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Charity joins Work Wise campaign

An organisation that provides support and employment for people with disabilities has become the first charity to sign up to Work Wise North East. Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) has pledged its support to the campaign to improve working practices across the region in an effort to provide greater opportunities for the individuals who rely on its services.

RBLI is the cousin to the Royal British Legion and works to provide support, advice and guidance for people with disabilities and health conditions to get back to work. They do this with the help of specific government funded programmes such as New Deal Disabled People and WORKSTEP. RBLI is also now working on a series of employer support programmes designed to help deal with sickness levels and managing people’s performance in the workplace.

Wayne Daley, Business Development Manager for RBLI (North East), said: “We believe that Work Wise North East is a fantastic campaign as it opens up a world of opportunities for employers and employees outside of the normal 9 to 5 existence. Disability shouldn’t be a barrier to work, the barrier is more often inflexibility on the part of some employers to work around a person’s individual circumstances.”

Phil Flaxton, Work Wise chief executive, said: “We are delighted that RBLI has come on board to support the campaign. We already have widespread support from employers’ organisations and being able to marry them in to the work of charities such as RBLI is important in providing a rounded approach to encouraging flexible working.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .