In this episode our speakers, Sandra Hulme, Mark Palmer, Peter Wyman and Jane Hatton, talk about the theme of disability and economic justice.
Sandra, Mark and Peter, staff at Greenbank College, tell the story of the founding of the college by Gerry Kinsella MBE, elite athlete, medal-winner for Great Britain wheelchair basketball team in World and European championships. The College offers education, training, employment, sport and recreational activities for disabled and other disadvantaged local people in Liverpool.
Jane talks about how she set up Evenbreak after coming across discriminatory attitudes that affected disabled applicants getting jobs and becoming disabled herself. Evenbreak is a UK job board connecting employers and disabled candidates. The organisation is now a living wage employer and social business which has over 600 employers and 50,000 disabled candidates registered on the site.
Find out more about our speakers:
Greenbank College: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/disability-and-sports/
Evenbreak: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/evenbreak/
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