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The organisations below work on different aspects of disability as it affects business, from providing information on specific impairments to more general guidance on corporate responsibility. The majority of organisations are based in the UK. If you would like to add a link please contact us.

AbilityNet

http://www.abilitynet.org.uk

AbilityNet helps disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their ICT. They work with business to undertake web accessibility and user testing and to help employers make adjustments to IT in the workplace.

AccountAbility

http://www.accountability.org.uk

Accountability is the leading international non-profit institute that brings together members and partners from business, civil society and the public sector from across the world and is dedicated to promoting accountability for sustainable development. Simon Zadek, Chief Executive of AccountAbility, is co-author of 'Realising potential.'

Action for Blind People

http://www.afbp.org

Action for Blind People is a national charity that provides practical support to blind and partially sighted people through work, housing, leisure and support. They work with employers to provide work placements and recruitment services to people with visual impairments

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)

http://www.acas.org.uk/

Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations.

Adult Dyslexia organisation

http://www.futurenet.co.uk/charity/ado/adomenu/adomenu.htm
The Adult Dyslexia Organisation is empowers people with dyslexia.

Adult Dyslexia & Skills Development Centre

http://www.adultdyslexiacentre.co.uk/

The Adult Dyslexia and Skills Centre aim is to enable dyslexic people to become more successful.

Aidsmap

http://www.aidsmap.com

NAM is an award-winning, UK community-based organisation that delivers reliable and accurate HIV information across the world to HIV-positive people and to the professionals who treat, support and care for them.

Arberry Pink Ltd

http://www.arberrypink.co.uk/

Arberry Pink are regarded as the leading specialist publisher of diversity magazines for students and graduates.

Ashridge Centre for Business and Society (ACBAS)

http://www.ashridge.org.uk/www/ACBAS.nsf/Web/Ashridge+Centre+for+Business+and+Society

Ashridge Centre for Business and Society is part of Ashridge Business School and is an international authority on changing relations between business, government and civil society.

Asthma UK

http://asthma.org.uk

Asthma UK is the charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.2 million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma.

Association of Disability Equality Practice & Training (ADEPT)

http://www.adept-uk.org/

ADEPT products and services are designed to increase and maintain the continual inclusion of disabled people in mainstream employment and services.

BackCare (The Charity for Healthier Backs)

http://www.backcare-helpline.org/index2.php

BackCare is an independent national charity that helps people manage and prevent back pain through the promotion of best practice and self-help.

Blind in Business

http://www.blindinbusiness.org.uk

Blind in Business is a free service which helps young blind students and graduates through employment and training services and encourages blind and partially sighted people to identify and achieve their ambitions so that they can establish careers.

British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB)

http://www.bcab.org.uk

The main aim of the BCAB is to promote the use of ICT by visually impaired people in education, employment and the home.

British Deaf Association (BDA)

http://www.bda.org.uk

The BDA works to promote the rights, responsibilities, opportunities and quality of life of all Sign Language Users and campaigns for the legal protection of the British Sign Language so that all users have full access to vital information and services such as education, health and employment.

British Dyslexia Association

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

The vision of the British Dyslexia Association is to achieve a dyslexia friendly society that will enable all dyslexic people to reach their potential.

British Institute of Learning Disabilities

http://www.bild.org.uk/

The British Institute of Learning Disabilities works with the government and other organisations to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities.

British Lung Foundation (BLF)

http://www.lunguk.org

The BLF supports people affected by lung disease through the individual challenges they will face.

British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF)

http://www.bohrf.org.uk

The BOHRF brings employers and researchers together to produce robust science and evidence based work of practical value whose application will contribute to the right of people at work to be 'healthy, motivated and at work'.

British Stammering Association (BSA)

http://www.stammering.org

Run by people who stammer, the BSA is the only national organisation for adults and children who stammer and works to initiate and support research into stammering which raises awareness of and empowerment for those affected.

BT TextDirect / RNID Typetalk

http://www.rnid-typetalk.org.uk

BT TextDirect / RNID Typetalk provides a link to the hearing world for people with communication difficulties.

Business in the Community

http://www.bitc.org.uk/index.html

Business in the Community is a unique independent business led charity whose purpose is to inspire, engage, and support and challenge companies, to continually improve the impact they have on society.

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)

http://www.bsr.org

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a global organization that helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment.

Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE)

http://www.cae.org.uk/

The Centre for Accessible Environments is the leading authority and resource in the UK on the practicalities of inclusive design in the built environment.

Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College

http://www.bcccc.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=490

For 20 years The Center for Corporate Citizenship has provided research, executive education and convenings on corporate citizenship topics focusing on fundamentally and measurably improving companies' abilities to build and leverage their citizenship efforts for the benefit of society.

Centre for Social Markets

http://www.csmworld.org

The Centre for Social Markets is an Indian NGO in the business of transformation — social, economic, political and institutional — for the public interest.

Changing Faces

http://www.changingfaces.org.uk/

Changing Faces is a UK-based national charity determined to enable people who have disfigurements of the face or body to develop high self-esteem and self-confidence, have access to the very best health and social services and enjoy equal rights and opportunities throughout their lives.

Churchill, Minty and Friend Ltd

http://www.churchillmintyandfriend.com/

Churchill, Minty and Friend Ltd are acknowledged as a leading authority on disability and diversity issues, within the training and consultancy field of disability equality and awareness.

The Citizens Trust (formerly the Disability Times)

www.thecitizenstrust.org.uk

The Citizens Trust offers a wide range of services and training programmes to support people potentially vulnerable and excluded from society. Originally operating as Disability Times Trust, the organization still acts as "The Voice of Conscience for a Caring Nation", but has expanded to reflect the wider needs of our changing community.

CSR Europe

http://www.csreurope.org

CSR Europe is a non-profit organisation that promotes corporate social responsibility and has a mission to help companies achieve profitability, sustainable growth and human progress by placing corporate social responsibility in the mainstream of business practice.

Diabetes UK

http://www.diabetes.org.uk

Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.

Disability Action

http://www.disabilityaction.org/

Disability Action works to ensure that people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people.

Disabled Living Foundation

http://www.dlf.org.uk/forum/index.html

For 35 years the Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) has helped older and disabled people find equipment solutions that enable them to lead independent lives.

Disability Matters

http://disabilitymatters.com/

Based in the UK, Disability Matters operates globally to help organisations profit from the potential of disabled people and also works as a world-class consultancy championing the rights and responsibilities of disabled people.

Disability Now (published by Scope)

http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/contact.htm

Disability Now online is the website for the UK's biggest selling disability related newspaper, which is published fortnightly to cover the latest news and comment from the UK's most influential disabled campaigners.

Disability Resource Team

http://www.disabilityresourceteam.com/

The Disability Resource Team (DRT) is one of the leading providers of Transcription, Training and information service in the UK.

Disability Rights Commission

http://www.drc-gb.org

The Disability Rights Commission has one key goal: "A society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens". 

Disability Works Australia 

http://www.dwa.org.au/

 Disability WORKS Australia is a charity established to manage the National Disability Recruitment Coordinator (NDRC). Their role is to facilitate the provision of employment for people with a disability by providing employers with access to a single, free, effective contact point for recruiting people with disabilities. 

Diversity Works

http://www.diversityworks.scope.org.uk/

Diversity Works's goal is to develop disabled leaders and senior managers, capable of reaching the top and they plan to show that disabled people can compete among the best leaders and managers anywhere in the UK, in the private sector, government and not-for-profit sector - nationally and locally.

Dyslexia Institute

http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/

The Dyslexia Institute (DI) is an educational charity, founded in 1972, for the assessment and teaching of people with dyslexia and for the training of teachers and has grown to become the only national dyslexia teaching organisation in the world.

Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

http://www.opportunities.org.uk/

Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities vision is of a society where the full potential of people with disabilities and medical conditions is recognised in every workplace. They provide recruitment and employment services to disabled people and employers.

Epilepsy Action

http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/

Epilepsy Action is the largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain, acting as the voice for the UK's estimated 456,000 people with epilepsy, as well as their friends, families, carers, health professionals and the many other people on whose lives the condition has an impact.

Equal Ability Ltd

http://www.equalability.com/

Equal Ability CIC is one of the UK's leading disability consultancies and works to the principle that to 'cure' disability, it is the barriers in society - its physical environment, organisation and attitudes - that need to be dismantled.

Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities

http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities promotes the rights, quality of life and opportunities of people with learning disabilities and their families.

Freeney Williams Ltd

http://www.freeneywilliams.com/

Freeney Williams Ltd work extensively throughout the public and private sector to provide high quality, effective training and consultancy services which are designed to meet the needs of employers and service providers in the real world.

Health and Safety Executive

http://www.hse.gov.uk

The Health and Safety Executive's mission is to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.

Instituto Ethos

http://www.ethos.org.br/

The mission of the Ethos Institute is to mobilize, encourage and help companies manage their business in a socially responsible way, making them partners in building a sustainable and fair society.

International Labour Organisation

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/

The International Labour Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

Jobability.com

http://www.jobability.com/

Jobability is a truly inclusive website catering for all jobseekers which includes over 80,000 disabled jobseekers.

Jobcentre Plus

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

Jobcentre Plus is a government agency supporting people of working age from welfare into work, and helping employers to fill their vacancies.

Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST)

http://www.jst.org.uk/

The JST is a UK based charity that aims to promote the integration of able-bodied and physically disabled people through adventure tall ship sailing holidays.

Key 4 Learning Ltd

http://www.key4learning.com/

Key 4 Learning provides skills, resources and information to promote understanding of hidden disabilities, including Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Attention Differences and Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Mencap

http://www.mencap.org.uk

Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.

Mind

http://www.mind.org.uk

Mind campaigns to help improve the lives of people with mental health problems, working for better services, legal rights, and for a more accepting attitude among employers.

National AIDS Trust

http://www.nat.org.uk

As the UK's leading independent policy and campaigning voice on HIV and AIDS we influence attitudes, behaviour and decisions that have an impact on the lives of people affected by, and at risk of HIV and AIDS.

National Society for Epilepsy

http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/

The National Society for Epilepsy is committed to providing information and support to people with epilepsy.

PertempsMouzer

http://pertempsmouzer.co.uk/

PertempsMouzer are a leading disability consultancy, working with businesses and organisations in a pragmatic and innovative way by integrating disability into business thinking, strategy, planning and delivery.

Prospects/ Prospects Scotland

http://www.autism.org.uk/prospects

Prospects is The National Autistic Society employment and training service for people with autism and Asperger syndrome who wish to work.

Ready Willing Able - Recruitment Bulletin (RWA)

http://www.readywillingable.net/

Ready, Willing, Able (RWA) is a unique recruitment bulletin aimed specifically at disabled people and it complements the government's New Deal scheme which concentrates on training to prepare disabled people for work.

Rehab UK

http://www.rehabuk.org/

Rehab UK provides assessment, training and development programmes that enable people with disabilities to break into the workforce.

Remploy Interwork Ltd

http://www.remploy.co.uk/

Remploy Interwork works in partnership with Jobcentre Plus and some of the UK's top employers, offering a range of services to develop disabled jobseekers' skills, including pre-employment training and recruitment programmes.

Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR)

http://www.radar.org.uk

RADAR is a national network of disability organisations and disabled people, representing its members by fast-tracking their opinions and concerns to policy-makers and legislators in Westminster and Whitehall, and launching campaigns to promote equality for all disabled people.

Royal National Institute of the Blind

http://www.rnib.org.uk

We are the UK's leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems.

Royal National Institute for Deaf People

http://www.rnid.org.uk

The RNID works to make daily life better for deaf and hard of hearing people.

Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA)

http://www.siaa.org.uk/what.php

The SIAA is devoted to the promotion, support and defence of Independent Advocacy in Scotland, and as a membership organisation has the overall aim of ensuring that Independent advocacy is available to any vulnerable person in Scotland.

Shaw Trust

http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/

Shaw Trust is a national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other social circumstances and is the largest UK provider of employment services for disabled people.

Scope's Employment Services

http://www.scope.org.uk/

Particularly focusing upon cerebral palsy, Scope' aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else.

Skill: The National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

http://www.skill.org.uk

Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities is an independent charity that promotes opportunities for people with any kind of disability in learning and employment.

Valuing People

http://www.valuingpeople.gov.uk/

Valuing People is the government's plan for making the lives of people with learning disabilities, their families and carers better.