Wanted: self-employed disabled people

The Association of Disabled Professionals (ADP) is writing a resource guide for disabled people who are thinking of going into business for themselves. They want to be able to include genuine examples from the experiences disabled entrepreneurs have faced when starting up their own businesses.

If you are disabled and:

• self-employed
• a direct seller
• have bought a franchise;
• have a licence to run a business

and want to pass on your own experiences and benefit from the free publicity which might come your way from your involvement in the guide, you can contact the ADP by email on adp.admin@ntlworld.com or by phone/fax on 01204 431638.

Also, if you're thinking of starting up your own business and would like a qualification in small business management, the ADP is offering twenty free places on a Consortium of Enterprise Outreach (CEO) pilot programme. They say,"Essentially the aim of the project is to enable disabled people to get a recognised diploma for managing a business to make it easier to raise funds from banks, etc.".

You can access a copy of the CEO brochure by clicking this link. The programme lasts for a year, and appears to be carried out entirely through distance learning in the form of email assignments and contact with what they are describing as "disability-aware business mentors".

This time contact is by email only tomailto:todevelop@disabled-entrepreneurs.net