For the recruiting disabled people award we were looking for initiatives that were targeted at recruiting disabled people that have proved successful

Award winners:
Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG)
Leicestershire Constabulary
Welsh Assembly Government
Sainsbury Plc

The Welsh Assembly Government had has run placement scheme for disabled undergraduates for the last 3 years which has shown an increase in up take. Leicestershire Constabulary have worked closely with RNIB in terms of training students in application forms, interview techniques as well as holding an open day. The Edinburgh employment initiative from IHG is worthy of note as is the work Sainsbury’s have done with Mencap Workright Programme.


Left to right: Steven Morris, Sylvia Howe (Welsh Assembly Government); Lesha Smaditch, Lynne Woodward (Leicestershire Constabulary); Susan Scott-Parker (EFD); Christopher Rawstron (IHG) Steve Wherry (Sainsbury Plc)

"This event is putting across the right message very clearly and very visually. It is what we in business and organisations should be doing - considering our disabled colleagues and consumers"
Steve Wherry
Sainsbury Plc Pensions project manager

"Equality and fairness in Leicestershire is more than a tick box exercise; it is about a genuine commitment and making a real difference for those with a disability"
David Lindley
Leicestershire Constabulary Deputy chief constable