Self employment

Self-employment and small business ownership is becoming an increasingly popular route to work for people with learning difficulties interested in using their skills and talents to create their own employment opportunities.

We have been supporting people to explore self employment, social enterprises and co-operative options for 30 years and have developed a range of tools resources and guides to help people on their business journey. 

We work with

• Supported employment providers and Job Coach teams 
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Local authorities
• Colleges
• Voluntary sector organisations

Our RED resources include our guides for people interested in exploring an enterprise idea. 
www.rapid-enterprise.co.uk

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Business Support Circles

Hear the artist Robin Meader talk about working within his support circle

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Projects

We supported the STARTUP e-Learning Programme with its aimsto provide the tools and effective working practices that will enable more disabled people to explore entrepreneurship and self-employment. By recognising the important social and economic contribution that disabled people can make, STARTUP brought together a number of social engagement organisations to create an e-learning platform to inspire tomorrow’s youth workers, job coaches and facilitators.

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We support the research into the The nature of entrepreneurship and enterprise for people with learning disabilities - click here