The Disability Discrimination Act

What You Need to Know

A Guide for Small to Medium Businesses

Section 7 - Sources of Help and Information

Disability Rights Commission (DRC): Codes of Practice

Employment, Rights of Access, Goods, Facilities, Services, and Premises available on the DRC website
08457 622 633 (Website: www.drc-gb.org )

BS 8300:2001

Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people - Code of Practice. Published by the British Standards Institute
020 8996 7001 (Website: www.bsi-global.com )

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)

ACAS produce a wide range of publications which can be viewed on the ACAS website
08702 42 90 90 (Website: www.acas.org.uk )

Alan Hamilton - Senior Surveyor, Tameside MBC
0161 342 3532 Send a Message to the Group Building Surveyor

Building Control Guidance Notes, Chris Anderton - Building Control Surveyor, Tameside MBC
0161 342 3318 Send a Message to Building Control (Website: www.tameside.gov.uk/buildingcontrol/guidancenotes)

Business Advisor, e-Tameside Business Team
0161 342 2151 Send a Message to e-Tameside Business Team

Jobmatch

Jobmatch staf f work with local employers to offer supported employment to people with a disability
0161 339 9829 Send a Messafe to the Jobmatch Team

Access to Work

Jobcentre Plus programme to help overcome the problems resulting from disability
01204 516492 (Website: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk )

Headstart Employment Project

Supports people with or recovering from mental health problems in finding work
0161 368 6140 joan.chatterton@penninecare.nhs.uk

Henshaws Society for Blind People

Offers free advice to local employers on how to recruit and retain visually impaired staff
0161 872 1234 info@hsbp.co.uk

Other Sources

Employers’ Forum on Disability

Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NY
020 7403 3020 / 020 7403 0404 www.employers-forum.co.uk/www/contact.htm (Website: www.employers-forum.co.uk )

Membership organisation, which supports employers to work with, disabled people as employees, customers and partners. Can supply a list of disability awareness trainers.

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

224 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA
020 7388 1266 / 020 7388 2034 helpline@rnib.org.uk (Website: www.rnib.org.uk )

Help, advice and support for people with serious sight impairments and consultancy on issues such as colour contrast.

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)

19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
0207 296 8000 / 0207 296 8199 helpline@rnid.org.uk (Website: www.rnid.org.uk )

Provides information and consultancy on the environmental needs of people with hearing impairments

Adante Business Training Ltd & DDAtrainingUK Ltd

Suite 413, Daisyfield Business Centre, Appleby Street, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 3BL
0800 612 0226 / 08701 300 995 info@ddatraininguk.com

Provide DRC Best Practice Training in DDA Awareness both in a classroom and e-learning environment. Also can provide a range of other services including sensory awareness training (deaf awareness and blind awareness), BSL and BSL interpreting services and diversity training

Accessibility:

Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE)

Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NY
020 7357 8182 / 020 7357 8183 info@cae.org.uk (Website: www.cae.org.uk )

Provides technical information, training and consultancy in making buildings accessible to disabled and older people and advice on technical aspects of implementing the requirements of the DDA.

National Register of Access Consultants

Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NY
020 7234 0434 / 020 7357 8183 info@nrac.org.uk (Website: www.nrac.org.uk )

Provides information on accredited access auditors and access consultants across the UK.

Guides:

RNIB Technical Bulletins Buildings and Streets

Two separate packs containing comprehensive guidance on creating accessible building and external environments, with particular emphasis on meeting the needs of people with visual impairments.

A4 Ringbound. Available price £10.00 each or £15.00 for both from RNIB Customer Services

0845 702 3153 cservices@rnib.org.uk

Building Sight

By Peter Barker, Jon Barrick, Rod Wilson

HMSO in association with the RNIB (1995)

A handbook of building and interior design solutions, which include the needs of visually, impaired people.

Available price £25.00 including post and packing from RNIB Customer Services

0845 702 3153 cservices@rnib.org.uk

Colour and Contrast

A design guide for the use of colour and contrast to improve the built environment for visually impaired people.

Available for free in a booklet or CD Rom format, along with colour palettes from ICI Technical Advice Centre

0870 242 1100 (Website: www.duluxtrade.com )