Archives for March 2014

Disability Confident Conference Manchester

19/03/2014   Disability Confident Conference Manchester 19th March 2014 Access Ability CIC was invited to attend and attend a stall at the Disability Confident conference to showcase our current projects, interact with other services and share our successes. The conference was organised to; Announce on what the Government plans to do and hear how the […]

Bill’s Story

  Bill was employed full time for 33 years at Remploy, Bolton. Bill worked as an onsite Health & Safety Officer, Union Representative and a Learning Representative. Following the closure of the factory he found himself made redundant and out of work. Bill joined the Access Ability programme based in Bolton, which takes place at […]

Stockport Grammar Youth Mental Health First Aid

20/03/14 “An enormous thanks for your work.  Our pastoral staff were rightly exhausted but very much powered-up by the two days training.  They now want regular meetings as a group where they avoid admin and focus on common problems and handling children’s issues – you made them into a team which was one of my […]

Tai Chi

20/02/2014 Members from our Blackburn Job club enjoyed a session of Tai Chi. Tai Chi is a form of martial arts originating from China that has numerous health benefits and has been proven to have positive effects on various health problems and conditions such as depression, heart conditions, stress and anxiety. Access Ability CIC will be […]

Intergenerational Dance Project

The craze of Strictly Come Dancing inspires young people to begin an activity that is fun, which prior to this show they may never have considered. Using this positive influence we will provide an activity for young and old alike (families) that delivers with solutions to key risk factors and has positive health benefits to […]