16 May 2005
Small businesses in the UK are today being urged to apply soon for free training to help bring themselves up to speed with the new legislations of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
RNID, charity group for the nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK, is offering free deaf and disability awareness training to smaller organisations but applications are only being considered until November 2005.
Irini Korompilia, projects manager at RNID, said: "Making an organisation accessible is not just about installing costly equipment and making physical changes. Lack of awareness is at the root of what makes an organisation inaccessible and there are very easy and simple solutions organisations can implement.
"This could be cost saving if it prevents litigation and it could also be revenue generating as it opens the business to a broader base of customers. The spending power of disabled people in the UK estimated at £50 billion. "
The free course are being financed with the help of a grant from the Big Lottery Fund and are being offered in attempt to reduce the estimated 75 per cent of small to medium sized businesses still thought to be risking court action under the DDA.© DeHavilland Information Services plc
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