...
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