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Hire Vision campaign

Summary: Be part of RNIB's new employment campaign!

• Hire Vision event
• Register now!

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Currently only 33 per cent (one in three) of blind and partially sighted people of working age are in work. The Hire Vision campaign aims to work with employers to increase awareness of the potential of people with sight loss as employees, break down barriers to the creation of more jobs for people with sight loss and work with employers to create a range of opportunities for disabled people to move towards work.

Hire Vision event

RNIB, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, Social Firms UK and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation will launch Hire Vision, a national campaign on supporting greater numbers of blind and partially sighted people to move into work at an event in Liverpool on 15 July 2008.

Who is the event is aimed at?

Senior managers, HR professional and CSR account holders who are looking to expand the diversity of their workplace and pursue best practice in relation to the recruitment, employment and retention of disabled people.

What opportunities are there at the event?

• Participate in expert led workshops and gain information from voluntary, private and government sector workshop leaders on the support available to employers.
• Learn about current best practice and innovative initiatives from fellow business leaders.
• Gain a detailed understanding of the capabilities of disabled people from people with sight loss who are running their own businesses.
• Learn from Social Firms UK on how to make your own corporate social responsibility policies work in the interest of getting more disabled people into work.
• See first hand the range of delegates from across the private, voluntary and government sectors.

Benefits of attending

• Acquire skills in recruiting, making reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act and retaining disabled staff.
• Turn your commitment to corporate social responsibility in to practical support for supporting more disabled people into work.
• Learn how to introduce best practice form companies that are already doing it.
• Network with a range of delegates from across the private, voluntary and government sectors
• Boost your media profile by participating in opportunities that will generate coverage for your own organisation.

Register now!

Hire Vision will be launched with expert speakers and interactive workshops on Tuesday 15 July 2008 at the Marriott Hotel,

One Queens Square, Liverpool L1 1RH.

Registration costs £75.00 (including VAT) per person. Please register for the event by completing the registration form (Word).

Where to send your completed registration form

• send your completed form, with payment to Hire Vision Secretariat, 42 Canham Road, London W3 7SR or fax to +44 (0)20 8743 1010

Further information

If you have any problems completing the delegate form, or require any further information, please telephone 020 8743 3106 or write to Hire Vision Secretariat, 42 Canham Rd, London W3 7SR.

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Content author: campaign@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 05/06/2008 16:34