Breakthrough, a social enterprise managed and staffed mainly by disabled people, has been awarded £500,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to set up a unique Independent Employment Advocacy Centre in the heart of Greater Manchester. The Reaching Communities Programme Grant will enable workers from Breakthrough to support over 3,500 disabled people across the region to challenge employment barriers, put their views across, share successful strategies and know their rights.
The money will also enable the production of a range of resources, which can be used both by disabled people wishing to advocate for themselves, and by local employers and organisations that want to inform their policy and practice with the real experiences of disabled people.
Breakthrough UK supports disabled people to play a full, economically active role in society by working with individual disabled people to support them to be independent, to seek employment and develop their careers, and by working with employers and providers to promote best practice in recruitment, retention and progression.
Contact Breakthrough on 0161 273 3079 or 0161 273 5727 (minicom).
