Starting a business: advice for people with a disability

As you begin to establish your business in the market place you will want to keep up to date with the latest industry developments and learn best practice from your peers. Organisations to monitor include:

Disability organisations

• Action Mental Health
• Cedar Foundation
• The Clanrye Group
• Disability Action
• Leonard Cheshire
• Mencap
• Mindwise
• NOW Group
• Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
• Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
• Specialisterne NI
• Stepping Stones
• The Orchardville Society 
• Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL)

Other

• Local Benefits Office/Job Centre
• Prince's Trust
• Business in the Community
• Young Enterprise Northern Ireland
• The Disabled Entrepreneurs Network