Comber to host Disability Employment and Support Day

Ards and North Down Borough Council's Labour Market Partnership (LMP) will hold a Disability Employment and Support Day in Comber Leisure Centre on Wednesday 27 November.

Labour Market Partnerships, which create targeted employment action plans for council areas, are funded by the Department for Communities, and allow for collaboration at local and regional level to support people towards and into work.

The Ards and North Down LMP initiative is designed to support employers as well as potential employees and is free-to-attend. It will feature exhibitors who can offer programmes and support packages as well as provide advice to employers as well as those who have a disability or neurodiverse condition, or their parents, guardians and carers.

The Mayor of Ards and North Down, Councillor Alistair Cathcart, said:

"This month's event follows on from the inaugural Disability Employment and Support Day that was successfully held in Bangor earlier this year. The Council's Labour Market Partnership is now bringing the same initiative to Comber before returning to Bangor for another Disability Employment and Support Day in February. These events help to create new opportunities for more people in our Borough and will address issues with jobs and training at a local level through locally focussed programmes, providing further support to our local employment market."

The event is open from 10am until 1pm, with employers encouraged to attend to find out what support packages are available when they employ someone with a disability or neurodiverse condition, and get advice about training for staff, while all other attendees can get advice about employment options, programmes and support packages, as well as benefits and assistance.

For more information, visit andbusiness.co.uk/andlmp

Photo caption: Roz McIlwaine (Action Mental Health), Valencia Yeo (Specialisterne), Mayor Alistair Cathcart, Niamh Rainey (NOW Group) and Wendy McGee (NOW Group). Image: Ian Pedlow