ON-LINE - Project Introduction

Online Information on Employment and Training Opportunities for Disabled People

The Project

Introduction and Objectives of the Project

The project will develop an electronic network available through the Internet providing support and facilities for disabled people to access information on training and employment opportunities. The network will allow integrated access to sources of information and advice on:

education and training
employment
use of new technologies
social networking
disability information sources
support services

The network will offer support to individual or groups of disabled people to obtain information by creating access to a network of support persons and advice organisations. It will be possible to access the network from information centres, libraries, telecentres and community centres, training centres, schools and colleges, or from home.

Objectives

The objectives of the project are

to introduce and support disabled people in new forms of accessing information and communication using information and communication technologies
to enable independent access by disabled people to the information and support they need in relation to training and employment opportunities in a variety of places (at home, libraries, community centres, disability advice centers)
to train information specialists/support workers to use the service with a focus on disabled people within disability advice organistions
to enable access to all to the information society and ensure that those experiencing exclusion whether that be social, cultural or economic get an equal opportunity to extend their aspirations and skills
to work in partnership to extend the facilities currently offered by the voluntary and statutory sector within current project and programmes supporting services, training and development , and employment of disabled people

For further information contact Alex Mcdonald at info@on-line.org.uk or +44 (0)161 273 5122.

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