Disabled Workers Forum

To create, with Lancashire County Council, a positive employment culture for disabled people.

Core purpose of the Disabled Workers Forum

The core purpose of the Disabled Workers' Forum is to provide a support network and help create a more positive employment culture for disabled workers within Lancashire County Council and its partners.

The aims of the Disabled Workers' Forum are:

• To provide disabled workers with support, information and advice on disability issues within and outside the workplace.
• To work in partnership with Lancashire County Council on disability issues to increase the diversity of its workforce,help develop a safe, inclusive working environment and to achieve the County Council’s corporate objectives.
• To use the principles of the Social Model of Disability to eliminate barriers to disabled people’s participation in the workforce and community.
• To ensure that Lancashire County Council is a place where disabled employees are valued and have a fair chance to reach their full potential free from fear of discrimination, harassment or prejudice.

Disability rights

Information about disability rights is available from Gov.uk. This includes:

Access to work

Access to work can help you if your health or disability affects the way you do your job.  It gives you and your employer advice and support with extra costs which may arise because of your needs.  

An Access to Work grant helps pay for practical support so you can do your job. You may be able to apply if you have a disability, health or mental health condition.

This can pay for things like:

• specialist equipment
• travel when you can’t use public transport
• a communicator at a job interview

AskHR will be able to help with other equipment or work issues.