howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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rather sad to hear that many of their factories are closing leaving 1700 disabled people without work.
has been losing money hand over fist for many years and disability groups agree that the concept is out dated.
a major problem is that most of their factories are in places where the number of people chasing a job vacancy is very high.
A good concept in its day and a big Hurrah for it. But now I think we realise that disability should not be a barrier to work and integration is the name of the game.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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It is sad but I heard that for each person employed in this way 8 could he helped in the broader jobs market at the same cost. It would be nice to think that some of these factories might be able to survive with an employee buyout - lets hope so.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i visited one of their factories many years ago in northampton( i think), somewhere around there and i was taken aback to see the export manager in a wheelchair.
some of the people on the production side were severely handicapped but were totally dedicated to their job.
they used to export all over the world, mainly furniture and craft products.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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As Bern says, integration is the very best way, whenever possible.
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